8 Best Hetzner Object Storage Alternatives (2026)

The closest alternatives to Hetzner Object Storage are AWS S3, Backblaze B2, Bunny Storage and Cloudflare R2, with 4 more below. Each shares a comparison category with it, so every rationale here names both tools' real values. Hetzner Object Storage is marked No on Sydney region, where Wasabi records Yes, usually where a switch starts.

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Why do people look for Hetzner Object Storage alternatives?

Most people searching for Hetzner Object Storage alternatives are not shopping, they already run it and something has stopped fitting.
That something is usually a specific number rather than a feeling.
This page starts from the fields where Hetzner Object Storage genuinely trails the rosters it appears in, and only then covers the reasons that never show up in a table.

The measured reasons.

Sydney region, No. Wasabi records Yes.
TTFB from Sydney, 300 ms, 9th of 10. Bunny Storage records 20 ms.
Object lock / WORM, No. Backblaze B2 records Yes.
IAM granularity, 2, 11th of 12. MinIO records 5.
CDN integration, diy, 10th of 12. Cloudflare R2 records free-bundled.

Any one of those is enough on its own if you sized your architecture around it.
None of them is enough if you didn't, which is why the list is short and specific rather than a general case against Hetzner Object Storage.

The reasons that never make it into a table.

A price rise after a funding round.
A licence change that turns a self-host into a subscription.
A region you now need and they do not have.
An acquisition.
A support experience that quietly degrades.
None of those are fields, and all of them move teams, which is why every entry below links back to S3-compatible storage, where the full field set and its sources live.
The ones we catch get logged on the Hetzner Object Storage timeline.

How the shortlist is ordered.

Every tool below shares at least one comparison category with Hetzner Object Storage, sorted by how many categories the two overlap in.
There is no editorial ranking, no sponsorship and no affiliate link, the order is the overlap count.
The rationale under each is generated from the two tools' own cells, so it names real values rather than adjectives.

1.AWS S3

AWS S3, The API everything else copies, and by far the most expensive egress in this roster.
It meets Hetzner Object Storage in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Sydney region (Yes against No), Object lock / WORM (Yes against No) and TTFB from Sydney (25 ms against 300 ms).
What you give up: Egress $/TB ($90 /TB, where Hetzner Object Storage records $1.38 /TB) and True cost /mo (USD) ($472.6 /mo, where Hetzner Object Storage records $12.47 /mo).
Best for workloads already inside AWS where traffic stays on the internal network.
Still the most capable object store, and thirty-eight times Hetzner's cost here, almost entirely bandwidth.

Where AWS S3 and Hetzner Object Storage actually differ

Egress $/TB: $90/TBHetzner Object Storage: $1.38 /TB
True cost /mo (USD): $472.6/moHetzner Object Storage: $12.47 /mo
Sydney region: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
Object lock / WORM: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
TTFB from Sydney: 25msHetzner Object Storage: 300 ms
Event notifications: YesHetzner Object Storage: No

AWS S3 profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

2.Backblaze B2

Backblaze B2, Cheap US and EU object storage with free egress up to three times stored volume.
It meets Hetzner Object Storage in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Object lock / WORM (Yes against No), Event notifications (Yes against No) and TTFB from Sydney (180 ms against 300 ms).
What you give up: GA year (2015, where Hetzner Object Storage records 2024) and Egress $/TB ($10 /TB, where Hetzner Object Storage records $1.38 /TB).
Best for backup and archive targets where object lock matters and latency does not.
The sensible cheap, feature-complete middle, but no APAC region rules it out for Australia.

Where Backblaze B2 and Hetzner Object Storage actually differ

Object lock / WORM: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
Event notifications: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
TTFB from Sydney: 180msHetzner Object Storage: 300 ms
Lifecycle rules: YesHetzner Object Storage: Partial
GA year: 2,015Hetzner Object Storage: 2024
IAM granularity: 3Hetzner Object Storage: 2

Backblaze B2 profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

3.Bunny Storage

Bunny Storage, Edge storage built as a CDN origin, with its own API rather than a faithful S3 one.
It meets Hetzner Object Storage in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Sydney region (Yes against No), TTFB from Sydney (20 ms against 300 ms) and CDN integration (free-bundled against diy).
What you give up: Multipart upload (No, where Hetzner Object Storage records Yes) and S3 API coverage (30 %, where Hetzner Object Storage records 70 %).
Best for static sites, images and video served to a global audience through Bunny's CDN.
A CDN origin with storage attached, not an object store; superb Sydney delivery, but no S3 semantics.

Where Bunny Storage and Hetzner Object Storage actually differ

Sydney region: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
TTFB from Sydney: 20msHetzner Object Storage: 300 ms
Multipart upload: NoHetzner Object Storage: Yes
CDN integration: free-bundledHetzner Object Storage: diy
Replication model: multi-regionHetzner Object Storage: single-az
S3 API coverage: 30%Hetzner Object Storage: 70 %

Bunny Storage profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

4.Cloudflare R2

Cloudflare R2, S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees, on Cloudflare's network.
It meets Hetzner Object Storage in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Event notifications (Yes against No), TTFB from Sydney (45 ms against 300 ms) and Official MCP server (Yes against No).
What you give up: Class A $/M ops ($4.5 /M ops, where Hetzner Object Storage records $0 /M ops) and Class B $/M ops ($0.36 /M ops, where Hetzner Object Storage records $0 /M ops).
Best for public assets, media and package registries where egress dwarfs storage.
The default for read-heavy work, the only provider where egress stops being a line item.

Where Cloudflare R2 and Hetzner Object Storage actually differ

Event notifications: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
TTFB from Sydney: 45msHetzner Object Storage: 300 ms
Official MCP server: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
Class A $/M ops: $4.5/M opsHetzner Object Storage: $0 /M ops
CDN integration: free-bundledHetzner Object Storage: diy
Sydney region: PartialHetzner Object Storage: No

Cloudflare R2 profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

5.DigitalOcean Spaces

DigitalOcean Spaces, Bundled object storage plus free CDN, priced as a flat base fee with overages.
It meets Hetzner Object Storage in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Sydney region (Yes against No), TTFB from Sydney (25 ms against 300 ms) and CDN integration (free-bundled against diy).
What you give up: Storage $/TB/mo ($20 /TB/mo, where Hetzner Object Storage records $6.95 /TB/mo) and GA year (2017, where Hetzner Object Storage records 2024).
Best for static assets and user uploads served from Sydney with a bundled CDN.
Buy it for the bundling and Sydney region, not the feature set; no versioning or bucket events.

Where DigitalOcean Spaces and Hetzner Object Storage actually differ

Sydney region: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
TTFB from Sydney: 25msHetzner Object Storage: 300 ms
CDN integration: free-bundledHetzner Object Storage: diy
Storage $/TB/mo: $20/TB/moHetzner Object Storage: $6.95 /TB/mo
Official MCP server: PartialHetzner Object Storage: No
IAM granularity: 3Hetzner Object Storage: 2

DigitalOcean Spaces profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

6.iDrive e2

iDrive e2, USD 4/TB S3-compatible storage with zero-egress marketing and a fair-use cap.
It meets Hetzner Object Storage in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Object lock / WORM (Yes against No), IAM granularity (3 against 2) and S3 API coverage (80 % against 70 %).
What you give up: CDN integration (none, where Hetzner Object Storage records diy) and GA year (2021, where Hetzner Object Storage records 2024).
Best for backup and MSP workloads where storage volume dominates and reads are rare.
Cheapest storage alongside Storj, object lock included, but egress terms too illegible to price; fine for backups.

Where iDrive e2 and Hetzner Object Storage actually differ

Object lock / WORM: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
IAM granularity: 3Hetzner Object Storage: 2
CDN integration: noneHetzner Object Storage: diy
S3 API coverage: 80%Hetzner Object Storage: 70 %
Storage $/TB/mo: $4/TB/moHetzner Object Storage: $6.95 /TB/mo
GA year: 2,021Hetzner Object Storage: 2024

iDrive e2 profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

7.MinIO

MinIO, The self-hosted S3 reference implementation, your hardware, your bandwidth, your SLA.
It meets Hetzner Object Storage in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Sydney region (Yes against No), Object lock / WORM (Yes against No) and Event notifications (Yes against No).
What you give up: GA year (2015, where Hetzner Object Storage records 2024).
Best for on-premises or air-gapped deployments where data cannot leave your control.
The reference point, not a competitor; run it only if you already operate storage hardware.
Note that we carry MinIO as the do-it-yourself baseline in that roster, the "what if we just ran this ourselves" reference point.
The honest answer is usually that it is cheaper and considerably more work.

Where MinIO and Hetzner Object Storage actually differ

Sydney region: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
Object lock / WORM: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
Event notifications: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
IAM granularity: 5Hetzner Object Storage: 2
Official MCP server: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
S3 API coverage: 98%Hetzner Object Storage: 70 %

MinIO profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

8.Scaleway Object Storage

Scaleway Object Storage, European-sovereign S3 storage with multi-AZ classes and a real IAM system.
It meets Hetzner Object Storage in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Object lock / WORM (Yes against No), IAM granularity (4 against 2) and CDN integration (first-party-paid against diy).
What you give up: Storage $/TB/mo ($16.94 /TB/mo, where Hetzner Object Storage records $6.95 /TB/mo) and GA year (2019, where Hetzner Object Storage records 2024).
Best for EU data residency obligations with a European legal entity behind them.
The most feature-complete non-hyperscaler, but 300 ms away; pick it when EU data residency is required.

Where Scaleway Object Storage and Hetzner Object Storage actually differ

Object lock / WORM: YesHetzner Object Storage: No
IAM granularity: 4Hetzner Object Storage: 2
CDN integration: first-party-paidHetzner Object Storage: diy
Storage $/TB/mo: $16.94/TB/moHetzner Object Storage: $6.95 /TB/mo
Lifecycle rules: YesHetzner Object Storage: Partial
S3 API coverage: 85%Hetzner Object Storage: 70 %

Scaleway Object Storage profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

How this list was built

There is no editorial ranking on this page and no sponsorship behind it. The order is mechanical: every tool that shares a comparison category with Hetzner Object Storage, sorted by how many categories the two overlap in. A tool that meets Hetzner Object Storage in three rosters sits above one that meets it in a single roster, because more overlap means the comparison is more like-for-like.

The rationale under each entry is composed from the two tools' own cells. Where they differ on a field we score, the sentence names both values and the unit. Where they don't differ, it says so instead of manufacturing a distinction, which is why some entries are short.

Values, sources and verification dates all live on the category tables: S3-compatible storage. If a figure here disagrees with a vendor's current pricing page, the vendor is right and we are stale.

Still deciding whether to move at all? The Hetzner Object Storage profile has the when-to-use and when-not-to-use blocks, and the Hetzner Object Storage timeline has the dated changes that usually trigger a migration.