8 Best Storj Alternatives (2026)
The closest alternatives to Storj 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.
Why do people look for Storj alternatives?
- Most people searching for Storj 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 Storj genuinely trails the rosters it appears in, and only then covers the reasons that never show up in a table.
The measured reasons.
- There aren't any in our data.
- Storj is not bottom of its roster on a single field we score, across 26 filled fields.
- That is worth stating plainly, because most alternatives pages exist to imply a problem that isn't there.
- If it is working for you, the honest advice is to stay.
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 Storj timeline.
How the shortlist is ordered.
- Every tool below shares at least one comparison category with Storj, 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 Storj in S3-compatible storage.
- It is ahead on Event notifications (Yes against No), Official MCP server (Yes against No) and Sydney region (Yes against Partial).
- What you give up: Egress $/TB ($90 /TB, where Storj records $7 /TB) and True cost /mo (USD) ($472.6 /mo, where Storj records $39 /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 Storj actually differ
AWS S3 profileCompare in S3-compatible storage- Event notifications
- YesStorj: No Inferred
- True cost /mo (AUD)
- A$718.35/moStorj: A$59.28 /mo Inferredverified 2026-07-23
2.
Backblaze B2
- Backblaze B2, Cheap US and EU object storage with free egress up to three times stored volume.
- It meets Storj in S3-compatible storage.
- It is ahead on Event notifications (Yes against No) and S3 API coverage (85 % against 80 %).
- What you give up: Sydney region (No, where Storj records Partial) and Replication model (single-az, where Storj records erasure-coded).
- 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 Storj actually differ
Backblaze B2 profileCompare in S3-compatible storage- Replication model
- single-azStorj: erasure-coded Inferred
- IAM granularity
- 3Storj: 4 Inferred
- GA year
- 2,015Storj: 2020 Inferred
3.
Bunny Storage
- Bunny Storage, Edge storage built as a CDN origin, with its own API rather than a faithful S3 one.
- It meets Storj in S3-compatible storage.
- It is ahead on CDN integration (free-bundled against partner), TTFB from Sydney (20 ms against 150 ms) and Sydney region (Yes against Partial).
- What you give up: Versioning (No, where Storj records Yes) and Object lock / WORM (No, where Storj records Yes).
- 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 Storj actually differ
Bunny Storage profileCompare in S3-compatible storage- Versioning
- NoStorj: Yes Inferred
- Object lock / WORM
- NoStorj: Yes Inferred
- Multipart upload
- NoStorj: Yes Inferred
- S3 API coverage
- 30%Storj: 80 % Inferred
- IAM granularity
- 2Storj: 4 Inferred
- CDN integration
- free-bundledStorj: partner Inferredverified 2026-07-23
4.
Cloudflare R2
- Cloudflare R2, S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees, on Cloudflare's network.
- It meets Storj in S3-compatible storage.
- It is ahead on Event notifications (Yes against No), Official MCP server (Yes against No) and CDN integration (free-bundled against partner).
- What you give up: Versioning (No, where Storj records Yes) and Class A $/M ops ($4.5 /M ops, where Storj 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 Storj actually differ
Cloudflare R2 profileCompare in S3-compatible storage- Official MCP server
- YesStorj: No Inferred
5.
DigitalOcean Spaces
- DigitalOcean Spaces, Bundled object storage plus free CDN, priced as a flat base fee with overages.
- It meets Storj in S3-compatible storage.
- It is ahead on CDN integration (free-bundled against partner), Official MCP server (Partial against No) and Sydney region (Yes against Partial).
- What you give up: Versioning (No, where Storj records Yes) and Object lock / WORM (No, where Storj records Yes).
- 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 Storj actually differ
DigitalOcean Spaces profileCompare in S3-compatible storage- Versioning
- NoStorj: Yes Inferredverified 2026-07-23
- Object lock / WORM
- NoStorj: Yes Inferred
- Official MCP server
- PartialStorj: No Inferred
- Replication model
- single-azStorj: erasure-coded Inferred
6.
Hetzner Object Storage
- Hetzner Object Storage, The cheapest credible S3 endpoint in Europe, with a deliberately thin feature set.
- It meets Storj in S3-compatible storage.
- It is ahead on GA year (2024 against 2020), Egress $/TB ($1.38 /TB against $7 /TB) and True cost /mo (USD) ($12.47 /mo against $39 /mo).
- What you give up: Object lock / WORM (No, where Storj records Yes) and Sydney region (No, where Storj records Partial).
- Best for CI artefacts, build caches and cold backups where the bill is the point.
- Wins the headline number by a mile but loses on features; great for caches, wrong as a system of record.
Where Hetzner Object Storage and Storj actually differ
Hetzner Object Storage profileCompare in S3-compatible storage- Object lock / WORM
- NoStorj: Yes Inferred
- IAM granularity
- 2Storj: 4 Inferred
- TTFB from Sydney
- 300msStorj: 150 ms Inferred
- Replication model
- single-azStorj: erasure-coded Inferred
- CDN integration
- diyStorj: partner Inferred
7.
iDrive e2
- iDrive e2
- It meets Storj in S3-compatible storage.
- It is ahead on Egress $/TB ($0 /TB against $7 /TB) and GA year (2021 against 2020).
- What you give up: CDN integration (none, where Storj records partner) and Replication model (single-az, where Storj records erasure-coded).
- 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 Storj actually differ
iDrive e2 profileCompare in S3-compatible storage- CDN integration
- noneStorj: partner Inferred
- Replication model
- single-azStorj: erasure-coded Inferred
- IAM granularity
- 3Storj: 4 Inferred
- GA year
- 2,021Storj: 2020 Inferred
- Uptime SLA
- 99.9%Storj: 99.95 % Inferred
8.
MinIO
- MinIO, The self-hosted S3 reference implementation, your hardware, your bandwidth, your SLA.
- It meets Storj in S3-compatible storage.
- It is ahead on Event notifications (Yes against No), Official MCP server (Yes against No) and Sydney region (Yes against Partial).
- What you give up: CDN integration (diy, where Storj records partner) and GA year (2015, where Storj records 2020).
- 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 Storj actually differ
MinIO profileCompare in S3-compatible storage- Event notifications
- YesStorj: No Inferred
- Official MCP server
- YesStorj: No Inferred
- Sydney region
- YesStorj: Partial Inferred
- IAM granularity
- 5Storj: 4 Inferred
- S3 API coverage
- 98%Storj: 80 % Inferred
- CDN integration
- diyStorj: partner Inferred
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 Storj, sorted by how many categories the two overlap in. A tool that meets Storj 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 Storj profile has the when-to-use and when-not-to-use blocks, and the Storj timeline has the dated changes that usually trigger a migration.