DigitalOcean Spaces
Bundled object storage plus free CDN, priced as a flat base fee with overages.
Overall in s3-compatible storage
9of 12 · score 70.6
Data coverage
96%
27 of 28 fields sourced
Best for
- •Static assets and user uploads served from Sydney with a bundled CDN
- •Teams who want one predictable line item instead of five metered ones
- •Existing DigitalOcean deployments where traffic stays on the internal network
Strong on
- +CDN integration free-bundled 1/12
- +TTFB from Sydney 25ms 2/10
Weak on
- −Versioning No 10/12Better: Backblaze B2: Yes
- −Object lock / WORM No 10/11Better: Backblaze B2: Yes
- −Storage $/TB/mo $20/TB/mo 9/11Better: iDrive e2: $6/TB/mo
- −Replication model single-az 8/12Better: Tigris: multi-region
vs Cloudflare R2
- •Ahead on Class A $/M ops: $0/M ops vs $4.5/M ops
- •Ahead on Class B $/M ops: $0/M ops vs $0.36/M ops
- •Behind on Event notifications: No vs Yes
- •Behind on Object lock / WORM: No vs Partial
How DigitalOcean Spaces scores among 12 s3-compatible storage27 of 28 fields known
Pricing10
True cost /mo (AUD)
A$91.2/mo
6/9
Leader: Hetzner Object Storage · A$18.95/mo
· 2026-07-23
True cost from Sydney (AUD)
A$91.2/mo
4/6
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · A$34.56/mo
· 2026-07-23
Min retention1st
0ms
1/12
· 2026-07-23
Min billed object1st
0 B
1/12
· 2026-07-23
Features & API11
S3 API coverage
78%
10/12
Leader: AWS S3 · 100%
Presigned URLs1st
Yes
1/12
Multipart upload1st
Yes
1/12
Versioning
No
10/12
Leader: Backblaze B2 · Yes
· 2026-07-23
Lifecycle rules
Partial
7/12
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · Yes
Event notifications
No
6/12
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · Yes
IAM granularity
3
6/12
Leader: MinIO · 5
TTFB from Sydney2nd
25ms
2/10
Leader: Bunny Storage · 20ms
Durability & Retention4
Durability (nines)
—
Object lock / WORM
No
10/11
Leader: Backblaze B2 · Yes
Replication model
single-az
8/12
Leader: Tigris · multi-region
Agentic1
Official MCP server
Partial
4/12
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · Yes
Traction1
GA year
2017
8/12
Leader: Tigris · 2024
Positioning1
Positioning
Predictable bundled storage plus CDN for teams already on DigitalOcean.
AWS S3
Backblaze B2
Bunny Storage
Cloudflare R2
Hetzner Object Storage
MinIO
Scaleway Object Storage
