--- title: DigitalOcean Spaces slug: digitalocean-spaces url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/digitalocean-spaces" homepage: "https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces" categories: s3-compatible-storage last_verified: 2026-11-07 dataset_version: 0738be72 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # DigitalOcean Spaces > Bundled object storage plus free CDN, priced as a flat base fee with overages. - Deliberately boring: USD 5 a month buys 250 GB storage and 1 TB outbound transfer - Overages at 0.02 and 0.01 per gigabyte, with no per-request charges; CDN included free - The trade is feature depth: no object versioning, no bucket event notifications - Has a Sydney region and sits next to the Droplets you probably already run ## Identity | | | | --- | --- | | Name | DigitalOcean Spaces | | Company | DigitalOcean | | One-liner | Bundled object storage plus free CDN, priced as a flat base fee with overages. | | Site | https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces | | Docs | https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/ | | Founded | 2011 | | Compared in | 1 | ## Where it is compared ### [S3-compatible storage](https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage) Ranked **#9 of 12** on default weights. | Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | True cost /mo (USD) | $60/mo | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/spaces-object-storage | Base $5.00 includes 250 GB storage and 1 TB transfer. Extra storage 750 GB x $0.02 = $15.00. Extra transfer 4,000 GB x $0.01 = $40.00. Requests unmetered. Total $60.00. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--true_cost_usd | | True cost /mo (AUD) | A$91.2/mo | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | - | $60.00 x 1.52. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--true_cost_aud | | True cost from Sydney (AUD) | A$91.2/mo | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | - | Unchanged from the headline figure: Spaces is priced identically in every region including syd1, so the Sydney bill is the same $60.00 x 1.52. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--sydney_cost_aud | | Storage $/TB/mo | $20/TB/mo | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/spaces-object-storage | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--storage_price | | Egress $/TB | $10/TB | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/spaces-object-storage | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--egress_price | | Egress cap (x stored) | N/A | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/spaces-object-storage | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--egress_cap_multiple | | Class A $/M ops | $0/M ops | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/spaces-object-storage | Spaces does not meter requests at all. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--class_a_price | | Class B $/M ops | $0/M ops | Vendor-claimed | 2026-07-23 | https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/spaces-object-storage | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--class_b_price | | Min retention | 0ms | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--min_retention | | Min billed object | 0 B | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--min_billed_object | | S3 API coverage | 78% | Inferred | - | - | Core operations are solid; the missing pieces are versioning, object lock, bucket notifications and storage classes. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--s3_api_coverage | | Presigned URLs | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--presigned_urls | | Multipart upload | ● | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--multipart_upload | | Versioning | ○ | Inferred | 2026-07-23 | - | No object versioning. This is the biggest functional gap versus every other managed provider in this roster. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--versioning | | Lifecycle rules | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | Expiration and incomplete-multipart cleanup only. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--lifecycle_rules | | Event notifications | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--event_notifications | | CDN integration | free-bundled | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/how-to/enable-cdn/ | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--cdn_integration | | Max object size | 5 TB | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/details/limits/ | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--max_object_size | | IAM granularity | 3 | Inferred | - | - | Per-bucket access keys with read/write or read-only scoping. No policy documents, no conditions. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--iam_granularity | | Sydney region | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-06 | https://docs.digitalocean.com/platform/regional-availability/ | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--sydney_region | | TTFB from Sydney | 25ms | Inferred | - | - | In-metro from syd1. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--ttfb_sydney | | Durability (nines) | - | Unknown | - | - | DigitalOcean publishes no annual durability figure for Spaces. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--durability_nines | | Uptime SLA | 99.9% | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://www.digitalocean.com/sla/spaces | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--uptime_sla | | Object lock / WORM | ○ | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--object_lock | | Replication model | single-az | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--replication_model | | Official MCP server | ◐ | Inferred | - | - | DigitalOcean ships an MCP server for its platform; Spaces coverage within it is incidental. | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--mcp_server | | GA year | 2,017 | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--ga_year | | Positioning | Predictable bundled storage plus CDN for teams already on DigitalOcean. | Inferred | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/s3-compatible-storage#digitalocean-spaces--positioning | **Verdict.** Buy it for the bundling and Sydney region, not the feature set; no versioning or bucket events. ## Alternatives - [AWS S3](https://toolweight.com/tools/aws-s3), The API everything else copies, and by far the most expensive egress in this roster. - [Backblaze B2](https://toolweight.com/tools/backblaze-b2), Cheap US and EU object storage with free egress up to three times stored volume. - [Bunny Storage](https://toolweight.com/tools/bunny-storage), Edge storage built as a CDN origin, with its own API rather than a faithful S3 one. - [Cloudflare R2](https://toolweight.com/tools/cloudflare-r2), S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees, on Cloudflare's network. - [Hetzner Object Storage](https://toolweight.com/tools/hetzner-object-storage), The cheapest credible S3 endpoint in Europe, with a deliberately thin feature set. - [iDrive e2](https://toolweight.com/tools/idrive-e2), USD 4/TB S3-compatible storage with zero-egress marketing and a fair-use cap. - [MinIO](https://toolweight.com/tools/minio), The self-hosted S3 reference implementation, your hardware, your bandwidth, your SLA. - [Scaleway Object Storage](https://toolweight.com/tools/scaleway-object-storage), European-sovereign S3 storage with multi-AZ classes and a real IAM system. - [Storj](https://toolweight.com/tools/storj), Decentralised erasure-coded storage: USD 4/TB stored, USD 7/TB egress, no regions. - [Tigris](https://toolweight.com/tools/tigris), Globally distributed S3-compatible storage that caches objects near readers. - [Wasabi](https://toolweight.com/tools/wasabi), Flat-rate hot storage with no egress or API fees, bounded by a fair-use cap. ## Logo & brand colours SVG files: https://toolweight.com/teams/digital-ocean/logo.svg and https://toolweight.com/teams/digital-ocean/mono.svg. 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