Hetzner Object Storage
The cheapest credible S3 endpoint in Europe, with a deliberately thin feature set.
Overall in s3-compatible storage
10of 12 · score 68
Data coverage
89%
25 of 28 fields sourced
Best for
- •CI artefacts, build caches and cold backups where the bill is the point
- •European origins where EUR 1.19/TB egress changes what is economically possible
- •Anyone already running Hetzner dedicated or cloud servers
Strong on
- +GA year 2024 1/12
- +True cost /mo (USD) $12.47/mo 1/9
- +True cost /mo (AUD) A$18.95/mo 1/9
Weak on
- −Sydney region No 9/11Better: Wasabi: Yes
- −TTFB from Sydney 300ms 9/10Better: Bunny Storage: 20ms
- −IAM granularity 2 11/12Better: MinIO: 5
- −CDN integration diy 10/12Better: Cloudflare R2: free-bundled
vs iDrive e2
- •Ahead on CDN integration: diy vs none
- •Ahead on GA year: 2024 vs 2021
- •Behind on IAM granularity: 2 vs 3
- •Behind on S3 API coverage: 70% vs 80%
How Hetzner Object Storage scores among 12 s3-compatible storage25 of 28 fields known
Pricing10
True cost /mo (AUD)1st
A$18.95/mo
1/9
· 2026-07-23
Min retention1st
0ms
1/12
Min billed object1st
0 B
1/12
Features & API11
S3 API coverage
70%
11/12
Leader: AWS S3 · 100%
Presigned URLs1st
Yes
1/12
· 2026-07-23
Lifecycle rules
Partial
7/12
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · Yes
Event notifications
No
6/12
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · Yes
CDN integration
diy
10/12
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · free-bundled
Max object size1st
5 TB
1/11
IAM granularity
2
11/12
Leader: MinIO · 5
TTFB from Sydney
300ms
9/10
Leader: Bunny Storage · 20ms
Durability & Retention4
Durability (nines)
—
Uptime SLA
99.9%
4/11
Leader: Tigris · 99.99%
Replication model
single-az
8/12
Leader: Tigris · multi-region
Agentic1
Official MCP server
No
5/12
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · Yes
Traction1
GA year1st
2024
1/12
Positioning1
Positioning
European bulk storage at hardware-vendor prices, with hardware-vendor features.
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