iDrive e2
USD 4/TB S3-compatible storage with zero-egress marketing and a fair-use cap.
Overall in s3-compatible storage
7of 12 · score 74.4
Data coverage
82%
23 of 28 fields sourced
Best for
- •Backup and MSP workloads where storage volume dominates and reads are rare
- •Object-lock immutability at the lowest price on this page
- •Teams comfortable verifying terms directly with a vendor before committing
Strong on
- +Egress $/TB $0/TB 1/11
- +Storage $/TB/mo $6/TB/mo 1/11
Weak on
- −CDN integration none 12/12Better: Cloudflare R2: free-bundled
- −Replication model single-az 8/12Better: Tigris: multi-region
- −S3 API coverage 80% 8/12Better: AWS S3: 100%
vs Hetzner Object Storage
- •Ahead on IAM granularity: 3 vs 2
- •Ahead on S3 API coverage: 80% vs 70%
- •Behind on CDN integration: none vs diy
- •Behind on GA year: 2021 vs 2024
How iDrive e2 scores among 12 s3-compatible storage23 of 28 fields known
Pricing10
True cost /mo (AUD)
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· 2026-11-07
True cost from Sydney (AUD)
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· 2026-07-23
Min billed object1st
0 B
1/12
Features & API11
S3 API coverage
80%
8/12
Leader: AWS S3 · 100%
Presigned URLs1st
Yes
1/12
Multipart upload1st
Yes
1/12
Versioning1st
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
none
12/12
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · free-bundled
Max object size1st
5 TB
1/11
IAM granularity
3
6/12
Leader: MinIO · 5
Sydney region
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TTFB from Sydney
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Durability & Retention4
Durability (nines)1st
11 nines
1/9
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 year
2021
4/12
Leader: Tigris · 2024
Positioning1
Positioning
Lowest headline storage price, sold into the backup and MSP market.
AWS S3
Backblaze B2
Bunny Storage
Cloudflare R2
DigitalOcean Spaces
Hetzner Object Storage
MinIO
Scaleway Object Storage