The best object storage, according to hackers
10 object storage were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 5 earn the Hacker Approved badge.
Top picks
The three most recommended object storage with the badge. Each figure is 25 people. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Extremely reliable and durable
A highly reliable, scalable object store with a simple, widely copied API that is cheaper than building your own, though its API has accumulated quirks and costs can surprise.
No egress fees
S3-compatible object storage with no egress fees, low prices and a generous free tier. Critics point to higher, less predictable latency than S3.
Cheaper per GB than S3
Cheap, S3-compatible object storage that pairs well with backup tools like restic. Critics report evening slowdowns and say it suits cold storage better than active use.
All 10 object storage, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon S3 | 170 | 84 | 67% | 12 | 14 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| 2 | Cloudflare R2 | 85 | 14 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| 3 | Backblaze B2 | 50 | 14 | 78% | 12 | — | Approved |
| 4 | AWS S3 | 17 | 7 | 71% | 11 | — | Approved |
| 5 | Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 16 | 11 | 59% | 7 | — | — |
| 6 | Wasabi object storage | 10 | 2 | 83% | 5 | — | Approved |
| 7 | Google Cloud Storage | 9 | 16 | 36% | 5 | — | — |
| 8 | Hetzner Object Storage | 8 | 10 | 44% | 6 | — | — |
| 9 | Storj | 7 | 5 | 58% | 5 | — | — |
| 10 | Tigris | 5 | 2 | 71% | 5 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same object storage in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to object storage that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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