# Tigris

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Tigris and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** S3-compatible object storage with low-latency, replicated buckets by default that handles small objects well. Critics note round-trip latency varies between backends.

## Why people recommend it

- Well-liked by its users (3 comments): "I'm a delighted customer. In fact I am building a database company on top of Tigris" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47540171)) "Tigris is awesome, although I haven't used it at scale." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49433510)) "I've heard good things about Tigris." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47282870))
- Handles small objects well (2 comments): "using Tigris which in-lines small writes with metadata" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45814942)) "we have made small objects work well on Tigris" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47282090))

## What people warn about

- Round-trip latency varies between backends (1 comments): "Different storage backends (S3, S3 Express, Tigris) have verg different round trip latencies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47534387))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Amazon S3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-s3.md): 170 recommend
- [Cloudflare R2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-r2.md): 85 recommend
- [Backblaze B2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/backblaze-b2.md): 50 recommend
- [AWS S3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aws-s3.md): 17 recommend
- [Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-s3-glacier-deep-archive.md): 16 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.tigrisdata.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tigris", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tigris/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).