Object storage · head to head · checked 5 August 2026
AWS S3 vs Cloudflare R2
2 object storage offers from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs (for a reference workload of 100 GB stored and 200 GB downloaded a month), and where the price comes from.
AWS S3
from $11.30/mo
Standard · 1 plans listed
Cloudflare R2
from $1.50/mo
Standard · 1 plans listed
Which is cheaper, AWS S3 or Cloudflare R2?
Cloudflare R2's cheapest listed plan is Standard at $1.50/mo; AWS S3's is Standard at $11.30/mo. The price shown is for a reference workload of 100 GB stored and 200 GB downloaded a month.
How many object storage offers does each offer here?
We list 1 for AWS S3 and 1 for Cloudflare R2, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
AWS S3
Everything from AWS S3Standardapprox
- Storage
- $0.023 per GB a month
- Egress
- $0.090 per GB
- Free tier
- First 100 GB/mo egress free (shared across all AWS services), then $0.09/GB
- Region
- us-east-1
Cloudflare R2
Everything from Cloudflare R2Standard
- Storage
- $0.015 per GB a month
- Egress
- Free
- Free tier
- 10 GB storage + egress always free
- Region
- Global
AWS S3 against the rest
How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.