Object storage · head to head · checked 5 August 2026

AWS S3 vs DigitalOcean Spaces

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

DigitalOcean Spaces

from $5/mo

Base plan (250 GiB incl.) · 1 plans listed

Which is cheaper, AWS S3 or DigitalOcean Spaces?

DigitalOcean Spaces's cheapest listed plan is Base plan (250 GiB incl.) at $5/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 DigitalOcean Spaces, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.

AWS S3

Everything from AWS S3

Standardapprox
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
$11.30/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

DigitalOcean Spaces

Everything from DigitalOcean Spaces

Base plan (250 GiB incl.)
Storage
$0.020 per GB a month
Egress
$0.010 per GB
Free tier
$5/mo flat includes 250 GiB storage + 1 TiB transfer, overage $0.02/$0.01 per GiB
Region
Global
$5/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

AWS S3 against the rest

DigitalOcean Spaces 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.