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Storage 4.7/10

S3-compatible, ZERO egress fees; IA class at $0.01/GB; data-retrieval $0.01/GB; 30-day minimum; first 10 GB free (Standard)

Cloudflare R2 scores 4.7/10 for free value in Storage. The main constraint: Free first 10 GB (Standard) with ZERO egress fees; IA class then $0.01/GB-month, data-retrieval $0.01/GB, 30-day minimum. S3-compatible.

Category Storage Kind Paid plan

Free value score

4.7 / 10
Show the math
Overall 4.7/10
value = 4.7/100
weighted_components_v1
Storage value 1/10
value = 0.01 $/mo
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Egress/API fit 8/10
value = 8/100
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Access friction 8.8/10
value = 8.8/100
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Key metrics

$0.01/GB
$0 egress
10GB free

What you get

Free first 10 GB (Standard) with ZERO egress fees; IA class then $0.01/GB-month, data-retrieval $0.01/GB, 30-day minimum. S3-compatible.

~100 GB stored per $1/mo; zero egress

Gotchas

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Sources

paid value storage
Open service ← All Storage

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