DigitalOcean Spaces

Storage 4.6/10

S3-compatible; base $5/mo bundles 250 GiB + 1 TiB egress; then $0.02/GiB storage and $0.01/GiB transfer; free inbound; CDN included

DigitalOcean Spaces scores 4.6/10 for free value in Storage. The main constraint: Paid — $5/mo base (250 GiB storage + 1 TiB outbound transfer). S3-compatible; base $5/mo bundles 250 GiB + 1 TiB egress; then $0.02/GiB storage and $0.01/GiB transfer; free inbound; CDN included.

Category Storage Kind Paid plan

Free value score

4.6 / 10

Show the math

Overall 4.6/10

value = 4.6/100

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Storage value 1/10

value = 0.01 ×

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Egress/API fit 8.2/10

value = 8.2/100

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Access friction 8/10

value = 8/100

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Key metrics

$5/mo 250G

1TiB tx

$0.02/GiB

What you get

Paid — $5/mo base (250 GiB storage + 1 TiB outbound transfer). S3-compatible; base $5/mo bundles 250 GiB + 1 TiB egress; then $0.02/GiB storage and $0.01/GiB transfer; free inbound; CDN included

~50 GB stored per $1/mo at base bundle (incl. 1 TiB egress)

Gotchas

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Sources

"Globally available starting at $5 per month for 250GiB with 1TiB of outbound transfer—inbound bandwidth to Spaces is always free."
https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces
"250 GiB storage. 1 TiB outbound transfer. $0.02/GiB additional storage. $0.01/GiB additional transfer."
https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/spaces-object-storage

paid value storage

Open service ← All Storage

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