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Except S3 storage isn't actually all that cheap anymore. Amazon has literally never changed the price of S3 storage over the last decade even though storage cos
by jacurtis 7y ago
Except S3 storage isn't actually all that cheap anymore. Amazon has literally never changed the price of S3 storage over the last decade even though storage costs have plummeted over the same time period.
There are other providers out there like Digital Ocean Spaces, Wasabi, and Backblaze that offer storage solutions for much cheaper than S3 now.
Digital Ocean Spaces and Wasabi in particular actually use the Amazon S3 api for all their storage. This means you can switch over to either of those solutions without changing the programming of your app or the S3 plugins or libraries that you are currently using. The only thing you change is the base url that you make api calls to.
Backblaze has their own API, but they also offer a few additional features not offered under S3's api.
- abra559 7y agoUhh....except that they have cut prices a bunch of times in the last decade and launched cheaper storage like one zone
- rsync 7y ago"Except S3 storage isn't actually all that cheap anymore. Amazon has literally never changed the price of S3 storage over the last decade even though storage costs have plummeted over the same time period." I don't think that's true ... we (rsync.net) try to very roughly track (or beat) S3 for our cloud storage pricing and we've had to ratchet pricing down several times as a result. I don't think we just imagined it ...
- skywhopper 7y agoPlease at least get your facts right. They have lowered prices and introduced less expensive options.