5 Cloudflare R2 Alternatives for Object Storage in 2026

Cloudflare R2 is a great product. It solved one of the most painful object storage problems: egress fees.

But R2 is not automatically the best fit for every app. Maybe you do not want to build around Cloudflare. Maybe you want a German region. Maybe request fees matter for your workload. Maybe you just want a simpler storage bill.

Here are five Cloudflare R2 alternatives worth considering in 2026.

What R2 does well

R2 is S3-compatible and has free egress. That is the headline.

As of July 2026, Cloudflare lists R2 Standard storage at $0.015 per GB-month. It also charges Class A and Class B operations after the free tier. The free tier includes 10 GB-month of Standard storage, 1 million Class A operations, and 10 million Class B operations per month.

That model is great for many workloads, especially if you are already using Cloudflare Workers, CDN, DNS, or Pages.

The alternatives below are interesting when you want a different region story, a simpler request model, lower storage cost, or storage bundled with your app platform.

Quick comparison

1. Sliplane Object Storage

Sliplane Object Storage is the R2 alternative I would pick when the workload is normal app storage and the team wants fewer pricing dimensions.

Like R2, it is S3-compatible and has no egress fees. Unlike R2, Sliplane also has no request fees. You pay for storage in simple 250 GB blocks: 5 EUR per 250 GB per month, excluding tax. The first GB is free.

Sliplane is also a German company and offers object storage in Germany, which matters if your R2 hesitation is about data location or European infrastructure.

Sliplane does not charge per bucket, so splitting uploads, backups, staging assets, and customer files into separate buckets does not change the bill.

Use Sliplane if:

• You want no egress and no request fees.
• You want object storage in Germany.
• You store user uploads, app assets, backups, and generated files.
• You want storage in the same dashboard as your apps.

Skip it if:

• You need Cloudflare Workers-native workflows.
• You want a larger free tier.
• You need Cloudflare's global edge ecosystem around the bucket.

2. Backblaze B2

Backblaze B2 is a strong R2 alternative when storage cost matters more than unlimited free egress.

As of July 2026, Backblaze lists B2 Cloud Storage at $6.95 per TB per month, free transactions, and free egress up to 3x average monthly storage. Additional egress is listed at $0.01 per GB.

That makes B2 a very good fit for backups and archives, where you store a lot and download comparatively little.

Use Backblaze B2 if:

• You want cheap storage at TB scale.
• Your workload is backup-heavy.
• Your downloads are usually under the included egress allowance.

Skip it if:

• You need unlimited free egress.
• You need a German region.
• You want storage inside your app platform.

3. Wasabi

Wasabi is another no-egress object storage provider. It also does not charge API request fees, which makes it attractive if your problem with R2 is operation-based pricing.

As of July 2026, Wasabi lists pay-as-you-go storage starting at $7.99 per TB per month. It is a strong option for backup, media, and large hot storage workloads.

The main thing to understand is billing behavior around minimum storage duration and deleted objects. Wasabi can be excellent for durable storage, but it is less ideal if your app creates and deletes lots of short-lived temporary objects.

Use Wasabi if:

• You want no egress and no API request fees.
• Your objects stick around.
• You store large media or backup datasets.

Skip it if:

• Your workload creates and deletes short-lived files constantly.
• You want a Germany-first provider.
• You want app hosting and object storage together.

4. Hetzner Object Storage

Hetzner Object Storage is a practical R2 alternative to evaluate if you are a European developer already using Hetzner.

It is S3-compatible and available in Nuremberg, Falkenstein, and Helsinki. Hetzner also lists object locking, versioning, pre-signed URLs, and server-side encryption.

This is less of an R2-style edge storage product and more of a classic European infrastructure product.

As of July 2026, Hetzner pricing starts at 6.49 EUR/month, excluding VAT, including 1 TB of storage and 1 TB of egress. Extra storage is listed at 8.70 EUR/TB-month, extra egress at 1 EUR/TB, and Hetzner lists ingress, internal eu-central traffic, and S3 API calls as free.

The caveat in 2026 is availability under load. On July 2, 2026, Hetzner's status page showed degraded Object Storage in multiple locations and an ongoing note that high Object Storage traffic may lead to timeouts. The durability and feature set can still make sense for backups or Hetzner-local workflows, but I would not make it the first choice for availability-sensitive app paths right now.

Use Hetzner if:

• You already host on Hetzner.
• You want German or Finnish regions.
• You like composing infrastructure yourself.

Skip it if:

• You want no per-bucket fees, egress fees, or request fees as the main product promise.
• You want a single app platform dashboard.
• You are not already a Hetzner user.

5. Scaleway Object Storage

Scaleway Object Storage is a European R2 alternative with more traditional cloud storage classes.

It supports an S3-compatible API and offers Standard Multi-AZ, Standard One Zone, and Glacier. This makes it more flexible for workloads where not every object deserves the same availability/cost profile.

Use Scaleway if:

• You want European infrastructure.
• You need storage classes.
• You want lifecycle and archive options.

Skip it if:

• You want free egress without thresholds.
• You want no request-style complexity at all.
• Your app just needs one simple bucket.

Which R2 alternative should you choose?

Conclusion

Cloudflare R2 is still one of the best S3 alternatives, especially if you already use Cloudflare.

But if you want a German region, no request fees, or storage directly next to your app platform, it is worth comparing the alternatives. For many app workloads, Sliplane Object Storage is simpler: S3-compatible buckets, no egress fees, no request fees, and predictable 250 GB pricing.