Cloudflare R2

S3-compatible storage, zero egress

Free tier + paidImages, video & filesdevelopers.cloudflare.com

What it is

S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees — bandwidth out is free at any volume. Uses the same API and SDKs as S3, so most tooling works by changing the endpoint. An Infrequent Access class runs $0.01/GB-month plus a $0.01/GB retrieval fee.

Why it earns a slot

For an image-heavy publication the egress line is usually the whole bill, and R2 deletes it. Keeping originals on R2 and transforming through Cloudflare Images makes total cost proportional to storage, not traffic.

Know before you commit

Zero egress applies to R2 itself, but Infrequent Access adds a $0.01/GB retrieval charge and a 30-day minimum storage duration. Class A write operations at $4.50/M add up during bulk imports.

Getting started

npx wrangler r2 bucket create my-media

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Pricing snapshot

Free 10 GB-month storage, 1M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops. Then $0.015/GB-month, $4.50/M Class A, $0.36/M Class B. Egress always $0 at any volume

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Evaluate Cloudflare R2 (https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: S3-compatible storage, zero egress. S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees — bandwidth out is free at any volume. Uses the same API and SDKs as S3, so most tooling works by changing the endpoint. An Infrequent Access class runs $0.01/GB-month plus a $0.01/GB retrieval fee.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): For an image-heavy publication the egress line is usually the whole bill, and R2 deletes it. Keeping originals on R2 and transforming through Cloudflare Images makes total cost proportional to storage, not traffic.
Watch out for: Zero egress applies to R2 itself, but Infrequent Access adds a $0.01/GB retrieval charge and a 30-day minimum storage duration. Class A write operations at $4.50/M add up during bulk imports.
Pricing: Free 10 GB-month storage, 1M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops. Then $0.015/GB-month, $4.50/M Class A, $0.36/M Class B. Egress always $0 at any volume
Setup: npx wrangler r2 bucket create my-media
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Neighbourhood

How Cloudflare R2 sits against the rest of the atlas — swaps, companions and the tools builders actually save alongside it.

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Backblaze B2

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$6.95/TB/month (about $0.0069/GB), first 10 GB free. Egress free up to 3x average monthly storage, then $0.01/GB. Class A/B/C API calls free; Class D $0.004 per 10K

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Cloudflare Images

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Image storage + edge transforms

Free tier + paidImages, video & files

5,000 unique transformations/mo free on every plan including Free. Then $0.50 per 1,000 unique transformations; $5 per 100,000 images stored/mo; $1 per 100,000 images delivered/mo

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$5 per 1,000 minutes stored/mo, prepaid in $5 blocks; $1 per 1,000 minutes delivered. Ingest and encoding always free. No free tier

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