⚡ Cloud Storages in Japan

Cloud storages are online services that allow websites and applications to store, retrieve, and manage data on remote servers. Many of these services support an API compatible with Amazon S3, making it easy for developers to switch between providers.

According to our research, cloud storage services are detected on 2.2% of websites from Japan.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

The following chart shows the top cloud storage services in Japan in 2025, based on market share.

The most popular is Amazon S3, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 76.7% share.
It is followed by Google Cloud Storage with 22.1% and Azure Storage with 1.2%.

Amazon S3 76.7%
Google Cloud Storage 22.1%
Azure Storage 1.2%
Alibaba Cloud OSS 0.7%
DigitalOcean Spaces 0.5%
Cloud Storage for Firebase 0.3%
Cloudflare R2 0.3%
Oracle Cloud Storage 0.07%
Wasabi 0.07%
IBM Cloud Object Storage 0.04%
Backblaze B2 0.04%
Tencent Cloud Object Storage 0.04%
Ceph 0.04%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in Japan than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Azure Storage ^(-1)
4. Alibaba Cloud OSS ^(-3)
8. Oracle Cloud Storage ^(-5)
9. Wasabi ^(-1)
10. IBM Cloud Object Storage ^(-7)
11. Backblaze B2 ^(-3)

✨ Best Cloud Storage Services

Below is a more detailed list of all cloud storage services used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Amazon S3Seattle, Washington, United States An object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.	76.7%
2	Google Cloud StorageMountain View, California, United States A RESTful service for storing and accessing your data on Google's infrastructure.	22.1%
3	Azure StorageRedmond, Washington, United States Offers highly available, massively scalable, durable, and secure storage for a variety of data objects in the cloud.	1.2%
4	Alibaba Cloud OSSHangzhou, China A fully managed object storage service with Amazon S3-compatible APIs.	0.7%
5	DigitalOcean SpacesNew York, United States A cloud-based S3-compatible object storage from DigitalOcean.	0.5%
6	Cloud Storage for FirebaseMountain View, California, United States A powerful, simple, and cost-effective object storage service powered by Google Cloud Storage.	0.3%
7	Cloudflare R2San Francisco, California, United States A cost-effective, scalable object storage with zero egress fees.	0.3%
8	Oracle Cloud StorageAustin, Texas, United States Provides a high-performance storage service that scales up to 1.3 million IOPS and 1 PB per instance.	0.07%
9	WasabiBoston, Massachusetts, United States Cloud storage that does not charge for egress or API requests and can cost up to 80% less than the competition.	0.07%
10	IBM Cloud Object StorageArmonk, New York, United States Highly available, durable, and secure cloud storage with partial S3 API support.	0.04%
11	Backblaze B2 Hot cloud object storage that is fully compatible with AWS S3, but for less money.	0.04%
-	Tencent Cloud Object StorageShenzhen, China A distributed storage service with Amazon S3-compatible APIs.	0.04%
-	CephRaleigh, North Carolina, United States An open-source distributed storage platform that links multiple servers into a single, scalable storage cluster for object, block, and file storage.	0.04%

Data is based on the analysis of 123,523 websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on November 1, 2025.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.