🆚 Azure Blob Storage vs. Cloudflare R2

Type

Cloud storage service
Cloud storage service

About

Azure Blob Storage is Microsoft's cloud object storage service for storing massive amounts of unstructured data such as text, images, and binary files.

It provides five access tiers, including a Smart tier that automatically shifts data between Hot, Cool, and Cold based on usage, three blob types optimized for specific operations, and always-on transparent 256-bit AES encryption compliant with FIPS 140-2.

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Cloudflare R2 is a globally distributed, S3-compatible object storage service designed to store large amounts of unstructured data without charging egress bandwidth fees.

It supports Standard and Infrequent Access storage classes, provides strong durability and security features with bucket tokens and CORS, and includes tools for migration and event notifications that integrate with serverless compute.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free tier ✔️ 12-month trial: 5 GB of Hot storage with 20K read/10K write operations per month
Storage Tiers
Premium $0.15/GB
Hot $0.0184-/GB
Cool $0.01/GB/month
Cold $0.0036/GB/month
Archive $0.002/GB/month
Operations on Hot storage
(per 10,000)
Read $0.004
Write $0.05
Internet Egress
(per month)
Free tier ✔️ First 100 GB
Next $0.087-/GB
Free tier ✔️ 10 GB of storage + 1M class A operations + 10 class B operations per month
Standard
Storage $0.015/GB/month
Class A operations $4.50/million
Class B operations $0.36/million
Infrequent Access
Storage $0.01/GB/month
Class A operations $9/million
Class B operations $0.90/million
Data retrieval $0.01/GB

Categories

Cloud Storages › Rank #4
Cloud Storages › Rank #6

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Azure Blob Storage service is 3 times more popular than Cloudflare R2.
Total websites

Market share

Cloud Storages

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Azure Blob Storage is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, while Cloudflare R2 is more popular in Indonesia, Israel, and China.
United States
United Kingdom
Indonesia
Netherlands
Brazil
Canada
Germany
Australia
India
Sweden

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Azure Blob Storage is more popular than Cloudflare R2 in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Health
Travel
Sports
Internet Services
Finance/Banking
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,570
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Name
Rank
#2,872
#8,483
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See also

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