🆚 DigitalOcean Spaces vs. Google Cloud Storage

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
DigitalOcean Spaces
Google Cloud Storage

Type

Cloud storage service
Cloud storage service

About

DigitalOcean Spaces is a cloud-based, S3-compatible object storage service for storing and serving large amounts of unstructured data such as images, videos, and static files.

It includes built-in global CDN caching, HTTPS security, support for up to 100 buckets per account, optional low-cost cold storage, and bucket-level access keys for tighter security.

Google Cloud Storage is a RESTful service for storing and accessing your data on Google's infrastructure.

Headquarters

New York, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

digitalocean.com #9,326
cloud.google.com/storage

Pricing

Free version ❌
250 GB of storage + 1 TB of outbound data transfer$5/month
Additional storage$0.02/GB/month
Additional transfer$0.01/GB
Free tier ✔️5 GB of Standard storage + 5,000 write and 50,000 read operations + 100 GB transfer from North America/month
Standard storage$0.020-$0.026/GB/month
Nearline storage$0.010-$0.015/GB/month
Cold storage$0.004-$0.007/GB/month
Archive storage$0.0012-$0.0024/GB/month
Operations on Standard storage (per 1,000)
Read$0.0050
Write$0.0004
Data transfer (per month)
First 1 TB$0.12+/GB
1–10 TB$0.11+/GB
10+ TB$0.08+/GB

Categories

Cloud Storages › Rank #3
Cloud Storages › Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Google Cloud Storage service is 2.5 times more popular than DigitalOcean Spaces.
Total websites

Market share

Cloud Storages

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Cloud Storage is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, while DigitalOcean Spaces is more popular in Indonesia, the Czech Republic, and Thailand.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Brazil
Germany
India
Netherlands
Australia
France
Indonesia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Cloud Storage is more popular than DigitalOcean Spaces in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Travel
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Sports
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,718
#2,196
#2,223
#3,769
#5,536
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Rank
#23
#54
#57
#88
#98
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See also

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