# Object storage for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "object storage service" and as "S3-compatible cloud storage", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/object-storage/2026-10/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/object-storage/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** Amazon S3 leads with 44% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 48 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Amazon S3](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-s3/index.md) | 44% | 25% | 63 |
| 2 | [Wasabi Object Storage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/wasabi-object-storage/index.md) | 23% | 20% | 44 |
| 3 | [Cloudflare R2](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-r2/index.md) | 8% | 14% | 28 |
| 4 | [Azure Blob Storage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-blob-storage/index.md) | 6% | 24% | 50 |
| 5 | [Google Cloud Storage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-cloud-storage/index.md) | 4% | 23% | 48 |
| 7 | [Backblaze B2](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/backblaze-b2/index.md) | 2% | 18% | 40 |
| 8 | [Cloudian HyperStore](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudian-hyperstore/index.md) | 2% | 4% | 24 |
| 9 | [NetApp StorageGRID](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/netapp-storagegrid/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 12 |
| 12 | [MinIO AIStor](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/minio-aistor/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 31 |
| 13 | [IBM Cloud Object Storage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ibm-cloud-object-storage/index.md) | 0% | 6% | 18 |
| 14 | [Scality RING](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/scality-ring/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 13 |
| 15 | [Dell ObjectScale](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dell-objectscale/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 54 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
- GPT-5.4 mini: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Cloudflare R2; alternatives Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor
- Perplexity Sonar: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Ceph, Cloudian HyperStore
- Grok 4.20: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
- Mistral Small: Azure Blob Storage; alternatives Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, MinIO AIStor, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
- Kimi K2: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage
- MiniMax M2.5: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage
- GPT-6 Luna: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Amazon Simple Storage Service S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage

## Sources the answers cite

73 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- cloudian.com: 42 answers, 81 citations
- digitalocean.com: 41 answers, 49 citations
- worldmetrics.org: 24 answers, 28 citations
- solved.scality.com: 23 answers, 28 citations
- backblaze.com: 21 answers, 37 citations
- blog.internxt.com: 17 answers, 25 citations
- impossiblecloud.com: 17 answers, 22 citations
- aws.amazon.com: 16 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://digitalocean.com/resources/articles/object-storage-solutions-cloud-data (40 answers)
- https://atlantic.net/managed-services/top-object-storage-providers-2026-a-guide-to-the-best-solutions-available (16 answers)
- https://backblaze.com/cloud-storage (16 answers)
- https://geekflare.com/software/best-object-storage (16 answers)
- https://enterprisestorageforum.com/cloud/best-object-storage-solutions (15 answers)
- https://blog.internxt.com/most-efficient-object-storage-products (14 answers)
- https://cloudzero.com/blog/cloud-storage-pricing (13 answers)
- https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/4629/best-object-storage-solutions-for-enterprise-backup-in-2026 (13 answers)
- https://storagenewsletter.com/2024/07/05/radar-for-enterprise-object-storage (13 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/cloud/object-storage/enterprise (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Amazon S3: 16 of 63 labels negative. "Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3, and Azure Blob Storage are some of the services that have been labeled as "negative" or "avoid"" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Azure Blob Storage: 12 of 50 labels negative. "labeled as "negative" or "avoid" by various AI models. The reasons for this include high egress fees, minimum retention periods, and unpredictable bills." (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Google Cloud Storage: 11 of 48 labels negative. "Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3, and Azure Blob Storage are some of the services that have been labeled as "negative" or "avoid"" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Wasabi Object Storage: 9 of 44 labels negative. "Confusing billing, UI complexity, support concerns, and explicitly noted as "not ideal for large enterprises"{}" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Amazon S3 at 44%.

- Amazon S3: 30% to 44%, +14. Cleared the floor by 3 points · rank 1 of 44, unchanged.
- Backblaze B2: 10% to 2%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 4 → 6 of 44.
- NetApp StorageGRID: 8% to 2%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 5 → 8 of 44.
- Azure Blob Storage: 2% to 7%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 8 → 4 of 44.
- Google Cloud Storage: 0% to 5%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 13 → 5 of 44.
- Scality RING: 5% to 0%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 6 → 13 of 44.
- Wasabi Object Storage: 25% to 22%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 2 of 44, unchanged.
- Cloudflare R2: 12% to 10%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 of 44, unchanged.
- Cloudian HyperStore: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 12 → 7 of 44.
- IBM Cloud Object Storage: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 12 of 44.
- MinIO AIStor: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 of 44, unchanged.
- Dell ObjectScale: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 14 of 44, unchanged.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.