Object storage for enterprise buyers
Asked as “object storage service”, and as “S3-compatible cloud storage”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
43%
Clear leader
43Amazon S315Wasabi Object Storage09Cloudflare R232others
43% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▼−1Since October 2026: 44% → 43%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Amazon S3 held the lead, −1 point on 44%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Backblaze B249%Clear leader▲+2Since October 2026: 47% → 49%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketBackblaze B255%Clear leader▲+9Since October 2026: 46% → 55%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
Amazon S343%Clear leader▼−1Since October 2026: 44% → 43%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This page
Backblaze B249%Clear leader▲+2Since October 2026: 47% → 49%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketBackblaze B255%Clear leader▲+9Since October 2026: 46% → 55%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseAmazon S343%Clear leader▼−1Since October 2026: 44% → 43%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Amazon S343%30%67criticized default▼−1Since October 2026: 44% → 43%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.44% → 43%
Amazon S343%30%67criticized default▼−1Since October 2026: 44% → 43%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.44% → 43%02
Wasabi Object Storage15%26%47criticized challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 23% → 15%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.23% → 15%
Wasabi Object Storage15%26%47criticized challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 23% → 15%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.23% → 15%03
Cloudflare R29%24%37accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 8% → 9%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 9%
Cloudflare R29%24%37accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 8% → 9%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 9%04
Cloudian HyperStore6%0%30accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 6%
Cloudian HyperStore6%0%30accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 6%05
Azure Blob Storage6%27%52criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 6% → 6%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 6%
Azure Blob Storage6%27%52criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 6% → 6%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 6%06Backblaze B26%19%36accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 6%
Backblaze B26%19%36accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 6%07
Scality RING4%5%19accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
Scality RING4%5%19accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%08
MinIO AIStor2%18%38accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
MinIO AIStor2%18%38accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%09
Google Cloud Storage Lab in the set2%25%53accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
Google Cloud Storage Lab in the set2%25%53accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%10
IBM Cloud Object Storage2%6%17accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
IBM Cloud Object Storage2%6%17accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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NetApp StorageGRID0%0%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
NetApp StorageGRID0%0%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Cloud Storage is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models one time of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405060708091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Amazon S343%
Amazon S343%02Wasabi Object Storage15%
Wasabi Object Storage15%03Cloudflare R29%
Cloudflare R29%04Cloudian HyperStore6%
Cloudian HyperStore6%05Azure Blob Storage6%
Azure Blob Storage6%06Backblaze B26%
Backblaze B26%07Scality RING4%
Scality RING4%08MinIO AIStor2%
MinIO AIStor2%09Google Cloud Storage2%
Google Cloud Storage2%10IBM Cloud Object Storage2%
IBM Cloud Object Storage2%11NetApp StorageGRID0%
NetApp StorageGRID0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Amazon S330%
20 of 67 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“What to Avoid for Predictability: The Hyperscalers ... AWS S3, Azure Blob, and Google Cloud Storage are powerful but have fragmented, unpredictable cost models” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
Wasabi Object Storage26%
12 of 47 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“This policy is frequently cited as a reason to avoid or be cautious with Wasabi for enterprise use cases” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Azure Blob Storage27%
14 of 52 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Why Not AWS S3, Azure Blob, or Google Cloud? ... avoid hyperscalers” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Google Cloud Storage25%
13 of 53 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Why Not AWS S3, Azure Blob, or Google Cloud? ... avoid hyperscalers” Kimi K2, budget prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
73 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 13 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 916 links across 227 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 1 model searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition. 30 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Cloudian44 answers · 90 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Impossible Cloud23 answers · 58 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Backblaze23 answers · 40 citations · 11 models
vendor site · GitHub23 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Wasabi22 answers · 42 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Amazon20 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G219 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Scality17 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
publisher (Gane)13 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Cloudflare12 answers · 20 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Internxt12 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
18 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 10 models
14 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 7 models
9 answers · 5 models
9 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best object storage service”, “object storage service”, “object storage services”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon parent site Amazon S3 43% | 43% | 182 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | |||
| Wasabi Object Storage wasabi.com | 15% | 142 | 70 | 1 | 13,526 | 76 | |
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare R2 9% | 9% | 142 | 550,000 | 10,897 | |||
| Cloudian HyperStore cloudian.com | 6% | 43 | 90 | 0 | 51,205 | 10 | 8 |
| Azure parent site Azure Blob Storage 6% | 6% | 122 | 301,000 | 47,904 | |||
| Backblaze backblaze.com Backblaze B2 6% | 6% | 159 | 27,100 | 818 | 135,980 company | 74 | 7 |
| Scality RING scality.com | 4% | 26 | 30 | 3 | 11,465 | 11 | |
| MinIO AIStor min.io | 2% | 67 | 140 | 0 | 7,152 | 26 | |
| Google Cloud cloud.google.com Google Cloud Storage 2% | 2% | 124 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 7,405,347 | 4 | |
| IBM parent site IBM Cloud Object Storage 2%, IBM Storage Ceph 0% | 2% | 18 | 201,000 | 34,098 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 22 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (aws.amazon.com, backblaze.com, cloudian.com). The first result for “best object storage service” is reddit.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best object storage service for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which S3-compatible cloud storage would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade object storage services and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best object storage service for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating an object storage service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which object storage services should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon S3Amazon S3HeldAmazon S3Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3no first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageFour alternatives
Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageSix alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Dell ObjectScale, MinIO AIStor, NetApp StorageGRID, Scality RINGOne alternative
Backblaze B2GPT-5.4 miniAmazon S3MinIO AIStorChangedAmazon S3Google Cloud Storageno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStorTwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object StorageThree alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object StorageTwo alternatives
Amazon S3, Azure Blob StorageGemini 3.5 FlashAWS Simple Storage ServiceAmazon S3ChangedAmazon S3Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storageno first choiceagainst: Backblaze B2, Ceph, Garage, IDrive e2, MinIO AIStor, SeaweedFS, Wasabi Object Storage
Five alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageThree alternatives
Cloudflare R2, MinIO Enterprise Object Storage, Wasabi Object StorageFive alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Dell ObjectScale, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStorTwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2Perplexity SonarAmazon S3Amazon S3Heldagainst: MinIO AIStorno first choiceCloudian HyperStoreagainst: Amazon S3no first choiceagainst: Akamai, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces, Linode Object Storage, MinIO AIStor, OVHcloud Object Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
Eight alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, NetApp StorageGRID, Wasabi Object StorageFour alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Cloudian HyperStore, Wasabi Object StorageNine alternatives
Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Ceph, Cloudian HyperStore, Dell, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, NetApp, Scality RINGTwo alternatives
Cloudflare R2, IONOS Object StorageGrok 4.20Amazon S3against: Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2Wasabi Object StorageChangedagainst: Amazon S3, Ceph, Cloudflare R2, Cyfuture, DigitalOcean Spaces, MinIO AIStor, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object StorageAmazon S3Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage, StorjAmazon S3, Azure Blob Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Filecoin, Google Cloud Storage, IDrive e2, Sia, Storj, Wasabi Object Storage
Four alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStorOne alternative
Backblaze B2Six alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Scality RING, WekaTwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2Three alternatives
Backblaze B2, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageMistral SmallAmazon S3Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2ChangedAmazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageIBM Cloud Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storageno first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
Two alternatives
Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object StorageThree alternatives
Backblaze B2, MinIO AIStor, Scality RING or Scality ADIFour alternatives
Cloudian HyperStore, Cohesity, IBM Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi Object StorageDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon S3Amazon S3, Cloudian HyperStoreChangedAmazon Web Services (AWS) S3Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageAmazon S3against: Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, IDrive e2, MinIO AIStor, Scality RING, Wasabi Object Storage
Five alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageThree alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, MinIO AIStorSix alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Scality RING, Wasabi Object StorageTwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, IBM Cloud Object Storage — One-Rate PlanFour alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Scality RINGLlama 4 MaverickAmazon S3Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Cloudian HyperStoreChangedno first choiceAmazon S3no first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
Three alternatives
Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object StorageThree alternatives
Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, Oracle Object StorageQwen 3.7 FlashScality RINGAmazon S3Changedno first choiceWasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3no first choiceagainst: Ceph, MinIO AIStoragainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, Self-Built Ceph Clusters, Unmanaged OpenStack Swift, Wasabi Object Storage
Six alternatives
Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, IBM Cloud Object Storage, MinIO AIStor, Spectrum BusinessThree alternatives
MinIO AIStor, Scality RING, Wasabi Object StorageFive alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudian HyperStore, MinIO AIStor, Scality RING, Wasabi Object StorageOne alternative
Cloudflare R2Kimi K2Amazon S3Cloudflare R2ChangedAmazon S3Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storageno first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Storj, Vultr Object Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
Three alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageFive alternatives
Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object StorageSeven alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, MinIO AIStor, NetApp StorageGRID, Scality RINGThree alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, IBM Cloud Object StorageGLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon S3, Azure Blob StorageScality RINGChangedAmazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageAWS S3 with Savings Plans, Azure Blob Storage with Reserved Instances, Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Google Cloud Storage with Committed Use Discountsno first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
Four alternatives
Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Scality RINGOne alternative
Cloudian HyperStoreFive alternatives
Backblaze B2, Ceph RADOS Gateway, Cloudian HyperStore, IDrive e2, RustFSTwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, MinIO AIStorMiniMax M2.5Amazon S3Amazon S3, Azure Blob StorageChangedAmazon S3Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2against: Amazon S3, Wasabi Object Storageno first choicenothing named
Six alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp StorageGRID, Wasabi Object StorageTwo alternatives
Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud StorageSix alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Scality RING, VAST DataGPT-6 LunaAmazon S3against: Cloudflare R2Amazon S3Heldno first choiceCloudflare R2no first choiceagainst: Amazon S3 Glacier, Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage Archive, Wasabi Object Storage
Two alternatives
Google Cloud → Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure → Blob StorageOne alternative
Cloudflare R2One alternative
Wasabi Object StorageMuse Glimmer 30BAmazon S3Backblaze B2ChangedAmazon S3no first choiceagainst: Amazon S3no first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object Storage
Two alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageThree alternatives
Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Cloudian HyperStoreSix alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Dell ECS Enterprise Object Storage, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object StorageThree alternatives
Cloudflare R2, IBM Cloud Object Storage One-Rate, Wasabi Object StorageBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:33 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:03 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:43 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:28 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:09 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:30 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:17 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:08 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:17 | yes | 20 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:38 | yes | 20 | 93 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:02 | yes | 10 | 66 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:11 | yes | 3 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:23 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:56 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:41 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:48 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:28 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:46 | yes | 14 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:06 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:41 | yes | 9 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:50 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:02 | yes | 21 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 25 | 68 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 10 | 52 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:27 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 20 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:40 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:02 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:37 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 9 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:21 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:44 | yes | 24 | 41 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:21 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:27 | yes | 18 | 40 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 24 | 89 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:12 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:42 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:30 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:45 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:05 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:41 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:30 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:33 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:56 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:45 | yes | 12 | 73 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:54 | yes | 22 | 65 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:51 | yes | 19 | 121 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:44 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:04 | yes | 22 | 48 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:10 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:29 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:27 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:12 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:43 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:28 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:49 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:56 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:44 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:46 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:29 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:44 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 2 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:40 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:52 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:27 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:19 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:52 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:33 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:13 | yes | 20 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:23 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 22 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 19 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:22 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:40 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
Normalization in this category
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AWS read as Amazon S3
AWS (Amazon S3) read as Amazon S3
AWS Glacier read as Amazon S3 Glacier
Azure read as Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob read as Azure Blob Storage
Backblaze read as Backblaze B2
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare R2
Cloudian read as Cloudian HyperStore
Dell ECS read as Dell ObjectScale
Google Cloud read as Google Cloud Storage
MinIO read as MinIO AIStor
MinIO (Self-Hosted) read as MinIO AIStor
MinIO (self-hosted) read as MinIO AIStor
OVHcloud read as OVHcloud Object Storage
Oracle read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
Scaleway read as Scaleway Object Storage
Scality read as Scality RING
Wasabi read as Wasabi Object Storage
Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage read as Wasabi Object Storage
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS S3 with Savings Plans
AWS Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
Azure Blob Storage with Reserved Instances
Ceph RADOS Gateway
Cyfuture
Dell ECS Enterprise Object Storage
Glacier/Archive tiers
Google Cloud Storage Archive
Google Cloud Storage with Committed Use Discounts
Google Cloud → Cloud Storage
Huawei OceanStor Pacific Series
IBM Cloud Object Storage One-Rate
IBM Cloud Object Storage Systems
IBM Cloud Object Storage — One-Rate Plan
IONOS Object Storage
Microsoft Azure → Blob Storage
MinIO Enterprise Object Storage
OceanStor 9000 V5
Oracle Object Storage
RustFS
Scality RING or Scality ADI
Self-Built Ceph Clusters
Sia
Unmanaged OpenStack Swift
VAST Data Platform
WEKA Data Platform
Weka IO
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.