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

Gane Index, November 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/enterprise

**Standing:** Amazon S3 leads with 43% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 53 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) | 43% | 30% | 67 |
| 2 | [Wasabi Object Storage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/wasabi-object-storage/index.md) | 15% | 26% | 47 |
| 3 | [Cloudflare R2](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-r2/index.md) | 9% | 24% | 37 |
| 4 | [Cloudian HyperStore](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudian-hyperstore/index.md) | 6% | 0% | 30 |
| 5 | [Azure Blob Storage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-blob-storage/index.md) | 6% | 27% | 52 |
| 6 | [Backblaze B2](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/backblaze-b2/index.md) | 6% | 19% | 36 |
| 7 | [Scality RING](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/scality-ring/index.md) | 4% | 5% | 19 |
| 8 | [MinIO AIStor](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/minio-aistor/index.md) | 2% | 18% | 38 |
| 9 | [Google Cloud Storage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-cloud-storage/index.md) | 2% | 25% | 53 |
| 10 | [IBM Cloud Object Storage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ibm-cloud-object-storage/index.md) | 2% | 6% | 17 |
| 14 | [NetApp StorageGRID](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/netapp-storagegrid/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 72 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, MinIO AIStor
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: AWS Simple Storage Service; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor
- Perplexity Sonar: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Cloudian HyperStore
- Grok 4.20: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor
- Mistral Small: Amazon S3; alternatives Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object Storage
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor
- Llama 4 Maverick: Amazon S3; alternatives Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Scality RING; alternatives Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, IBM Cloud Object Storage
- Kimi K2: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object Storage
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage; alternatives Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Scality RING
- MiniMax M2.5: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage
- GPT-6 Luna: Amazon S3; alternatives Google Cloud → Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure → Blob Storage
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Amazon S3; alternatives Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage

## Sources the answers cite

73 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 13 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- cloudian.com: 44 answers, 90 citations
- impossiblecloud.com: 23 answers, 58 citations
- backblaze.com: 23 answers, 40 citations
- github.com: 23 answers, 26 citations
- wasabi.com: 22 answers, 42 citations
- aws.amazon.com: 20 answers, 29 citations
- g2.com: 19 answers, 20 citations
- solved.scality.com: 17 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://github.com/mixpeek/awesome-object-storage (18 answers)
- https://cloudian.com/guides/object-storage/choosing-object-storage-for-petabyte-scale (16 answers)
- https://backblaze.com/cloud-storage (15 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/object-storage-solutions/enterprise (15 answers)
- https://storagenewsletter.com/2024/07/05/radar-for-enterprise-object-storage (14 answers)
- https://cloudian.com/guides/object-storage/top-8-object-storage-systems-for-long-term-data-retention (12 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/cloud/object-storage/enterprise (12 answers)
- https://backblaze.com/cloud-storage-v2 (10 answers)
- https://backblaze.com/cloud-storage/pricing (9 answers)
- https://blog.internxt.com/most-efficient-object-storage-products (9 answers)

## Warned against

- Amazon S3: 20 of 67 labels 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 Storage: 12 of 47 labels 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 Storage: 14 of 52 labels negative. "Why Not AWS S3, Azure Blob, or Google Cloud? ... avoid hyperscalers" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- Google Cloud Storage: 13 of 53 labels negative. "Why Not AWS S3, Azure Blob, or Google Cloud? ... avoid hyperscalers" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Amazon S3 at 43%.

- Wasabi Object Storage: 23% to 15%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 2 of 72, unchanged.
- Cloudian HyperStore: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 8 → 4 of 72.
- Backblaze B2: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 7 → 6 of 72.
- Scality RING: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 14 → 7 of 72.
- MinIO AIStor: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 12 → 8 of 72.
- Google Cloud Storage: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 9 of 72.
- IBM Cloud Object Storage: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 13 → 10 of 72.
- NetApp StorageGRID: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 9 → 14 of 72.
- Amazon S3: 44% to 43%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 1 of 72, unchanged.
- Cloudflare R2: 8% to 9%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 3 of 72, unchanged.
- Azure Blob Storage: 6% to 6%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 → 5 of 72.
- Dell ObjectScale: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 of 72, unchanged.

## Record

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