# Cloudflare R2 alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 127 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cloudflare R2 holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-r2/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon S3: 30
- Backblaze B2: 11
- Wasabi Object Storage: 9
- Azure Blob Storage: 5
- Google Cloud Storage: 5
- DigitalOcean Spaces: 3

## Object storage

**Small business**: 33 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare R2 (Cloudflare R2 is #2 of 8 at 22%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 9 of those 33
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 4 of those 33
- DigitalOcean Spaces: first choice in 3 of those 33
- Amazon S3: first choice in 2 of those 33

**Mid-market**: 33 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare R2 (Cloudflare R2 is #2 of 8 at 20%).

- Amazon S3: first choice in 6 of those 33
- Backblaze B2: first choice in 2 of those 33
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 1 of those 33
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 1 of those 33

**Enterprise**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare R2 (Cloudflare R2 is #3 of 11 at 9%).

- Amazon S3: first choice in 22 of those 61
- Azure Blob Storage: first choice in 5 of those 61
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 4 of those 61
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 4 of those 61
- MinIO AIStor: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Scality RING: first choice in 2 of those 61
- AWS S3 with Savings Plans: first choice in 1 of those 61
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3: first choice in 1 of those 61

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