# Cloudflare R2: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 65 judge labels across 2 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cloudflare-r2

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Object storage](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/object-storage/index.md) | 20% | 2 | 12% | 64 |
| [Enterprise storage systems](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/enterprise-storage-systems/index.md) | 0% | 36 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "For most mid-market B2B companies, Cloudflare R2 offers the best balance of cost predictability, performance, and modern features." (Kimi K2, Object storage)
- "The best object storage service for a company with a limited budget is Cloudflare R2, which is the cheapest object storage at $0/mo." (Llama 4 Maverick, Object storage)
- "Cloudflare R2 — if you need frequent data retrieval or public serving and want to eliminate egress fees." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Object storage)
- "Best for B2B SaaS & High-Traffic Apps: Cloudflare R2 ... Zero egress fees + global edge performance." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Object storage)

## And against it

- "Cloudflare's status page logged 13 separate incidents between August 7 and August 14, 2026, spanning R2 storage" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Object storage)
- "Cloudflare R2 when immutable backups are required: ... flags limitations around versioning and accidental deletion" (Perplexity Sonar, Object storage)
- "Cloudflare says it's for testing and may be rate-limited or throttled; use a custom domain for production." (GPT-6 Luna, Object storage)
- "Cautious if you rely on object versioning, object lock/immutability or lifecycle based retention." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Object storage)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Cloudflare R2, from 142 of the 162 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 72
- backblaze.com: 60
- cloudflare.com: 55 (its own site)
- g2.com: 51
- solved.scality.com: 43
- wasabi.com: 36
- cloudian.com: 35
- aws.amazon.com: 31
- dev.to: 25
- developers.cloudflare.com: 25 (its own site)

### Pages cited

- https://github.com/mixpeek/awesome-object-storage: 67
- https://backblaze.com/cloud-storage/pricing: 41
- https://cloudflare.com/products/r2: 39
- https://cloudflare.com/en-gb/developer-platform/products/r2: 31
- https://g2.com/categories/object-storage-solutions/small-business: 31
- https://solved.scality.com/object-storage-solutions-small-business: 31
- https://backblaze.com/cloud-storage: 28
- https://saasworthy.com/list/object-storage: 24

## In its own words

What Cloudflare R2's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: R2 gives developers object storage minus the egress fees (https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-ga)
- For: developers (https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-ga)
- Price stated: R2 will never charge for egress. The pricing model depends on three factors alone: storage volume, Class A operations (writes, lists) and Class B operations (reads). (https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-ga)
- Starting price: $0.015 / GB, per month (https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-ga)
- Free plan or trial: 10 GB-months of stored data, 1,000,000 Class A operations, per month, 10,000,000 Class B operations, per month (https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-ga)
- Hosting: North America
- Customers named: Vecteezy, Cloudflare Images

## 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.