Object storage for enterprise buyers
Asked as “object storage service”, and as “S3-compatible cloud storage”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
44%
Clear leader
44Amazon S323Wasabi Object Storage08Cloudflare R225others
44% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▲+14Since September 2026: 30% → 44%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Amazon S3 held the lead, +14 points on 30%, past the 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 B247%Clear leader▼−9Since September 2026: 60% → 51%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketBackblaze B246%Clear leader▼−1Since September 2026: 46% → 45%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Enterprise
Amazon S344%Clear leader▲+14Since September 2026: 30% → 44%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.This page
Backblaze B247%Clear leader▼−9Since September 2026: 60% → 51%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketBackblaze B246%Clear leader▼−1Since September 2026: 46% → 45%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseAmazon S344%Clear leader▲+14Since September 2026: 30% → 44%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.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 September 2026
01Amazon S344%25%63criticized default▲+14Since September 2026: 30% → 44%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.30% → 44%
Amazon S344%25%63criticized default▲+14Since September 2026: 30% → 44%, +14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.30% → 44%02
Wasabi Object Storage23%20%44accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 25% → 22%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.25% → 22%
Wasabi Object Storage23%20%44accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 25% → 22%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.25% → 22%03
Cloudflare R28%14%28accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 12% → 10%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 10%
Cloudflare R28%14%28accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 12% → 10%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 10%04
Azure Blob Storage6%24%50accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%
Azure Blob Storage6%24%50accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%05
Google Cloud Storage Lab in the set4%23%48accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 5%
Google Cloud Storage Lab in the set4%23%48accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 5%06Backblaze B22%18%40accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 10% → 2%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 2%
Backblaze B22%18%40accepted challenger▼−8Since September 2026: 10% → 2%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 2%07
Cloudian HyperStore2%4%24accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Cloudian HyperStore2%4%24accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%08
NetApp StorageGRID2%0%12accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 8% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.8% → 2%
NetApp StorageGRID2%0%12accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 8% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.8% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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MinIO AIStor0%10%31accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
MinIO AIStor0%10%31accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10
IBM Cloud Object Storage0%6%18accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
IBM Cloud Object Storage0%6%18accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%11
Scality RING0%0%13accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 0%
Scality RING0%0%13accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 5% → 0%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 0%12
Dell ObjectScale0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Dell ObjectScale0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 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 is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. 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 two times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Backblaze B2 vs Azure Blob StorageBackblaze B2 vs DigitalOcean SpacesBackblaze B2 vs Google Cloud StorageBackblaze B2 vs Cloudian HyperStoreCloudflare R2 vs Amazon S3Cloudflare R2 vs Wasabi Object StorageCloudflare R2 vs Azure Blob StorageCloudflare R2 vs DigitalOcean SpacesCloudflare R2 vs Google Cloud StorageCloudflare R2 vs Cloudian HyperStoreAmazon S3 vs Wasabi Object StorageAmazon S3 vs Azure Blob StorageAmazon S3 vs DigitalOcean SpacesAmazon S3 vs Google Cloud StorageAmazon S3 vs Cloudian HyperStoreWasabi Object Storage vs Azure Blob StorageWasabi Object Storage vs DigitalOcean SpacesWasabi Object Storage vs Google Cloud StorageWasabi Object Storage vs Cloudian HyperStoreAzure Blob Storage vs DigitalOcean SpacesAzure Blob Storage vs Google Cloud StorageAzure Blob Storage vs Cloudian HyperStoreDigitalOcean Spaces vs Google Cloud StorageDigitalOcean Spaces vs Cloudian HyperStoreGoogle Cloud Storage vs Cloudian HyperStore
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 →
010203040506070809101112Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Amazon S344%
Amazon S344%02Wasabi Object Storage23%
Wasabi Object Storage23%03Cloudflare R28%
Cloudflare R28%04Azure Blob Storage6%
Azure Blob Storage6%05Google Cloud Storage4%
Google Cloud Storage4%06Backblaze B22%
Backblaze B22%07Cloudian HyperStore2%
Cloudian HyperStore2%08NetApp StorageGRID2%
NetApp StorageGRID2%09MinIO AIStor0%
MinIO AIStor0%10IBM Cloud Object Storage0%
IBM Cloud Object Storage0%11Scality RING0%
Scality RING0%12Dell ObjectScale0%
Dell ObjectScale0%What they warned about
Eight of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, 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 S325%
16 of 63 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 4 hard 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 Storage24%
12 of 50 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard 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 Storage23%
11 of 48 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard 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 Storage20%
9 of 44 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Confusing billing, UI complexity, support concerns, and explicitly noted as "not ideal for large enterprises"{}” Kimi K2, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
73 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1009 links across 254 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 26 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 · Cloudian42 answers · 81 citations · 12 models
vendor site · DigitalOcean41 answers · 49 citations · 12 models
24 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Scality23 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Backblaze21 answers · 37 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Internxt17 answers · 25 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Impossible Cloud17 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Amazon16 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 17 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Atlantic.Net16 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
vendor site · G215 answers · 19 citations · 8 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.
40 answers · 12 models
16 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 5 models
12 answers · 8 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 | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon parent site Amazon S3 44% | 44% | 191 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | ||||
| Wasabi Object Storage wasabi.com | 23% | 142 | 70 | 1 | 13,526 | 76 | ||
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare R2 8% | 8% | 131 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| Azure parent site Azure Blob Storage 6% | 6% | 110 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Google Cloud cloud.google.com Google Cloud Storage 4% | 4% | 119 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 7,405,347 | 4 | ||
| Internxt internxt.com Internxt S3 4%, Internxt 0% | 4% | 3 | ||||||
| Backblaze backblaze.com Backblaze B2 2% | 2% | 171 | 27,100 | 818 | 135,980 company | 74 | 7 | |
| Cloudian HyperStore cloudian.com | 2% | 35 | 90 | 0 | 51,205 | 10 | 8 | |
| NetApp StorageGRID netapp.com | 2% | 15 | 320 | 9 | 137,356 | $1 | 79 | 3 |
| Amazon Simple Storage Service S3 | 2% |
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 S3Heldno first choiceWasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3no first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor
Two alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageFour alternatives
Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageTwo alternatives
Cloudflare R2, IBM Cloud Object StorageGPT-5.4 miniAmazon S3Amazon S3HeldAmazon S3Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storageagainst: Amazon S3no first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageOne alternative
Backblaze B2Four alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object StorageThree alternatives
Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageGemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare R2Cloudflare R2HeldAmazon S3Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageAmazon S3against: Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Backblaze B2, Ceph, GlusterFS, IDrive e2, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object Storage
Five alternatives
Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageFour alternatives
Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageSeven alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageOne alternative
Backblaze B2Four alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStorPerplexity SonarAmazon S3Amazon S3, Wasabi Object StorageChangedno first choiceWasabi Object Storageno first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
Six alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Ceph, Cloudian HyperStore, Dell ObjectScale, Google Cloud StorageTwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2Three alternatives
Backblaze B2, Internxt S3, MEGA S4Grok 4.1 FastAmazon S3Amazon S3Heldagainst: Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces, Wasabi Object Storageno first choiceWasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storageno first choiceagainst: Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces, Storj, Wasabi Object Storage
Two alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageTwo alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageOne alternative
Backblaze B2Three alternatives
Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2Mistral SmallAzure Blob StorageCloudian HyperStoreChangedAmazon S3Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3no first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
Three alternatives
Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object StorageTwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, Google Cloud StorageNine alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, Hitachi Content Platform, IBM Cloud Object Storage, MinIO AIStor, NetApp StorageGRID, Quantum ActiveScale, Scality RINGOne alternative
InternxtDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon S3Amazon S3HeldAmazon S3Cloudflare R2against: 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
Three alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud StorageThree alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudian HyperStore, Wasabi Object StorageSix alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, MinIO AIStor, NetApp StorageGRID, Scality RINGOne alternative
Wasabi Object StorageLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceBackblaze B2Changedno first choiceInternxt S3no first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
Four alternatives
Cloudian HyperStore, DigitalOcean Spaces, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageTwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object StorageQwen 3.7 FlashAmazon S3Amazon S3HeldAmazon S3Wasabi Object Storageagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, GCP Storageno first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Ceph, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Swift
Five alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, MinIO AIStor, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Wasabi Object StorageFour alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageFive alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageTwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2Kimi K2Amazon S3Amazon S3HeldAmazon S3Wasabi Object StorageAmazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storageagainst: Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object Storage
Three alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object StorageTwo alternatives
Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object StorageNine alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, NetApp StorageGRID, Red Hat Ceph Storage, Scality RING, Wasabi Object StorageThree alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Box, Cloudflare R2GLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon S3NetApp StorageGRIDChangedAmazon S3against: CephWasabi Object Storageno first choicenothing named
Six alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageFive alternatives
Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Cloudian HyperStore, MinIO AIStor, Scality RINGNine alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, IDrive e2, MinIO AIStor, OpenStack Swift, Storj, Wasabi Object StorageTwo alternatives
Cloudian HyperStore, IBM Cloud Object StorageMiniMax M2.5Amazon S3no first choiceChangedAmazon S3IBM Cloud Object Storage One-Rateagainst: Amazon S3no first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
Seven alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object StorageFour alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, Oracle Cloud StorageOne alternative
Backblaze B2GPT-6 LunaAmazon S3Amazon S3HeldAmazon S3against: Cloudflare R2Wasabi Object Storageno first choiceagainst: AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive, Azure Blob Archive, Cloudflare R2
Two alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud StorageTwo alternatives
Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object StorageSix alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Dell ObjectScale, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, NetApp StorageGRID, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object StorageTwo alternatives
Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2Muse Glimmer 30BAmazon Simple Storage Service S3Amazon S3ChangedAmazon S3, Google Cloud StorageInternxt S3, Wasabi Object Storageno first choiceagainst: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
Four alternatives
Azure Blob Storage, Cloudian HyperStore, Google Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object StorageTwo alternatives
Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object StorageSix alternatives
Cloudian HyperStore, Dell EMC ECS – Elastic Cloud Storage, IBM Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure Storage / Azure Blob, MinIO AIStor, Scality ARTESCATwo alternatives
Backblaze B2, Vultr 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. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
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 | 2026-10-01 10:53 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:42 | yes | 12 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:10 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:46 | yes | 22 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:12 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:06 | yes | 19 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:20 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:49 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 20 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:44 | no | 0 | 59 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:27 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:07 | yes | 12 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:50 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:40 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:44 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:20 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:31 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:27 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:31 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:48 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:35 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:31 | yes | 19 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:29 | yes | 22 | 186 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:18 | no | 0 | 61 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:00 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:02 | yes | 18 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:22 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 6 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:04 | yes | 14 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:35 | yes | 19 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 24 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:39 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 25 | 46 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:22 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:38 | yes | 25 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:50 | yes | 20 | 85 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:28 | yes | 8 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:51 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:50 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:03 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:58 | yes | 11 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:22 | yes | 19 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:20 | yes | 24 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:22 | yes | 23 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:05 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 19 | 58 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:56 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:43 | yes | 24 | 144 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:23 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:09 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:00 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:35 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:03 | yes | 18 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:13 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:09 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:50 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:45 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:39 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:00 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:31 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:05 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 4 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:55 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:52 | yes | 16 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:31 | yes | 21 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:59 | yes | 23 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:12 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 23 | 60 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:34 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:00 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:56 | yes | 24 | 149 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:05 | yes | 11 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:28 | yes | 3 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:39 | yes | 19 | 28 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
AWS read as Amazon S3
Azure read as Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob read as Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob (Hot LRS) read as Azure Blob Storage
Backblaze read as Backblaze B2
Cloudian read as Cloudian HyperStore
Dell ECS read as Dell ObjectScale
Dell ECS (Elastic Cloud Storage) read as Dell ObjectScale
Dell EMC ECS read as Dell ObjectScale
Dell EMC ECS (Elastic Cloud Storage) read as Dell ObjectScale
IBM read as IBM Cloud Object Storage
IBM (Storage Scale) read as IBM Cloud Object Storage
Microsoft Azure read as Azure Blob Storage
MinIO read as MinIO AIStor
MinIO (now AIStor) read as MinIO AIStor
MinIO (self-hosted) read as MinIO AIStor
MinIO (specifically the free/Community Edition) read as MinIO AIStor
Oracle read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
Oracle Cloud read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
Scality read as Scality RING
Wasabi read as Wasabi Object Storage
Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage read as Wasabi Object Storage
Wasabi Technologies read as Wasabi Object Storage
minIO read as MinIO AIStor
Unresolved, counted raw
Amazon Simple Storage Service S3
Azure Blob Archive
Cloud Storage
Dell EMC ECS – Elastic Cloud Storage
Hitachi Content Platform
IBM COS
IBM Cloud Object Storage One-Rate
Microsoft Azure Storage / Azure Blob
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP / Azure NetApp Files
OpenStack Swift
Oracle Cloud Storage
Pure Storage FlashBlade //OBJECT
Quantum ActiveScale
Red Hat Ceph Storage
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation
Rook/Ceph
Swift
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.