# DigitalOcean Spaces vs Google Cloud Storage: which do AI models recommend for object storage, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Object storage. Zero of fourteen models named DigitalOcean Spaces first on the direct prompt; one named Google Cloud Storage. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/cloud/object-storage/digitalocean-spaces-vs-google-cloud-storage/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean Spaces | 2% | #6 of 9 | 8% | 26 | 12 of 14 |
| Google Cloud Storage | 2% | #7 of 9 | 21% | 47 | 14 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Perplexity Sonar: google cloud storage first (first choices: Google Cloud Storage) (alternatives: Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object Storage)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither first, one named (first choices: Amazon S3) (alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: Cloudflare R2) (alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage) (alternatives: Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object Storage)
- GPT-6 Luna: neither first, one named (first choices: Amazon S3) (alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither named
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither named (first choices: Cloudflare R2) (alternatives: Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object Storage)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither named (first choices: Backblaze B2) (alternatives: Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object Storage)
- Mistral Small: neither named (first choices: Backblaze B2) (alternatives: Amazon S3, Cloudian HyperStore)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither named (first choices: Backblaze B2) (alternatives: Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither named (first choices: Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object Storage)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither named (first choices: Backblaze B2) (alternatives: Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object Storage)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither named (alternatives: Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object Storage)

## What the models said about DigitalOcean Spaces

- "Reported 5 GB object caps on some providers, and lack of object lock/WORM support on some of these services." (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "DigitalOcean Spaces: Watch Out for Size Limits & Concurrency" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "the best choice is usually Backblaze B2 or DigitalOcean Spaces" (Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt, first choice)
- "If the company is looking for a cost-effective solution with good performance, providers like DigitalOcean Spaces, B2, or Hetzner could be considered." (Llama 4 Maverick, paraphrase prompt, alternative)
- "Very small fixed budget: DigitalOcean Spaces starts at $5/month for 250GB storage + 1TB outbound transfer" (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt, alternative)

## What the models said about Google Cloud Storage

- ""avoid or be cautious about ... those with high egress fees or minimum retention periods, such as GCS and Azure Cold"" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "Avoid hyperscalers (AWS/GCP/Azure) on tight budgets due to egress/API add-ons." (Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt, hard negative)
- "Outages: Frequent minor incidents; e.g., Google Cloud had prolonged regional degradations" (Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "the best default choice is usually Google Cloud Storage" (Perplexity Sonar, direct prompt, first choice)
- "Known for high-performance internal networking and strong support for large-scale data analytics and machine learning pipelines" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, comparative prompt, alternative)
- "If the company is already using or planning to use Google Cloud services, Google Cloud Storage is a seamless choice." (Llama 4 Maverick, paraphrase prompt, alternative)

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.