# Cloudflare R2 Infrequent Access: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge labels across 1 categories by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/cloudflare-r2-infrequent-access/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object storage | 0% | 35 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "It has retrieval charges and a 30-day minimum storage duration; “no egress fees” doesn’t mean no usage charges." (GPT-6 Luna, Object storage)

## In its own words

What Cloudflare R2 Infrequent Access's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Infrequent Access gives you the ability to pay less for storage while maintaining performance and durability. (https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-events-gcs-migration-infrequent-access)
- For: data that isn’t frequently accessed (long tail user-generated content, logs, etc) (https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-events-gcs-migration-infrequent-access)
- Price stated: Storage $0.01 / GB-month; Class A Operations $9.00 / million requests; Class B Operations $0.90 / million requests; Data Retrieval (Processing) $0.01 / GB; Egress (or Data Transfer) $0 - No Charge (https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-events-gcs-migration-infrequent-access)
- Starting price: 0.01 (https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-events-gcs-migration-infrequent-access)
- Free plan or trial: Free (https://www.cloudflare.com/products/r2)
- Customers named: Vecteezy, Cloudflare Images, Character.AI

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.