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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 140 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/cloudflare-r2/alternatives/

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

- Amazon S3: 33
- Backblaze B2: 17
- Wasabi Object Storage: 11
- Google Cloud Storage: 7
- Azure Blob Storage: 6
- DigitalOcean Spaces: 5

## Object storage

**Small business**: 31 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare R2 (Cloudflare R2 is #3 of 9 at 18%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 8 of those 31
- DigitalOcean Spaces: first choice in 4 of those 31
- Amazon S3: first choice in 3 of those 31
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 3 of those 31
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 2 of those 31

**Mid-market**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare R2 (Cloudflare R2 is #2 of 9 at 19%).

- Amazon S3: first choice in 9 of those 46
- Backblaze B2: first choice in 8 of those 46
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 3 of those 46
- Azure Blob Storage: first choice in 2 of those 46
- Cloudian HyperStore: first choice in 1 of those 46
- DigitalOcean Spaces: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 1 of those 46

**Enterprise**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare R2 (Cloudflare R2 is #3 of 12 at 8%).

- Amazon S3: first choice in 21 of those 63
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 5 of those 63
- Azure Blob Storage: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Internxt S3: first choice in 2 of those 63
- Amazon Simple Storage Service S3: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Backblaze B2: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Cloudian HyperStore: first choice in 1 of those 63

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.