# Google Cloud Storage alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 195 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Google Cloud Storage 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/google-cloud-storage/alternatives/

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

- Backblaze B2: 68
- Cloudflare R2: 33
- Wasabi Object Storage: 28
- Amazon S3: 14
- DigitalOcean Spaces: 4
- Azure Blob Storage: 2

## Object storage

**Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud Storage (Google Cloud Storage is #6 of 9 at 3%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 41 of those 75
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 19 of those 75
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 12 of those 75
- DigitalOcean Spaces: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Amazon S3: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud Storage (Google Cloud Storage is #7 of 9 at 2%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 26 of those 65
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 11 of those 65
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 5 of those 65
- Amazon S3: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Azure Blob Storage: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Cloudian HyperStore: first choice in 1 of those 65
- DigitalOcean Spaces: first choice in 1 of those 65
- IDrive e2: first choice in 1 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud Storage (Google Cloud Storage is #5 of 12 at 4%).

- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 11 of those 55
- Amazon S3: first choice in 9 of those 55
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 3 of those 55
- Internxt S3: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Backblaze B2: first choice in 1 of those 55
- IBM Cloud Object Storage One-Rate: first choice in 1 of those 55
- NetApp StorageGRID: first choice in 1 of those 55

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