Cloudflare makes R2 storage available to all

Cloudflare, Inc., the Internet security, performance, and reliability company, announced that Cloudflare R2 Storage, the distributed object storage that eliminates egress costs, is now generally available. Cloudflare R2 Storage provides a more efficient way for developers to store and access everything they require. Whether it’s storage for large media files, logs, or web asset delivery, Cloudflare R2 provides flexibility with no egress fees. R2 provides developers with an S3-compatible API for easy migration, as well as a powerful integration with Cloudflare Workers, the company’s highly scalable serverless computing platform. Instead of worrying about high storage costs or vendor lock-in, developers can focus on innovating—creating the applications and websites they require.

“Egress fees are nothing but a tax on developers, stifling innovation and creativity. We are redefining the standard of how developers work with object storage, allowing them to focus on innovation, rather than the costs of accessing their data. That is why R2 Storage will never have egress fees,” said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. “Cloudflare’s mission is to heIp build a better Internet, which means we’re focused on making the Internet faster, safer, and also more affordable for everyone. We have been blown away by the initial interest in R2 Storage, and we encourage any developer that wants a better type of storage to sign up and switch to R2 today.” 

Developers need a place to store large amounts of unstructured data, photos, videos, and graphics that is quickly and easily accessible in order to build websites and applications. However, many cloud providers now charge developers exorbitant bandwidth fees to access their data, resulting in unnecessarily expensive cloud storage, vendor lock-in, and the inability for developers to easily use the data they have stored. Cloudflare R2 Storage liberates developers from vendor lock-in by automatically migrating data from S3-compatible services to Cloudflare’s highly performant object store—all while avoiding egress fees.

More than 11,000 developers have an active account with R2 Storage since it launched as an open beta eight weeks ago. With the global general availability of R2, developers can focus on innovation rather than worrying about the costs of data storage, and they can:

• Slash their cloud provider egress and storage bills: Cloudflare’s goal is to make R2 Storage the least expensive option for performant object storage, no matter the scale. That’s why Cloudflare is on a mission to eliminate egress fees, deliver object storage that is at least 10% cheaper than S3 Standard, and make infrequent access completely free for customers. 
• Take advantage of the performance of object storage built with Cloudflare’s global network: By leveraging Cloudflare Workers and Durable Objects, R2 Storage provides low latency, high throughput storage for the most demanding applications. 
• Unlock the power and scale of Cloudflare Workers within their applications: R2 Storage is fully integrated with the Cloudflare Workers runtime, making building data pipelines and manipulating objects incredibly easy.  
• Access data efficiently from anywhere: Cloudflare’s global network spans over 275 cities in more than 100 countries, so R2 Storage allows developers to quickly and easily reach global audiences without provisioning data centers around the world. 
• Integrate R2 Storage across Cloudflare’s product portfolio: Working with other Cloudflare products like Access or Cache, developers can seamlessly plug in R2 Storage across their entire Cloudflare environment.
• Seamlessly fit R2 Storage into existing workflows: With an S3-compatible API and Workers APIs, developers can easily migrate data out of S3 or use the power of Cloudflare’s global network. Now, developers can work in whatever way is easiest for them to minimize the barrier of using R2 Storage.