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Alternatives to Tigris
19 file storage tools sit alongside Tigris in this directory. Below is what separates each from Tigris on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 19
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- Tigris starts at
- Free, then $0.004/GB/month
Why people look past Tigris
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Tigris entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Tigris publishes 4 tiers, from $0.004/GB/month up to $0.02/GB/month. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Tigris pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
S3-compatible object storage that charges nothing for egress to the internet
- Starts $0.011 a month dearer, at $0.015/month.
- Sold on a Per gigabyte stored per month model rather than Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees.
- 3 tiers to Tigris's 4.
Google's consumer cloud storage app, sharing the same 15GB quota as Gmail and Google Photos
- Sold on a Free tier plus paid storage add-on model rather than Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees.
- 3 tiers to Tigris's 4.
Low cost S3-compatible object storage with egress included up to a multiple of what you store
- Starts $3.996 a month dearer, at $4/month.
- Sold on a Per terabyte per month model rather than Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees.
- 2 tiers to Tigris's 4.
Open source distributed storage providing object, block and file from one cluster
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees.
- 1 tier to Tigris's 4.
S3-compatible object storage server you run yourself, now under AGPL with a stripped community edition
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees.
- 2 tiers to Tigris's 4.
S3-compatible object storage distributed in encrypted pieces across independently operated nodes
- Starts $3.996 a month dearer, at $4/month.
- Sold on a Per terabyte per month model rather than Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees.
- 2 tiers to Tigris's 4.
Every Tigris alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tigris (this page) | Free, then $0.004/GB/month | Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees | 4 | |
| Cloudflare R2S3-compatible storage with zero egress fees | Free, then $0.015/month | Per gigabyte stored per month | 3 | vs Tigris |
| Google Drive | Free | Free tier plus paid storage add-on | 3 | vs Tigris |
| IDrive e2 | Free, then $4/month | Per terabyte per month | 2 | vs Tigris |
| Ceph | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Tigris |
| MinIO | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Tigris |
| Storj | Free, then $4/month | Per terabyte per month | 2 | vs Tigris |
| Box | Free, then $5/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Tigris |
| Nextcloud | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Tigris |
| LucidLink | $7/month | Per member per month plus storage | 3 | vs Tigris |
| VAST Data | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Tigris |
| Panzura | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Tigris |
| Scality RING | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Tigris |
| Cloudian | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Tigris |
| Nasuni | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Tigris |
| Veritas NetBackup | $100/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Tigris |
| Zerto | $5/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Tigris |
| Microsoft OneDrive | $1.99/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Tigris |
| Backblaze | $9/month | - | 2 | vs Tigris |
| IDrive | $2.5/month | Subscription | 7 | vs Tigris |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Tigris badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Cloudflare R2 , Free, then $0.015/month
- Google Drive , Free
- IDrive e2 , Free, then $4/month
- Ceph , Free
- MinIO , Free
- Storj , Free, then $4/month
- Box , Free, then $5/month
- Nextcloud , Free
Cheaper than Tigris (1)
Entry price under Tigris's $0.004/GB/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Nextcloud , Free
What you would be giving up
Tigris is most often brought in for storing and versioning ai training datasets without egress penalties, distributing model checkpoints and artifacts globally, serving static assets with low latency across regions, multi-cloud data portability with standardized api. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Tigris is broadly right and the question is cost, the Tigris pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the File Storage category lists everything the directory holds, and best file storage tools ranks them.
Tigris runs on web, api, cli. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Tigris alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Tigris?
- 19 other file storage tools are listed in this directory, led by Cloudflare R2, Google Drive, IDrive e2, Ceph. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Tigris?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Cloudflare R2, Google Drive, IDrive e2, Ceph, MinIO.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Tigris?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Tigris's $0.004/GB/month: Nextcloud at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Tigris?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Tigris?
- Tigris is most often brought in for storing and versioning ai training datasets without egress penalties, distributing model checkpoints and artifacts globally, serving static assets with low latency across regions, multi-cloud data portability with standardized api. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Tigris?
- None of the file storage tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Tigris alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, File Storage, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Tigris against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Tigris covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every file storage tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the File Storage category, 19 tools beside Tigris. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.