Tigrisvs
Cloudflare R2
Cloudflare R2: S3-compatible storage with zero egress fees
Tigris
Globally distributed S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees
As of 29 August 2026, Tigris has a free plan and paid plans start at $0.004/GB/month. Tigris is a globally distributed object storage service designed for AI workloads, offering S3 compatibility and zero egress charges. Softwr lists it under File Storage. Tigris is made by Tigris Data, available on Web, API.
Overview
What Tigris does
Tigris is a globally distributed object storage platform built specifically for AI applications. As an S3-compatible alternative to major cloud providers, it automatically replicates data across regions and serves reads from the nearest location, eliminating latency concerns for distributed workloads. The platform eliminates egress fees entirely, replacing per-gigabyte bandwidth charges with transparent storage tier pricing. Tigris serves multiple use cases including AI dataset and checkpoint storage, model artifact management, low-latency asset serving, and multi-cloud portability. The service implements S3 API compatibility that works with existing AWS SDKs, CLI tools, and libraries without requiring code changes. With a generous free tier providing 5 GB of Standard storage monthly plus 10,000 Class A and 100,000 Class B requests, Tigris makes it accessible for developers to get started with global storage infrastructure.
What people use it 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
Related searches
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Tigris.
- Lowest tier still more expensive than some cold storage alternatives
- Retrieval charges on infrequent access tier add cost variability
- Limited to object storage, no file system semantics
- Archive retrieval requires planning ahead
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Tigris
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
Pricing
What Tigris costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Standard Storage
$0.02 /GB/month
- Frequently accessed data
- No retrieval charges
- Free data egress
Infrequent Access
$0.01 /GB/month
- Lower storage cost
- Retrieval: $0.01 per GB
- 30-day minimum retention
Archive
$0.004 /GB/month
- Lowest storage cost
- Free retrieval
- 90-day minimum retention
Archive Instant Retrieval
$0.004 /GB/month
- Archive storage cost
- Instant retrieval: $0.03 per GB
- 90-day minimum retention
Capabilities
Features
Global Distribution
Automatic data replication across regions with nearest-region reads
Zero Egress Fees
No bandwidth charges for data retrieval
S3 Compatibility
Works with existing AWS SDKs and tools
Multiple Storage Classes
Standard, Infrequent Access, Archive, and Archive Instant Retrieval tiers
Object Notifications
Event-driven architecture support
API Access
RESTful API for programmatic access
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Is there a free tier?
Yes, new users receive 5 GB of Standard storage monthly plus 10,000 Class A and 100,000 Class B requests at no cost.
SourceWhat are the request costs?
Class A requests cost $0.005 per 1,000 requests, Class B requests cost $0.0005 per 1,000 requests. DELETE and CANCEL operations are free.
SourceDo I get charged for data egress?
No, Tigris provides free data egress across all storage tiers.
SourceKeep looking
Where to go from Tigris
- Tigris alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
- Tigris pricingPlans, floors and what the tiers exclude
- Tigris badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
- All File Storage softwareThe full category
- Best File Storage softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
Best File Storage software for
Compare Tigris with
- Cloudflare R2
- Scality RING
- Panzura
- Storj
- Ceph
- Cloudian
- IDrive e2
- MinIO
- TrueNAS
- pCloud
- Veeam Backup & Replication
- Carbonite
- Microsoft OneDrive
- Nextcloud
- Zerto
- LucidLink
- IDrive
- IDrive e2
Other File Storage software
S3-compatible object storage that charges nothing for egress to the internet
Free, then $0.015/mo12 researched notesPetabyte-scale object storage software on your own hardware
Pricing on request11 researched notesGlobal file system putting one namespace over object storage across sites
Pricing on request11 researched notesS3-compatible object storage distributed in encrypted pieces across independently operated nodes
Free, then $4/mo12 researched notesOpen source distributed storage providing object, block and file from one cluster
Open source12 researched notesS3-compatible on-premises object storage with object lock immutability
Pricing on request11 researched notesLow cost S3-compatible object storage with egress included up to a multiple of what you store
Free, then $4/mo12 researched notesS3-compatible object storage server you run yourself, now under AGPL with a stripped community edition
Open source12 researched notesOpen-source ZFS storage operating system for network-attached storage
Free plan12 researched notesModern data protection for enterprise workloads
Free, then $250/yr11 researched notesCloud filesystem that streams large media files on demand instead of syncing them
From $7/mo11 researched notesLow cost S3-compatible object storage with egress included up to a multiple of what you store
Free, then $4/mo12 researched notes
Softwr does not host reviews and shows no star rating for Tigris, because a rating we did not collect is not ours to publish. What is here is the pricing and platform detail from the vendor’s own pages, limitations we could state concretely, and alternatives a reviewer confirmed people weigh against it. Tell us if any of it is wrong.
More on Tigris
Tigris alternatives
What people switch to, and what they give up
Tigris pricing
Every tier, and where the cost actually lands
Compare Tigris
Put it head to head with anything we hold
Tigris badge
Its rating, and an embed for your own site
Best File Storage software alternatives
Cloud filesystem that streams large media files on demand instead of syncing them
Per member per month plus storage
Google's consumer cloud storage app, sharing the same 15GB quota as Gmail and Google Photos
Free tier plus paid storage add-onS3-compatible object storage server you run yourself, now under AGPL with a stripped community edition
Open source, no licence feeOpen source distributed storage providing object, block and file from one cluster
Open source, no licence fee