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Google Cloud Storage compared to Filebase

Google Cloud Storage
Versus
Filebase

Features

Storage Features of Google Cloud Storage compared to Filebase
Google Cloud StorageFeaturesFilebase
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesPortal, CLI, REST api
Yes, but only in combination with Google FirebaseEvent hooks/pubsub
Credits below 99.95%. That is 21 minutes of monthly downtime allowed without ability to claim creditsSLA
5 TBMaximum object filesize300GB, files should be uploaded in segments of 5 GB
Minimum object filesize0-byte files are not supported, it’s unknown how much overhead 1 file creates in terms of billable size
Recommended max file count per bucketunlimited
5 TBMax filesize for a bucketunlimited
unlimitedMaximum amount of bucketsunlimited
Logs
Authentication / ACL
Yes, google’s storage solution ties into multiple CDNs and it’s covered by google’s own caching layerCDN integrationThere are documentation pages to set up Fastly and BunnyCDN, and Filebase has their own ‘Edge Caching Technology’
Leveraging Google’s Peering connections for fast delivery of contentPeering & interconnectSince Filebase is utilizing decentralized storage, there should be a semi-global distributed network to support the network. Performance is, due to this reason, questionable at best
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has proven itself time over time. They host anything, from very small startups to large enterprise clients, like Nintendo’s Pokemon GO, or basically any NFT marketplace.

Google Cloud Storage was first to introduce Interconnect.

Google Cloud Storage Interconnect facilitates cheap egress costs, from the storage to your CDN supplier. Which means that, when you put a CDN in front of your google cloud object storage, the egress traffic (from google to the CDN) will either be cheap or even free. Essentially, since you’re paying for the bandwidth on the CDN side as well, saving you money on needless costs.

Filebase

Filebase is one of the next generation cloud storage providers. Offering a layer of storage management on decentralized solutions to make the transition from web2 to web3 feel like a breeze.

Filebase leverages the power of Blockchain to ensure global storage redundancy by utilising a couple of decentralized solutions like Storj. Unique to this approach is the aggregation model, which, even in regular storage land isn’t used as much as you’d like to see. Bundling services like this means you’ll move slower in terms of feature parity since you can only offer functionality offered by all underlying providers.

Filebase offers an afforable, flat-based price for egress as well as stored bytes.

With their S3 compatible API, Filebase’s solution looks like a great alternative to Openstack, if you’re not worried about performance or uptime SLA’s.

Comparisons