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Google Cloud Storage compared to Sia

Google Cloud Storage
Versus
Sia

Features

Storage Features of Google Cloud Storage compared to Sia
Google Cloud StorageFeaturesSia
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesCLI, 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 creditsSLAFlexible, defined in smart contract
5 TBMaximum object filesize35 TB, files should be uploaded in segments of 40 MB
Minimum object filesize40 MB
Recommended max file count per bucket35 TB
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 integration
Leveraging Google’s Peering connections for fast delivery of contentPeering & interconnect
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.

Sia

Decentralized storage service Sia has been around since 2014, originally incorporated as Nebulous Inc.

Sia launched their Cryptocurrency by the end of 2015. Early investors have since seen an incredible increase of the currencies value by over 18.000 times the initial price. Before launching their Cryptocurrency a Whitepaper was published with details on how Nebulous/Sia expected to see the network grow, describing their storage capacity algorithm and more.

Sia uses smart contracts to ensure SLAs on uptime, pricing and more. Sia is open source and written in Golang.

Sia is one of the storage backends for Filebase. Investors of Sia include Procyon Ventures and Raptor Group

Comparisons