Google Cloud Storage compared to Storj

Google Cloud Storage
Versus
Storj

Features

Storage Features of Google Cloud Storage compared to Storj
Google Cloud StorageFeaturesStorj
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesCLI, self-hosted s3 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 filesize
Minimum object filesize
Recommended max file count per bucket
5 TBMax filesize for a bucket
unlimitedMaximum amount of buckets300
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.


Storj


Second-generation Cloud Storage Provider Storj, previously known as Tardigrade.io is a second-generation cloud storage provider, not unlike Filebase. Actually, it’s the other way around… Filebase can leverage Storj as underlying storage provider.

Storj is capitalizing on the power of Blockchain to ensure global storage redundancy. Storj’s storage network consists of thousands and thousands of (user-run) nodes across more than 80 countries.

A Node’s reputation, latency, and a random weight decide if a Node is assigned to store your files. This way Storj makes sure your files will be accessible even if you unplug your local NAS connected to Storj.

Storj makes sure there are at least 3 to 4 copies of the file stored across multiple nodes in the network in the same “Satellite”, which is a region like Americas, Asia Pacific or Europe.