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Sia compared to Google Cloud Storage

Sia
Versus
Google Cloud Storage

Features

Storage Features of Sia compared to Google Cloud Storage
SiaFeaturesGoogle Cloud Storage
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesPortal, CLI, REST api
Event hooks/pubsubYes, but only in combination with Google Firebase
Flexible, defined in smart contractSLACredits below 99.95%. That is 21 minutes of monthly downtime allowed without ability to claim credits
35 TB, files should be uploaded in segments of 40 MBMaximum object filesize5 TB
40 MBMinimum object filesize
35 TBRecommended max file count per bucket
unlimitedMax filesize for a bucket5 TB
unlimitedMaximum amount of bucketsunlimited
Logs
Authentication / ACL
CDN integrationYes, google’s storage solution ties into multiple CDNs and it’s covered by google’s own caching layer
Peering & interconnectLeveraging Google’s Peering connections for fast delivery of content
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

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

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.

Comparisons