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Sia compared to Storj

Sia
Versus
Storj

Features

Storage Features of Sia compared to Storj
SiaFeaturesStorj
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesCLI, self-hosted s3 REST api
Event hooks/pubsub
Flexible, defined in smart contractSLA
35 TB, files should be uploaded in segments of 40 MBMaximum object filesize
40 MBMinimum object filesize
35 TBRecommended max file count per bucket
unlimitedMax filesize for a bucket
unlimitedMaximum amount of buckets300
Logs
Authentication / ACL
CDN integration
Peering & interconnect
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

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.

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