Cloud Storage AWS S3 vs Azure Storage vs Cloudflare R2

What storage provider should I use?

It seems more and more that Cloudflare R2 is the best option for most users that don't have strict compliance requirements. With its S3-compatible API, it is easy to migrate existing data and integrate into your existing applications.

What are other considerations when choosing between storage providers?

You may want to consider the usage pattern of your own application. For example, if your app is constantly reading and writing to S3 you may get a better performance with S3 as Cloudflare R2 requests will require reaching outside of the AWS network.

What is the pitfalls of using Cloudflare R2 vs AWS S3?

One of the major considerations of whether to use S3 or R2 is that R2 is a newish platform while S3 has been around for 17 years (as of 2023). There is a lot of knowledge and AWS provides as lot of different ways to optimize S3 for your workloads. R2 may require certain rearchitecture of your platform to use well.