Cloud Storage

aid: cloud-storage
name: Cloud Storage
description: Cloud Storage is a topic profile in the API Evangelist Network covering the major cloud and S3-compatible object,
  file, and block storage APIs. The topic indexes the canonical hyperscaler offerings (Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure
  Blob Storage) alongside S3-compatible alternatives (Wasabi, Backblaze B2, MinIO, Cloudflare R2, IBM Cloud Object Storage,
  DigitalOcean Spaces, Linode Object Storage), file storage (Amazon EFS, Google Filestore, Azure Files), and block storage
  (Amazon EBS, Google Persistent Disk, Azure Managed Disks). It is the parent topic to more specialized profiles in the network
  such as cloud-storage-and-data-acquisition.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloud-storage/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
kind: topic
tags:
- Block Storage
- Cloud
- Cloud Storage
- File Storage
- Object Storage
- S3 Compatible
- Storage
apis:
- aid: cloud-storage:amazon-s3
  name: Amazon S3
  tags:
  - AWS
  - Object Storage
  - REST
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/Welcome.html
    type: Documentation
  description: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is the de-facto standard cloud object store. Its REST API at s3.amazonaws.com
    supports buckets, objects, multipart uploads, lifecycle rules, server- side encryption, replication, and event notifications.
- aid: cloud-storage:google-cloud-storage
  name: Google Cloud Storage
  tags:
  - GCP
  - Object Storage
  - REST
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/storage
  properties:
  - url: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1
    type: Documentation
  description: Google Cloud Storage provides unified object storage with the JSON API at storage.googleapis.com. It supports
    buckets, objects, IAM, customer-managed encryption keys, and Pub/Sub change notifications.
- aid: cloud-storage:azure-blob-storage
  name: Azure Blob Storage
  tags:
  - Azure
  - Object Storage
  - REST
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/blobs/
  properties:
  - url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/blob-service-rest-api
    type: Documentation
  description: Azure Blob Storage offers block, append, and page blob types through the Blob service REST API. It supports
    access tiers, lifecycle management, lease semantics, and Event Grid integration for change notifications.
- aid: cloud-storage:cloudflare-r2
  name: Cloudflare R2
  tags:
  - Cloudflare
  - Egress-Free
  - Object Storage
  - S3 Compatible
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.cloudflare.com/products/r2/
  properties:
  - url: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/
    type: Documentation
  description: Cloudflare R2 is a zero-egress-fee object store with an S3-compatible API. R2 buckets are accessed at <accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
    and integrate with Cloudflare Workers for edge-computed access patterns.
- aid: cloud-storage:backblaze-b2
  name: Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
  tags:
  - Backblaze
  - Object Storage
  - S3 Compatible
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage
  properties:
  - url: https://www.backblaze.com/apidocs
    type: Documentation
  description: Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage provides low-cost object storage with a native B2 API and an S3-compatible API.
    It is widely used as a backup and media storage target.
- aid: cloud-storage:wasabi
  name: Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
  tags:
  - Object Storage
  - S3 Compatible
  - Wasabi
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://wasabi.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.wasabi.com/v1/docs/api-guide
    type: Documentation
  description: Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage offers S3-compatible object storage at a flat per-TB price with no egress or API request
    fees. It is positioned as a hot tier replacement for S3.
- aid: cloud-storage:minio
  name: MinIO
  tags:
  - Object Storage
  - On-Premises
  - Open Source
  - S3 Compatible
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://min.io/
  properties:
  - url: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/developers/minio-drivers.html
    type: Documentation
  description: MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object store designed for AI/ML, analytics, and on-premises private
    cloud use cases. It can be deployed standalone or as a distributed erasure-coded cluster.
- aid: cloud-storage:ibm-cos
  name: IBM Cloud Object Storage
  tags:
  - IBM
  - Object Storage
  - S3 Compatible
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage
  properties:
  - url: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-object-storage?topic=cloud-object-storage-compatibility-api
    type: Documentation
  description: IBM Cloud Object Storage exposes an S3-compatible API and Aspera high-speed transfer integrations. It supports
    SmartTier placement and Immutable Object Storage.
- aid: cloud-storage:digitalocean-spaces
  name: DigitalOcean Spaces
  tags:
  - DigitalOcean
  - Object Storage
  - S3 Compatible
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/spaces-api/
    type: Documentation
  description: DigitalOcean Spaces is an S3-compatible object store with a built-in CDN, designed for developers building
    on the DigitalOcean platform.
- aid: cloud-storage:amazon-efs
  name: Amazon EFS
  tags:
  - AWS
  - File Storage
  - NFS
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/efs/
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/efs/latest/ug/api-reference.html
    type: Documentation
  description: Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a managed NFS file system for Linux workloads. The control-plane API manages
    file systems, mount targets, lifecycle policies, and access points.
- aid: cloud-storage:amazon-ebs
  name: Amazon EBS
  tags:
  - AWS
  - Block Storage
  - Volumes
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_Operations.html
    type: Documentation
  description: Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides persistent block volumes for EC2. The control-plane API manages volumes,
    snapshots, encryption, and direct snapshot access.
common:
- type: Topic
  url: https://apievangelist.com/topics/cloud-storage/
- type: API Evangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com/
- type: Network
  url: https://network.apievangelist.com/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist
- type: Related Topic
  url: https://github.com/api-evangelist/cloud-storage-and-data-acquisition
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/cloud-storage-context.jsonld
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/cloud-storage-rules.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kinlane@gmail.com