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-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/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: [email protected]