# Amazon S3 vs DigitalOcean Spaces (slim)

> Amazon S3 scores 77.9 (BB) to DigitalOcean Spaces's 63.2 (B) for object storage. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon S3 scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against DigitalOcean Spaces's 63.2 (B), and leads in every scored category. Both do object storage.

- Amazon S3: BB 77.9, rank #16 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-s3.min.md
- DigitalOcean Spaces: B 63.2, rank #402 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-spaces.min.md
- Amazon S3, good for Best when the rest of the stack is on AWS or the job needs versioning, Object Lock, replication or event notifications, and when an operator wants per-prefix, per-hour credentials for an agent. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 92 against 63; Agent ergonomics, 83 against 73; Security & auth, 88 against 77; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 83 against 37; Transparency & trust, 81 against 74. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- DigitalOcean Spaces, good for Teams already on DigitalOcean that want object storage with a CDN and a flat $5 entry price for up to 250 GiB, with free transfer to Droplets in the same region.

| Category | Amazon S3 | DigitalOcean Spaces |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 92 | 63 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 83 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 88 | 77 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 83 | 37 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 81 | 74 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon S3 | DigitalOcean Spaces |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | DigitalOcean, LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the DigitalOcean Terms of Service Agreement. The MCP server is MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-04-08 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2026-08-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | 2025-01-01 |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 3.7k stars, 44.8M npm/wk, 578.4M PyPI/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3.4/5 (8) | none |