# DigitalOcean Spaces vs Tigris (slim)

> DigitalOcean Spaces scores 63.2 (B) to Tigris's 44.4 (E) for object storage. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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DigitalOcean Spaces scores 63.2 (B) on agent readiness against Tigris's 44.4 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Tigris leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do object storage.

- DigitalOcean Spaces: B 63.2, rank #402 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/digitalocean-spaces.min.md
- Tigris: E 44.4, rank #876 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tigris.min.md
- 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. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 35; Schema & documentation, 63 against 50; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 53; Security & auth, 77 against 51; Transparency & trust, 74 against 48. Also No incidents deducted, where Tigris loses 3 points for them.
- Tigris, good for Agent workloads that want per-agent forks of a dataset, global reads without egress fees, and an OAuth MCP server. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 77 against 37. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | DigitalOcean Spaces | Tigris |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 77 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 63 | 50 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 73 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 77 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 37 | 77 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 74 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DigitalOcean Spaces | Tigris |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DigitalOcean, LLC | Tigris Data |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com` | `https://t3.storage.dev` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the DigitalOcean Terms of Service Agreement. The MCP server is MIT | MIT |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-04-08 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-22 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-01-01 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 4 stars, 20 npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |