Tigris Has a Free Globally Distributed S3-Compatible Object Storage — No Egress Fees

Tigris Has a Free Globally Distributed Object Storage

S3 charges for egress. Cloudflare R2 is region-locked. Tigris automatically distributes your data globally and charges zero egress fees.

What Tigris Does

Tigris is a globally distributed, S3-compatible object storage:

• S3 API compatible — drop-in replacement for AWS S3
• Global distribution — data cached at edge locations automatically
• Zero egress fees — download as much as you want
• Auto-caching — frequently accessed objects cached near users
• Fly.io integration — native integration with Fly apps

Quick Start

# Create a bucket via Fly.io
fly storage create my-bucket

# Or use any S3 SDK
import { S3Client, PutObjectCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";

const client = new S3Client({
  region: "auto",
  endpoint: "https://fly.storage.tigris.dev",
  credentials: {
    accessKeyId: process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
    secretAccessKey: process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
  }
});

await client.send(new PutObjectCommand({
  Bucket: "my-bucket",
  Key: "photo.jpg",
  Body: fileBuffer,
}));

Free Tier

Resource	Free
Storage	5 GB
Requests	10K PUT + 50K GET/month
Egress	Unlimited
Buckets	Unlimited

Why Tigris Over S3 or R2

1. Global by default — no need to pick a region
2. Zero egress — serve images, videos, downloads for free
3. S3 compatible — use existing tools and SDKs
4. Smart caching — hot objects move closer to users
5. Simple pricing — no surprise bandwidth bills

Perfect For

• Media storage — images, videos with global delivery
• Static assets — CSS, JS, fonts for web apps
• Backups — store backups with no egress cost for restores
• Data lakes — analytics data accessible globally

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