Platforms for scalable object and file storage, including APIs and value-added features such as

scalable storage with multiple backups.

Simple Storage Service APIs

(Amazon S3): ● RESTful API for
● A popular service managing object
offered by Amazon storage.
Web Services (AWS) ● Kits for developing
for object storage. software (SDKs) for
● provides low latency different programming
data access, great languages.
durability, and ● Command-line
expandable storage. interface using the
● supports functions Amazon CLI.
such as event alerts,
data transfer Features with added value:
acceleration, and ● version control for
versioning. items.
● Policies for the
lifecycle of
autonomous data
management.
● Accelerate transfers
to speed up
downloads and
uploads.
● Redundant
Cross-Region
Replication.
● Notifications of events
with AWS Lambda.

Cloud Storage by Google: APIs

● A service provided by ● API for programmatic
Google Cloud access in JSON and
Platform (GCP) for XML.
cloud object storage. ● Client libraries in
● offers numerous many languages.
storage classes that ● The command-line
are globally utility gsutil.
accessible, scalable,
and durable. Features with added value:
● provides integration ● Storage classes that
with other GCP tools are regional and
and services. multi-regional.
● For automated data
management, see
object lifecycle
management.
 ● To monitor changes,
use object versioning.
● BigQuery integration
for analytical
purposes.
● Storage classes for
cost optimization:
nearline and coldline.

Microsoft Azure Blob APIs:

Storage: ● REST API for Blob
● Microsoft's object storage operations.
storage solution within ● Azure Storage SDKs
the Azure cloud for different
platform. languages.
● Offers scalable and ● AzCopy for
secure storage with command-line data
features like tiered transfer.
storage and data
lifecycle management. Value-Added Features:
● Integrates well with ● Blob Storage Tiers
other Azure services. (Hot, Cool, Archive)
for cost efficiency.
● Soft Delete for
accidental deletion
protection.
● Azure Blob Indexer for
search and analytics.
● Azure Backup
integration for data
protection.
● Geo-Redundant
Storage for high
availability.

DigitalOcean Spaces: APIs:

● Object storage service ● S3-compatible API for
provided by object storage
DigitalOcean. operations.
● Offers scalable and ● Official Spaces API
secure storage with a client library for
simple pricing model. various languages.
● Suitable for
developers and Value-Added Features:
businesses looking for ● Simple and
straightforward object transparent pricing
storage. model.
 ● CDN integration for
content delivery.
● Automatic daily
backups.
● Spaces CDN for
faster content
delivery.
● Versioning for objects.

MinIO: APIs:
● An open-source, ● S3-compatible API for
self-hosted object object storage.
storage server ● SDKs for Go, Java,
compatible with Python, and others.
Amazon S3. ● mc command-line
● Designed for tool.
high-performance,
scalable, and Value-Added Features:
distributed object ● Erasure code and
storage. Bitrot protection for
● Can be deployed data integrity.
on-premises or in the ● Distributed mode for
cloud. horizontal scalability.
● Versioning and bucket
replication.
● Object locking for data
immutability.
● Integration with
Prometheus for
monitoring.