Cloudflare R2 vs S3: Storage Costs for VPS Hosting

If you’re running a VPS and your object storage bill is starting to feel like a second server, cloudflare r2 vs s3 is the comparison that matters—because the “cheap storage” story often dies at egress. The VPS-hosting lens: what actually matters In VPS_HOSTING setups (think app servers on digitalocean , hetzner , linode , or vultr ), object storage is usually the shared backbone for: User uploads (images, videos, PDFs) Static assets for web apps Backups and snapshots (if you roll your own) Log a