{
  "verifiedAt": "2026-08-20",
  "currency": "USD",
  "notes": "Price captures 2026-08-16 from primary vendor pricing pages/docs (Wasabi, Storj, Hetzner price API, iDrive, Vultr, OVH public-cloud prices, Oracle storage pricing, IONOS, Exoscale, Akamai/Linode, DO docs; R2/B2/Bunny carried from 2026-08-12). Expanded 2026-08-16 from the S3 trio to 15 vendors per the affiliate wiring goal: every row now carries currency + per-vendor referral status (verified / pending / absent / deferred). Honesty rules: rows with uncaptured rates (Scaleway widget prices, Hetzner marginal egress, IONOS egress traffic-package rate) are flagged priceCaptured:false and excluded from numeric ranking; ops pricing not captured on new rows (null — not counted, never assumed zero). Referral links render only for status=verified (with visible disclosure); pending programs document their blocker instead. Cross-currency: USD rows rank numerically; EUR/GBP rows approximate (no FX conversion applied).",
  "vendors": [
    {
      "slug": "bunny",
      "name": "Bunny Storage",
      "vendor": "Bunny.net",
      "kind": "object-storage",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "EU",
        "US",
        "Asia",
        "SA"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.005,
      "egressPerGb": 0.01,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": 0,
      "classAPer1k": 0,
      "classBPer1k": 0,
      "minimumCommitment": "$1/mo billing minimum; pay-as-you-go",
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "url": "https://bunny.net/storage/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://bunny.net/pricing/storage/",
      "notes": "Egress $0.01/GB to anywhere; no API request fees. EU and US same price; Asia/SA slightly higher.",
      "currency": "USD",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "referral": {
        "status": "verified",
        "name": "Bunny.net Referral Program",
        "type": "cash",
        "url": "https://bunny.net?ref=6uevqujmyc",
        "referee_benefit": null,
        "referrer_benefit": "$20 cash per referred customer (payout via Bunny dashboard)",
        "source_url": "https://bunny.net/affiliate/",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "cloudflare-r2",
      "name": "R2",
      "vendor": "Cloudflare",
      "kind": "object-storage",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "automatic"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.015,
      "egressPerGb": 0,
      "freeStorageGb": 10,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "classAPer1k": 0.0045,
      "classBPer1k": 0.00036,
      "minimumCommitment": "None",
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "url": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/pricing/",
      "notes": "Zero egress fees (the headline vs S3). 10 GB stored + 1M Class A + 10M Class B free monthly. S3-compatible. Cloudflare has no public partner program; row is ecosystem-neutral.",
      "currency": "USD",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null,
        "name": "None — Cloudflare has no public partner program"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "backblaze-b2",
      "name": "B2 Cloud Storage",
      "vendor": "Backblaze",
      "kind": "object-storage",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US-West",
        "EU"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.006,
      "egressPerGb": 0.01,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "freeEgressPolicy": "First 3x stored amount in egress free per month",
      "classAPer1k": 0.0004,
      "classBPer1k": 0.0004,
      "minimumCommitment": "None",
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "url": "https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html",
      "notes": "First 3x stored volume in egress free per month (effectively free egress up to 3x stored). US-West default; EU region slightly higher.",
      "currency": "USD",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null,
        "notes": "B2B partner/tech-alliance only; no self-serve publisher affiliate"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "wasabi",
      "name": "Wasabi Hot Storage",
      "vendor": "Wasabi",
      "currency": "USD",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU",
        "AP"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.00799,
      "egressPerGb": 0,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "classAPer1k": 0,
      "classBPer1k": 0,
      "minimumCommitment": "Pay-as-you-go; no free tier",
      "url": "https://wasabi.com/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://wasabi.com/pricing/",
      "notes": "$7.99/TB/mo (pay-as-you-go) with free egress, no API fees. 30-day free trial available. Captured 2026-08-16 from wasabi.com/pricing. Ops: free (no API request fees).",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null,
        "notes": "Wasabi partners = reseller/MSP network; no consumer publisher program"
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "storj",
      "name": "Storj",
      "vendor": "Storj Labs",
      "currency": "USD",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "global"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.007,
      "egressPerGb": 0.007,
      "freeStorageGb": 25,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "$5/mo invoice minimum",
      "url": "https://www.storj.io/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.storj.io/pricing",
      "notes": "$7/TB/mo storage + $7/TB egress; 25 GB free for 30 days; $5 monthly invoice floor. Captured 2026-08-16 from storj.io/pricing. Ops pricing not captured.",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null,
        "notes": "Storj partner portal is B2B; no consumer affiliate"
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "hetzner",
      "name": "Hetzner Object Storage",
      "vendor": "Hetzner",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "EU"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.0065,
      "egressPerGb": 0.0012,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": 1000,
      "classAPer1k": 0,
      "classBPer1k": 0,
      "minimumCommitment": "€6.49/mo base incl. 1 TB",
      "url": "https://www.hetzner.com/object-storage/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.hetzner.com/object-storage/",
      "notes": "Base €6.49/mo incl 1 TB storage + 1 TB egress. Beyond: €6.50/TB storage, €1.20/TB egress. Free ops. S3-compatible. EU only (DE, FI).",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "scaleway",
      "name": "Scaleway Object Storage",
      "vendor": "Scaleway",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "EU"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": null,
      "egressPerGb": null,
      "freeStorageGb": 750,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "None; 750 GB free / 90-day trial (multi-AZ)",
      "url": "https://www.scaleway.com/en/object-storage/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/?tags=object-storage",
      "notes": "Docs FAQ (2026-08-16): 750 GB free for 90-day trial (multi-AZ), then standard rates. Per-GB numbers render via JS widget only — not machine-capturable, so this row is excluded from numeric ranking.",
      "priceCaptured": false,
      "priceNote": "Per-GB rates are widget-rendered; FAQ confirms only the free-trial terms. Storage + egress rates not captured 2026-08-16.",
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null,
        "notes": "B2B partner program only (documented 2026-08-16)"
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "idrive-e2",
      "name": "iDrive e2",
      "vendor": "iDrive",
      "currency": "USD",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU",
        "AP"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.006,
      "egressPerGb": 0.01,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "freeEgressPolicy": "First 3x stored amount in egress free per month",
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "None; pay-as-you-go",
      "url": "https://www.idrive.com/e2/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.idrive.com/e2/pricing",
      "notes": "$6/TB/mo pay-as-you-go; egress free up to 3x stored volume, then $0.01/GB (B2-style policy). Captured 2026-08-16. Ops pricing not captured.",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null,
        "notes": "No consumer affiliate (verified 2026-08-16)"
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "vultr",
      "name": "Vultr Object Storage",
      "vendor": "Vultr",
      "currency": "USD",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU",
        "AP"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.018,
      "egressPerGb": 0.01,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": 1000,
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "$18/mo Standard incl. 1 TB",
      "url": "https://www.vultr.com/products/object-storage/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.vultr.com/pricing/",
      "notes": "Re-priced 2026: Standard $18/mo incl 1 TB storage + 1 TB bandwidth, then $0.018/GB; egress $0.01/GB after the included 1,000 GB. Captured 2026-08-16. Ops pricing not captured.",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null,
        "notes": "Vultr discontinued its consumer referral program (sheet r137, verified 2026-08-16)"
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ovh",
      "name": "OVHcloud Object Storage",
      "vendor": "OVHcloud",
      "currency": "USD",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "EU"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.0124,
      "egressPerGb": 0,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "None",
      "url": "https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/object-storage/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/prices/",
      "notes": "Standard (SWIFT/S3): $0.000017/GiB·h ≈ $0.0124/GiB·mo (Frankfurt); egress + ingress FREE (included). Active Archive $0.00000729/GiB·h + retrieval $0.0212/GiB. Captured 2026-08-16. Ops pricing not captured.",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null,
        "notes": "B2B reseller program only (verified 2026-08-16)"
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "oracle",
      "name": "Oracle Object Storage",
      "vendor": "Oracle Cloud",
      "currency": "USD",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU",
        "AP"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.0255,
      "egressPerGb": 0.0085,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": 10240,
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "None (Always Free tier available)",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/cloud/storage/object-storage/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.oracle.com/cloud/storage/pricing/",
      "notes": "Standard tier $0.0255/GB/mo; egress $0.0085/GB after 10 TB/mo free; ingress free. Always Free tier (20 GB) exists for accounts. Captured 2026-08-16. Ops pricing not captured.",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "url": null,
        "notes": "Support Rewards = customer loyalty only, not a publisher program (verified 2026-08-16)"
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ionos",
      "name": "IONOS Object Storage",
      "vendor": "IONOS",
      "currency": "GBP",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "EU",
        "US"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.0063,
      "egressPerGb": null,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "None",
      "url": "https://cloud.ionos.co.uk/object-storage",
      "pricingUrl": "https://cloud.ionos.co.uk/object-storage",
      "notes": "£0.0063/GB per 30 days; storage-write, retrieval and API requests free. Egress uses optional traffic packages — per-GB rate shown in widget only, NOT captured 2026-08-16 (excluded from numeric ranking).",
      "priceCaptured": false,
      "priceNote": "Storage rate captured; egress rate (traffic packages) widget-only — not captured 2026-08-16.",
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "pending",
        "name": "IONOS Affiliate Program",
        "type": "cash",
        "url": null,
        "referee_benefit": null,
        "referrer_benefit": "Commission on referred invoices (rate assigned by IONOS account manager)",
        "source_url": "https://ionos.co.uk/agency-partner/affiliate",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "notes": "Application submitted 2026-08-16 at affiliate.ionos.com (dracsharp+ionos@gmail.com) — 'application being reviewed; account manager will contact shortly'. Tracking link expected after approval."
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "exoscale",
      "name": "Exoscale SOS",
      "vendor": "Exoscale",
      "currency": "EUR",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "EU"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.0201,
      "egressPerGb": 0.02,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "None; min billable object 128 KiB",
      "url": "https://www.exoscale.com/object-storage/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.exoscale.com/pricing/",
      "notes": "Tier 1 compute: €0.00002750/GiB·h ≈ €0.0201/GiB/mo; egress €0.02/GiB; ingress + retrieval free; min billable 128 KiB. Captured 2026-08-16. Ops pricing not captured.",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "deferred",
        "name": "Exoscale Agent Program",
        "type": "contract",
        "url": null,
        "referee_benefit": null,
        "referrer_benefit": "Contract-based agent commission (not self-serve)",
        "source_url": "https://www.exoscale.com/partner-programs/agents/",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "notes": "Exoscale Agent Program exists but is contract-based (no self-serve affiliate); Mentor referral program deprecated 2021. Documented, not enrolled."
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "linode",
      "name": "Akamai Object Storage (Linode)",
      "vendor": "Akamai Connected Cloud",
      "currency": "USD",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.02,
      "egressPerGb": 0.005,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": 1000,
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "None",
      "url": "https://www.linode.com/products/object-storage/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://www.linode.com/pricing/",
      "notes": "$0.02/GB/mo; egress $0.005/GB after 1 TB/mo free. Captured 2026-08-16 (page bot-blocked to curl; verified in-browser). Ops pricing not captured.",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "pending",
        "name": "Akamai Cloud Referral Program",
        "type": "credits",
        "url": null,
        "referee_benefit": "US$100 credit (60-day) after adding a payment method",
        "referrer_benefit": "US$25 credit once referee spends $25 and stays active 90 days",
        "source_url": "https://www.akamai.com/cloud/referral-program",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "notes": "Credit-based, verified 2026-08-16 via r.jina.ai + in-browser (linode.com/referral-program redirects to akamai.com/cloud/referral-program). Referral link requires an Akamai Cloud account — enrollment pending (documented in ENROLLMENT_SHEET/USER_MANUAL_LIST)."
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "digitalocean",
      "name": "DigitalOcean Spaces",
      "vendor": "DigitalOcean",
      "currency": "USD",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU",
        "AP"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.02,
      "egressPerGb": 0.01,
      "freeStorageGb": 250,
      "freeEgressGb": 1000,
      "classAPer1k": null,
      "classBPer1k": null,
      "minimumCommitment": "$5/mo base incl. 250 GiB",
      "url": "https://www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/details/pricing/",
      "notes": "$5/mo includes 250 GiB storage; $0.02/GiB/mo beyond; egress $0.01/GiB after 1 TiB. Docs-cited 2026-08-16. Ops pricing not captured.",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "pending",
        "name": "DigitalOcean Referral Program",
        "type": "credits",
        "url": null,
        "referee_benefit": "US$25 credit",
        "referrer_benefit": "US$25 credit per referral",
        "source_url": "https://www.digitalocean.com/",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-16",
        "notes": "m.do.co referral link blocked: account dracsharp+do@gmail.com has no billing method (user decision needed — see USER_MANUAL_LIST)."
      },
      "kind": "object-storage"
    },
    {
      "slug": "aws-s3-standard",
      "name": "S3 Standard",
      "vendor": "AWS",
      "kind": "object-storage",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU",
        "AP",
        "SA"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.023,
      "egressPerGb": 0.09,
      "freeStorageGb": 5,
      "freeEgressGb": 100,
      "classAPer1k": 0.005,
      "classBPer1k": 0.0004,
      "minimumCommitment": "None; 5 GB free tier (12 months)",
      "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/s3/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/",
      "notes": "The industry standard. $23/TB/mo storage, $90/TB egress (us-east-1). Free tier: 5 GB storage + 100 GB egress for 12 months. Tiered pricing at scale.",
      "currency": "USD",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-19",
        "url": null,
        "notes": "AWS Associates program exists but requires active website approval"
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "aws-glacier-instant",
      "name": "S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval",
      "vendor": "AWS",
      "kind": "object-storage",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU",
        "AP",
        "SA"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.004,
      "egressPerGb": 0.09,
      "freeStorageGb": 0,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "classAPer1k": 0.1,
      "classBPer1k": 0.01,
      "minimumCommitment": "90-day minimum storage duration",
      "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/glacier/instant-retrieval/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/",
      "notes": "$4/TB/mo archive with instant retrieval. Higher ops costs ($100/M PUT, $10/M GET). 90-day minimum. Same S3 API.",
      "currency": "USD",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-19",
        "url": null
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "azure-blob-hot",
      "name": "Blob Storage (Hot)",
      "vendor": "Microsoft Azure",
      "kind": "object-storage",
      "s3Compatible": false,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU",
        "AP"
      ],
      "storagePerGbMonth": 0.0208,
      "egressPerGb": 0.087,
      "freeStorageGb": 5,
      "freeEgressGb": null,
      "classAPer1k": 0.054,
      "classBPer1k": 0.0043,
      "minimumCommitment": "None",
      "url": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/storage/blobs/",
      "pricingUrl": "https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/blobs/",
      "notes": "$20.48/TB/mo (LRS, East US). S3 compatibility via Azure SDK adapter only (not native S3 API). $87/TB egress.",
      "currency": "USD",
      "priceCaptured": true,
      "priceNote": null,
      "affiliateWired": false,
      "referral": {
        "status": "absent",
        "verified_at": "2026-08-19",
        "url": null
      }
    },
    {
      "slug": "gcs-standard",
      "name": "Cloud Storage Standard",
      "vendor": "Google Cloud",
      "kind": "object-storage",
      "s3Compatible": true,
      "regions": [
        "US",
        "EU",
        "AP"
      ],
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