# Storj vs Tigris

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/compare/storj-vs-tigris/

Every value below is read from Storj's and Tigris's own documentation. See https://inetgeek.com/methodology/ for how.

## At a glance

| Criterion | Storj | Tigris |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egress over allowance | $7 per TB, the same rate as storage — reduced from $20 per TB on the Standard tier. Storj charges for egress where R2, Wasabi and Tigris do not, but at a tenth of what S3 charges. | None. Tigris charges no egress fees; retrieval is free on Standard and Archive tiers and $0.01–$0.03 per GB on the Infrequent Access and Glacier tiers. |
| Storage price | $7 per TB per month, which is $0.007 per GB. A $5 monthly minimum applies to Standard and Advanced accounts. | $0.02 per GB-month for Standard, $0.01 for Infrequent Access, $0.004 for Archive and Glacier tiers |
| Operations price | Segment fees have been eliminated across all new tiers. They still apply to accounts on legacy plans. | $0.005 per 1,000 Class A requests and $0.0005 per 1,000 Class B, on every tier. DELETE and CANCEL are free. Object notifications cost $0.01 per 1,000 events. |
| S3-compatible API | Supported | Supported |

## Where they differ

### Egress over allowance

- Storj: $7 per TB, the same rate as storage — reduced from $20 per TB on the Standard tier. Storj charges for egress where R2, Wasabi and Tigris do not, but at a tenth of what S3 charges. ([source](https://www.storj.io/pricing))
- Tigris: None. Tigris charges no egress fees; retrieval is free on Standard and Archive tiers and $0.01–$0.03 per GB on the Infrequent Access and Glacier tiers. ([source](https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/pricing/))

### Storage price

- Storj: $7 per TB per month, which is $0.007 per GB. A $5 monthly minimum applies to Standard and Advanced accounts. ([source](https://www.storj.io/pricing))
- Tigris: $0.02 per GB-month for Standard, $0.01 for Infrequent Access, $0.004 for Archive and Glacier tiers ([source](https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/pricing/))

### Operations price

- Storj: Segment fees have been eliminated across all new tiers. They still apply to accounts on legacy plans. ([source](https://www.storj.io/pricing))
- Tigris: $0.005 per 1,000 Class A requests and $0.0005 per 1,000 Class B, on every tier. DELETE and CANCEL are free. Object notifications cost $0.01 per 1,000 events. ([source](https://www.tigrisdata.com/docs/pricing/))

## Which should you choose?

Pick Storj if Workloads that want data spread across many independent locations rather than one provider's region, at a storage rate close to the cheapest here.

Pick Tigris if Globally distributed buckets with no egress fees and tiered storage, where cold data drops to $0.004 per GB-month without a separate archive product to manage.

Consider something else: Storj — Egress is charged at the same $7 per TB as storage, so a read-heavy workload costs roughly double what the storage line suggests — the three free-egress providers here charge nothing for it.

Consider something else: Tigris — Retrieval is charged on the Infrequent Access and Glacier tiers, so the tiering that lowers the storage bill can raise the access one. The cheapest tier is not the cheapest for data you actually read.

## Documented by only one

- Free tier: Tigris: Yes
- Storage (entry plan): Tigris: 5 GB free, shown against a modelled $1.90 Tigris cost versus $8.75 on AWS and $11.00 on GCS for the same scenario
- Regions: Storj: Distributed across tens of thousands of storage locations globally rather than named regions; a US-only option runs on SOC 2 type 2 compliant data centres.
- Minimum storage duration: Tigris: None on Standard. Infrequent Access carries a 30-day minimum; Tigris names Archive and Archive Instant Retrieval as also subject to a minimum, listed in its pricing table as 90 days. Deleting or updating an object sooner is still billed for the full window.

## Questions this comparison answers

**Egress over allowance: Storj or Tigris?**

Storj: $7 per TB, the same rate as storage — reduced from $20 per TB on the Standard tier. Storj charges for egress where R2, Wasabi and Tigris do not, but at a tenth of what S3 charges.
Tigris: None. Tigris charges no egress fees; retrieval is free on Standard and Archive tiers and $0.01–$0.03 per GB on the Infrequent Access and Glacier tiers.

**Should I choose Storj or Tigris?**

Pick Storj if Workloads that want data spread across many independent locations rather than one provider's region, at a storage rate close to the cheapest here.
Pick Tigris if Globally distributed buckets with no egress fees and tiered storage, where cold data drops to $0.004 per GB-month without a separate archive product to manage.