Storj
by Storj · S3-compatible object storage on a distributed network
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Overview
Storj is S3-compatible object storage that spreads data across a distributed network of storage locations rather than a single region, using erasure coding for durability. A separate product, Object Mount, presents object storage as a local drive. Plans cover either globally distributed storage or U.S. SOC 2 Type 2 data centres.
- Best for
- Teams needing S3-compatible object storage for globally distributed media and AI workflows.
- Pricing
- Free 30-day trial, then contact sales: Standard at $7/TB storage and $7/TB egress, Advanced at $10/TB plus $7/TB egress, with a $5 minimum monthly fee.
- Runs on
- Web
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- S3-compatible; described as a drop-in replacement for AWS S3
- $7/TB storage and $7/TB egress, with no API or segment fees
- 11 nines durability via erasure coding across the network
- Object Mount client presents object storage as a local drive
Trade-offs
- Both paid plans are contact-sales only, with no self-serve sign-up shown
- $5 minimum monthly invoice applies even when usage is lower
- Standard bills any object under 50 KB as 50 KB
- Standard charges an early deletion fee below 30 days of retention
How Storj markets itself
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Homepage capture
“Work instantly from the global cloud.”
- Angle: Speed / time-to-value
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Storj’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
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Agent friendliness
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Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
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Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
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