# Object storage

Concept · [Cloud, hosting and security](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud)

Also called: file storage, cloud storage, bucket, buckets, blob storage, file uploads

A [cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/cloud) service for storing files such as images, videos and documents. Each file is kept as an object with its own ID in a [container](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/container) called a bucket.

**For example:** Customers upload profile photos to an app. The app saves each photo in object storage and keeps only the photo's address in its [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database).

## Connects to (12)

- [Database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database): Organized storage for your app's information, such as users, orders and messages, so it can be saved and looked up later.
- [Egress](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/egress): Data leaving a cloud provider's network, for example when a visitor downloads a file.
- [Backup](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/backup): A copy of data kept so it can be recovered if the original is lost or damaged.
- [Cloud provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-provider): A company that rents out computing services, such as servers, storage and databases, over the internet and on demand.
- [Google Drive](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-drive): Google's online file storage.
- [Dropbox](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dropbox): An online file storage and sharing service.
- [LucidLink](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lucidlink): A cloud file service that lets teams open large files, such as video projects, as if they were on a local drive, without downloading them…
- [Rclone](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/rclone): Free, open-source command-line software for copying and syncing files between a computer and many cloud storage services.
- [Playbook.com](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/playbook): A cloud service for storing, organizing and sharing creative files such as images, videos and brand assets.
- [Netlify Blobs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/netlify-blobs): A Netlify service for storing files and data from a site or app on Netlify, without setting up a separate storage service.
- [Cloudflare R2](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloudflare-r2): Cloudflare's object storage for files such as images and video.
- [Amazon S3](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/amazon-s3): Amazon Web Services' object storage.

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