Tigris review (2026): is the free plan enough?
S3-compatible object storage with no egress fees
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for S3-style object storage without egress fees
Tigris is S3-compatible object storage with no egress fees and a free monthly allowance of 5 GB. You pay per GB and per request beyond that, the cooler tiers add minimum-storage charges, and you need to be comfortable with APIs.
Who Tigris is for
- Fits if you read the same data from many regions and want no egress bill
- Works for developers who already use S3 tools and want a swap-in endpoint
Who Tigris is not for
- Not for you if you want a folder to drop files into, as it is infrastructure with no sharing app
- Tight if you stay free, because 5 GB is the whole free storage
- Watch out: Infrequent Access and Archive objects carry 30 to 90 day minimum storage charges and retrieval fees
- Watch out: Dropbox plans to acquire Tigris, and the company says pricing and product stay the same
Why Tigris gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStandard is $0.02 per GB a month, with requests billed beyond the free allowance. It is metered rather than a subscription, so it cannot be lined up against the category's $7 middle, and egress is free.
- CFree plan and trialEvery month gives 5 GB of Standard storage, 10,000 write and list requests and 100,000 reads, with no card. A real project goes past that fast.
- BFeaturesS3 API, global distribution, storage tiers, bucket forking, soft deletes and object notifications. Nothing in the listing is missing from object storage's job.
- DEase of useYou work through the S3 API, access keys and a command line, as it is a developer service with no end-user app. No store rating is on record.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb console and API only, with no desktop or phone app. It lists Amazon S3 compatibility and nothing else.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Tigris Data's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Tigris's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 13 of the 91 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 20.
It stands best on features (B, above 70 of 91) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 92 file storage and sync services we grade, cut by the letter each got. Tigris’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 14 of 91, level with 48
- CFree plan and trialAbove 18 of 91, level with 48
- BFeaturesAbove 70 of 91, level with 21
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 91, level with 21
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 1 of 91, level with 29
Keep Tigris, or make your own?
Keep it
Nothing Tigris does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 58 of the 91 other file storage and sync services grade higher.
What you could not
- A file manager working directly on your disk.
- It plugs into other products, Amazon S3 among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Tigris’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Tigris?
Tigris is S3-compatible object storage for developers, with data distributed across regions and no charge for data leaving it. Pricing is usage-based per gigabyte stored and per request, with a monthly free allowance on every account. Dropbox announced on November 5, 2026 that it plans to acquire the company.
Worth knowing
- Standard storage is $0.02 per GB per month; Infrequent Access is $0.01 and Archive tiers $0.004.
- Requests are billed: $0.005 per 1,000 Class A and $0.0005 per 1,000 Class B, beyond the free allowance.
- Infrequent Access and Archive objects carry 30 to 90 day minimum storage charges and retrieval fees.
- Dropbox plans to acquire Tigris; the company says pricing and the product stay the same.
Key features
- S3-compatible API
- Applications talk to one S3-compatible endpoint, so existing S3 tools and libraries can point at Tigris.
- Global distribution
- The default bucket type distributes data globally and follows access patterns, with single-region, multi-region and dual-region options.
- Storage tiers
- Standard, Infrequent Access, Archive and Archive Instant Retrieval tiers, with minimum retention of 30 to 90 days on the colder ones.
- Bucket forking and soft deletes
- Bucket forking, lifecycle rules and soft deletes carry no separate charge; you pay for stored data at its tier's rate.
- Object notifications
- Changes to objects in a bucket can trigger webhook events, charged per event.
- No egress fees
- Reads from any region, any cloud or the open internet cost nothing for data transfer.
Tigris pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Tigris has a free plan.
- Starts at
- Not published
- Free plan
- Every month: 5 GB of Standard storage, 10,000 write and list requests and 100,000 read requests.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0 | Monthly allowance of 5 GB Standard storage, 10,000 Class A and 100,000 Class B requests; no card needed. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom pricing and service contract for larger workloads; contact the company. |
Read from tigrisdata.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tigris before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Tigris have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Tigris is listed for Web.
Does Tigris have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Tigris is listed for Web.
Is Tigris open source?
Tigris is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Tigris have an API?
Yes. Tigris offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.