rarecloud
S3-COMPATIBLE STORAGE IN EUROPE

Object Storage

Your S3 tools. One simple price.

Buckets for backups, media and app files, in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris or Milan. Point the AWS CLI, rclone or your S3 SDK at them and keep working.€10/month with 1 TB included · downloads free up to what you store · no request fees · engineers on support 24/7

Get StartedCreate a Bucket
One price per account
€10a month
  • 1 TB of storage
  • Downloads up to the volume you store, each month
  • No fee per request, per bucket or per key
Storage above 1 TB
€0.01 per GB a month
Downloads above what you store
€0.01 per GB

Prices exclude VAT. The €10 runs by the hour from your first bucket and stops at €10 for the month. With no bucket, there is no fee.

Work out your month

Base, 1 TB included
€10.00
Storage above 1 TB (0 GB)
€0.00
Downloads above what you store (300 GB)
€3.00
Per month, VAT not included
€13.00

What people use it for

  • Backups

    Server and database backups from restic, rclone or any tool that writes to S3.

  • Media and uploads

    Images, video and files your app stores, kept private and read with its own keys.

  • Logs and exports

    Log archives, database dumps and reports that pile up and rarely change.

  • Datasets and builds

    Training data, build artifacts and release files for your pipelines.

Use the Tools You Already Have

Create buckets and keys in the console, through the REST API, with the rarecloud CLI or Terraform, or ask your AI agent. Then move your files with any S3 tool that takes a custom endpoint: the settings below are the ones the console gives you.

acme-mediaActive
Region
Amsterdam (eu-central-1)
Endpoint
https://s3.eu-central-1.rarestack.net
Stored
412 GB
Objects
18,204
Versioning
On

  1. Create a bucket

    Pick a name and a region. With your first bucket you also choose your namespace.

  2. Create an access key

    For every bucket or only some, read-only or read and write. The secret is shown once.

  3. Copy a snippet

    Each bucket page has ready-made settings for the AWS CLI, rclone, s3cmd, Python and Node.js.

# One-time: a named profile with your key and region
aws configure set aws_access_key_id YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --profile rarecloud
aws configure set aws_secret_access_key YOUR_SECRET --profile rarecloud
aws configure set region eu-central-1 --profile rarecloud

# Every call carries the endpoint
EP=https://s3.eu-central-1.rarestack.net

aws s3 ls s3://acme-media --profile rarecloud --endpoint-url $EP

aws s3 cp ./backup.tar.gz s3://acme-media/backups/ \
  --profile rarecloud --endpoint-url $EP

aws s3 sync ./dist s3://acme-media/dist \
  --profile rarecloud --endpoint-url $EP
Works withAWS CLIrclones3cmdCyberduckAWS SDKsTerraform provider 0.3.0

Read the API referenceUse the Terraform providerInstall the CLI

16 regions
24/7 human support

Pick the region for each bucket when you create it, and the bucket stays there. Four regions are in the EU, and more in the UK, North America and Asia-Pacific are there when your users are. When you need help, an engineer reads your ticket and answers it, at any hour.

Europe

4 in the EU
  • AmsterdamEUeu-central-1
  • FrankfurtEUeu-central-2
  • ParisEUeu-west-2
  • MilanEUeu-south-1
  • United Kingdom 1eu-west-1
  • United Kingdom 2eu-west-3

North America

6 regions
  • N. Virginia 1us-east-1
  • N. Virginia 2us-east-2
  • Texasus-central-1
  • Oregonus-west-1
  • San Joseus-west-2
  • Torontoca-central-1

Asia-Pacific

4 regions
  • Tokyoap-northeast-1
  • Osakaap-northeast-2
  • Singaporeap-southeast-1
  • Sydneyap-southeast-2

Endpoint for every region: https://s3.<region>.rarestack.net

Included in the €10

Every account gets the same features. The price only changes with what you store and download.

Up to 100 Buckets
Create up to 100 buckets per account, each in the region you pick when you create it.
Your Own Namespace
Every bucket name starts with a namespace you choose once, so the names you want are never taken by another customer.
Keys You Scope
Give each app its own key, for every bucket or only some, read-only or read and write. Revoke a key and it stops working.
Versioning
Turn versioning on for a bucket to keep earlier versions of the files you overwrite or delete. Old versions count as stored data.
Private by Default
Buckets are private. Every request is signed with one of your access keys.
Usage in the Console
See stored data and object counts for each bucket, plus the account's downloads and what the month has cost so far.
5 TB to Start
Each account can store up to 5 TB. Need more? Request a higher limit from Cloud, then Limits, in the console.
No Bucket, No Fee
Delete your last bucket and the €10 stops. Your keys pause too, and work again with your next bucket.

The Rest of the Cloud

Servers, clusters, volumes and load balancers are in the same account and console, and on the same monthly invoice as your buckets, paid from your account credit by card, PayPal, Alipay, crypto or bank transfer. Each has a published price, shown before you create it.

Cloud VM

Hourly cloud servers

Servers with NVMe storage and a public IPv4, billed by the hour up to the monthly price.

From €3.99/mo

See Cloud VM

Kubernetes

Managed clusters

Managed Kubernetes with the control plane included. Worker nodes cost the same as Cloud VMs.

Workers from €7.99/mo

See Kubernetes

Block Storage

Volumes

Disks for your servers that you attach, detach and move with their data.

€0.05 per GB a month

See Block Storage

Load Balancers

L4, one stable IP

One public address in front of several servers, sending traffic only to the ones that pass health checks.

€9/mo with its public IP

See Load Balancers

Questions Before You Store

What does object storage cost?
€10 a month per account, which includes 1 TB of storage. Above 1 TB, storage costs €0.01 per GB a month. Downloads are free up to the amount you store, and above that they cost €0.01 per GB. Requests have no fee. Prices exclude VAT.
How are free downloads counted?
Each month, downloads up to your average stored volume for that month are free. Store 200 GB and you can download 200 GB at no charge. Store 500 GB and download 800 GB, and you pay for 300 GB: €3, so €13 for the month.
Do deleted files still count?
They can, for up to 90 days. A file you delete can keep counting towards your stored data for up to 90 days. Inside the 1 TB included in the €10, that costs nothing extra.
How do bucket names work?
When you create your first bucket you also choose a namespace: 3 to 16 lowercase letters and digits, starting with a letter. It can never be changed, and some names are reserved. Every bucket is then named namespace-name, for example acme-media, and that full name is what your S3 tools use.
Which tools work with it?
Tools that speak the S3 API and let you set a custom endpoint, such as the AWS CLI, rclone, s3cmd, Cyberduck and the AWS SDKs for Python, JavaScript and other languages. The endpoint is https://s3.<region>.rarestack.net, for example https://s3.eu-central-1.rarestack.net for Amsterdam. Each bucket page in the console shows ready-made settings for the AWS CLI, rclone, s3cmd, Python and Node.js.
How do access keys work?
Each key covers every bucket or a list of them, with read-only or read and write access. An account can have up to 20 keys. The secret is shown once, when you create the key. To change what a key can do, create a new one and revoke the old one.
Where can my buckets live?
You pick a region for each bucket. Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and Milan are in the EU. Two more European regions are in the United Kingdom, outside the EU, and ten are in North America and Asia-Pacific. A bucket stays in the region you created it in.
Can I make a bucket public?
Not today. Buckets are private, and every request is signed with one of your access keys.
How is it billed?
The €10, storage above 1 TB and downloads above what you store go on your monthly cloud invoice, next to your servers, and are paid from your account credit. Top up by card, PayPal, Alipay, crypto or bank transfer, in EUR or USD. Delete your last bucket and the €10 stops until you create another.
Can I move my data from another provider?
Yes, with rclone. Add your old provider and RareCloud as two remotes in rclone.conf, then copy bucket to bucket in one command: rclone sync oldprovider:my-bucket rarecloud:acme-media --progress. The data streams through the machine that runs rclone, so a server close to both ends is fastest. With the AWS CLI, sync to a local folder first (aws s3 sync s3://my-bucket ./my-bucket), then upload it: aws s3 sync ./my-bucket s3://acme-media --endpoint-url https://s3.eu-central-1.rarestack.net. Uploads have no transfer fee, and requests have no fee.
Object storage or block storage?
Object storage keeps files in buckets that your apps and tools reach over HTTPS from anywhere, which suits backups, media, logs and exports. Block Storage is a disk you attach to one Cloud VM and format with a filesystem, which suits databases and apps that expect a local disk. Many setups use both: the database on a volume, its backups in a bucket.
Can I manage it from the CLI, Terraform or an AI agent?
Yes. The rarecloud CLI has bucket and object-storage commands, the Terraform provider has rarecloud_object_storage_bucket and rarecloud_object_storage_key, and the MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP clients create buckets and keys, asking for your confirmation first. All of them use the same REST API as the console, with API tokens you can scope and set to expire. To move the files themselves, use any S3 tool.
Do you issue VAT invoices for businesses?
Yes. Invoices come from Rare Mood Agency SRL (RareCloud), registered in Romania, with EU VAT, in EUR or USD. Businesses in another EU country with a valid VAT ID are invoiced without VAT, under the reverse charge.

Need a disk for one server instead? See Block Storage

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