If you’re comparing cloudflare r2 vs s3 for a VPS-hosted app, you’re probably not debating features—you’re debating egress bills, latency, and operational friction . Object storage is deceptively “commodity” until you start serving real traffic (images, backups, log archives, downloads) and your costs and failure modes show up in production. 1) Pricing model: egress is the whole game The loudest difference is also the most practical: Amazon S3 typically charges egress , while Cloudflare R2 positions itself around “no egress fees” (especially compelling when your users sit behind Cloudflare’s network). In VPS hosting, egress is the tax you pay for success.…