Overview - Hetzner Docs
Our S3-compatible Object Storage provides you with storage capacity for saving data in "Buckets". Any data you save in your Bucket is saved in a Ceph cluster. If you set the visibility of your Bucket to public, everyone can access the Bucket to view or download files via a URL that follows this format:
Object Storage is mainly used to store and share data as it is not possible to edit any data that you uploaded to a Bucket (objects are immutable). So the main purpose of Object Storage is "WORM", which is short for, "Write once, read many [times]". Here are some example use cases:
Buckets are a stand-alone product that you can use independently of any other cloud resources. Via Cloud Console, you can complete basic tasks such as creating a Bucket or generating credentials. For all other features and functionalities, you need to use our S3-compatible API. Here's how you can use our API:
Object Storage is billed per account. This means that at the end of the month, the storage and traffic used by all Buckets across all projects are combined and billed as one.
