We started DigitalStorage because the object storage on offer was either hard to price or tied to a hyperscaler. We wanted one tier, a flat rate, and an endpoint that behaves like the S3 API our tools already use.

The second service is file storage, meant for people rather than software. We did not write a sync platform of our own for it: it runs on Seafile, an open-source file sync and share system, and you use it through a web interface and the standard Seafile clients.

Our hardware sits in European data centres and runs on our own network and address space. Owning the whole stack is what lets us charge a flat rate, with no per-request line items and no cold-retrieval fees.

For now, access is by invitation, because we add capacity gradually. We would rather bring each customer on properly than quickly.