Cloudflare R2 vs NeonStorage Benchmark Comparison

Cloudflare R2
Faster in 0 of 2
vs
Neon
Faster in 2 of 2

Neon was faster in both storage measurements with a speed verdict.

Shared storage measurements
3
With a speed verdict
2
Last run
October 30, 2026
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Scorecard

Median of each storage measurement's primary metric; lower is better. Medians within 5% count as roughly even, and a storage measurement gets no speed verdict when either provider completed fewer than 50% of runs.

BenchmarkCloudflare R2NeonResultRatio
Upload (10 MB)
Upload time · Run October 30, 2026
1295ms
100% success
769ms
100% success
Neon faster
1.68x
Download (10 MB)
Download time · Run October 30, 2026
421ms
100% success
184ms
100% success
Neon faster
2.29x
Snapshot create
Snapshot create time · Run October 30, 2026
No timing data
0% success
No timing data
0% success
No verdict
No speed verdict because Cloudflare R2 completed 0% of runs and Neon completed 0% of runs, fewer than the 50% required.
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Upload (10 MB)

Run October 30, 2026

Time to upload a 10 MB file to the provider, measured in the 10 MB storage lifecycle benchmark.

Upload time

Cloudflare R2

100% success
Median
1295ms
P95
5317ms
P99
5926ms
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Neon

100% success
Median
769ms
P95
938ms
P99
1014ms
Neon Upload (10 MB) results →

Neon had a 1.68x lower median upload time (769ms vs 1295ms for Cloudflare R2).

Median upload time over time

12 runs from August 14, 2026 to October 30, 2026.

Cloudflare R2Neon
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Download (10 MB)

Run October 30, 2026

Time to download the same 10 MB file back, measured in the 10 MB storage lifecycle benchmark.

Download time

Cloudflare R2

100% success
Median
421ms
P95
842ms
P99
874ms
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Neon

100% success
Median
184ms
P95
615ms
P99
743ms
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Neon had a 2.29x lower median download time (184ms vs 421ms for Cloudflare R2).

Median download time over time

12 runs from August 14, 2026 to October 30, 2026.

Cloudflare R2Neon
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Snapshot create

Run October 30, 2026

Time to create a snapshot of a bucket holding a small dataset of 10 objects.

Snapshot create time

Cloudflare R2

0% success
No timings shown: fewer than 50% of runs succeeded.
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Neon

0% success
No timings shown: fewer than 50% of runs succeeded.
Neon Snapshot create results →

No speed verdict because Cloudflare R2 completed 0% of runs and Neon completed 0% of runs, fewer than the 50% required.

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Methodology

  • One workload, every provider. The same script, payload, and model hit every provider, addressed the way its own API expects. Nobody gets a tuned or special path.
  • Repeated on a schedule. Every suite runs many iterations per provider, automated on a recurring schedule, so results reflect steady state rather than one lucky request.
  • Raw results published. Every run is committed as JSON to the public benchmarks repo, next to the code that produced it. Nothing is cherry-picked or held back.
  • How this comparison is built. Each benchmark compares the two providers' medians; results within 5% count as roughly even. A comparison is published only when both providers completed the 10 MB storage lifecycle benchmark reliably: at least 50% success for each provider, in benchmark runs from the last 30 days.

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Neon was faster in both storage measurements with a speed verdict. In Upload (10 MB) (October 30, 2026), Neon had a median upload time of 769ms versus 1295ms for Cloudflare R2, 1.68x faster. In Download (10 MB) (October 30, 2026), Neon had a median download time of 184ms versus 421ms for Cloudflare R2, 2.29x faster.

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