# Storage and delivery: tools in this layer of The Stack

> Files, websites and CDNs. 4 tools, from Nicolas Dao's defaults to what he would never use (Cloudless Labs, Sydney).

- Web page: https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/layers/storage/

## My default

- [Amazon S3](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/aws-s3/index.md), Object storage: No complaints. Storage, data lake, archive.
- [Cloudflare static hosting](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/cloudflare-static-hosting/index.md), Websites, SPAs and PWAs: Every website I run. Static builds deployed from GitHub on every push to main. Easy, reliable, nearly free.

## Use when it fits

- [Amazon CloudFront](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/aws-cloudfront/index.md), CDN in front of AWS: Fine in front of AWS origins. Egress was too expensive for big public sites, until the flat-rate plans.
- [Cloudflare R2](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/cloudflare-r2/index.md) (Proposed), Public, high-egress storage: Zero egress fees. The answer for public files served at volume. Keep data lakes in S3.

## Related

- [Something live that many people watch at once](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/use-cases/realtime/index.md): a job that picks or avoids tools from this layer
- [A website, SPA or PWA](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/use-cases/website/index.md): a job that picks or avoids tools from this layer
- [A data lake](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/use-cases/data-lake/index.md): a job that picks or avoids tools from this layer
- [Every layer, use case and tool in one file](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/brief.md)
- [Map of every Markdown file on cloudlesslabs.com, with what each one answers](https://ask.cloudlesslabs.com)