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Storm Developments · Canadian Cloud Infrastructure Est. 2025

Simple sovereign storage for Canadians, secure and sustainable

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RELEASE · 26 OCT 2026

montreal-1 Is Here: Canadian Cloud Storage at $9 CAD a Terabyte

montreal-1 is open. Canadian cloud storage in Montreal at $9 CAD a terabyte, one flat bill every month, and downloads are never charged.

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Featured
DISPATCH · 30 JUN 2026

Residency Is Not Sovereignty. Microsoft Said So Under Oath.

A Microsoft executive told the French Senate, under oath, that it cannot stop US authorities from taking customer data held in Europe. The same is true for your data in Canada.

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For developers · Price Comparison 5 min read

S3 storage without the catch, compared honestly.

Flat CAD pricing, no lock-in, no surprise egress bills, and a stack you can audit. See exactly how it stacks up against AWS, Cloudflare R2, and Backblaze, our own numbers included.

  • S3-compatible
  • Open, auditable stack
  • No lock-in
  • No surprise bills
  • Simple flat pricing
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Storage /mo · egress
Storm Buckets Canada
$9 CAD egress3x capacity, then slowed, never billed
Backblaze B2 USA company
~$9.77 CAD ($6.95 USD) egress3x stored, then $0.01/GB USD
Cloudflare R2 USA company
~$21.09 CAD ($15 USD) egress$0/GB
AWS S3 USA company
~$35.14 CAD ($25 USD) egress$0.09/GB USD
Storage per TB/month in CAD. USD prices converted at 1.4057 (Bank of Canada, 2026-10-21). Pricing confirmed 2026-10-21.

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The getting started guide

Create your account, make your first bucket and connect the tools you already use. Every step is written down, in the order you do it.

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  • Browser or CLI
  • Any S3 client
  • No install

Who it's for

Self-hosters and homelabs

Give your home server a destination outside the house. Off-site backups, application data and archives on Canadian storage, with rclone or any S3 client.

Storage for your homelab
  • Off-site copies
  • S3-compatible
  • Canadian hosting

Small businesses

Canadian cloud storage for your business files, backups, and the tools you already use. Browse files in your browser, connect compatible apps, and plan around flat CAD pricing.

Storage for your business
  • Browser access
  • Flat CAD pricing
  • No lock-in

Nonprofits

Keep a separate copy of organizational records, store campaign media, or host a public website. Manage your files in the browser.

Storage for your organization
  • Predictable costs
  • Canadian hosting
  • Open source

What you can use it for

Scheduled cloud backups

Bring a copy into Canada on a schedule. Follow transfers from the dashboard and check copied files with a sample restore.

Build your off-site copy
  • Scheduled S3 backups
  • Restore checks
  • CAD pricing

Powering Applications

An S3 endpoint for application uploads, media, and self-hosted services. Connect your existing tools while Storm runs the storage.

Connect your application
  • S3-compatible
  • Scoped keys
  • Open stack
Storm Sites · Static Hosting

Your bucket is also a website.

Point a domain at a Storm Bucket and the static files serve. A stormsites.ca subdomain out of the box, or your own custom domain. The same bucket holds your storage and your site, Canadian-hosted, hosting included in the block.

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