Who we are
Storm Developments builds a trustworthy foundation for builders and organizations. What that means in practice:
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No lock-in. Storm Buckets is standard S3. Your data stays portable: use any S3 tool, move it to any provider, leave whenever you want. Nothing here traps you.
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Open and transparent. We are honest about what we build on. You always know where you stand.
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Flat, simple pricing. Priced in CAD, with a clear bandwidth allowance. Heavy use gets throttled, never billed by surprise. No egress bill shock.
On top of that, it is 100% Canadian Hosted: your data stays on Canadian ground, on Canadian hardware. Sovereignty is a bonus on a foundation that already stands on its own.
Storm Buckets
Our focus today is Storm Buckets: managed S3-compatible object storage on Canadian hardware in Montreal. You get buckets, access keys, and an endpoint, everything your apps and tools already speak.
Two ways in: connect any S3 client (rclone, the AWS CLI, Obsidian), or use Bucket Explorer in your browser with no install and no CLI.
Storm Buckets is in alpha. Create a Storm account, then request Buckets alpha access. Storm activates it per account. Alpha members are Founding Alpha members and receive a permanent 90 GB storage grant.
Start here
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Getting Started Set up your first bucket, or skip the dashboard with an account key.
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Connecting S3 Tooling rclone, the AWS CLI, Obsidian, and more.
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Managing Access Keys Per-bucket and account keys: create, rotate, revoke.
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Bucket Explorer Browse, preview, upload, and delete from your browser.
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Importing to Storm Buckets Move data in from MinIO, Backblaze, Wasabi, or any S3-compatible provider.
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Backing up to Storm Buckets Scheduled, incremental pulls from another provider, with failure alerts and one-click verification.
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Setup Serve a bucket as a public website.
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Custom Domains Put your own domain in front of it.
- PeerTube Run a PeerTube instance with its video stored on Storm Buckets.
- Why We Built This Simplicity, Security, Sustainability, Sovereignty. Why this company exists.
Why a guide
This guide is our single source of truth.
For customers, it answers the practical questions: how to use our products, what we support, and what you can expect from us. For anyone weighing Storm Developments, it shows who we are and what we stand for before you commit to anything.
Internally, it keeps us honest. Our values, our decisions, and our direction live here. If something we do contradicts something written here, the guide wins, or the guide gets updated and we explain why.