#Decentralized Storage
As of August 2025, if we compare the “decentralized storage” track based on technology implementation scale, ecological maturity, and market volume, Filecoin (FIL) is still widely regarded as the “strongest”; however, this “strongest” does not come without competitors, forming a tripartite pattern of “Filecoin leading, Arweave/Storj holding their own in segments.”
Project Core Positioning Latest Progress in 2025 Competitive Advantages Applicable Scenarios
Filecoin General-purpose decentralized storage network • Storage capacity will increase by another 50% in 2024, maintaining the top position in the network[^6^] <br>• F3 technology will go live in Q1, reducing confirmation time from 7.5 hours to minutes[^9^] <br>• PDP technology removes packaging/unpacking, supporting real-time read/write for hot data[^9^] <br>• FWS (Filecoin Web Services) transitioning to a one-stop decentralized cloud service[^9^] Largest scale, most comprehensive ecosystem, most mature developer tools; has formed an integrated narrative of “storage + computation + CDN” NFT metadata, Web3 application cold/hot data, enterprise-level cloud backup, decentralized computing
Arweave Permanent storage (Pay-once, Store-forever) Launched version 2.6, number of nodes exceeded 1000; continues to deepen in the “digital relics” scenario Data is permanent, immutable, and available for lifetime with one-time payment Gaming assets, NFT metadata, web archiving, academic and legal evidence
Storj Enterprise-grade distributed object storage compatible with S3 In 2025, the price has dropped to as low as $4/TB/month, fully compatible with AWS S3[^8^] Low cost, easy integration for enterprises, no need to deal with cryptocurrency Backup for small and medium enterprises, disaster recovery, media library
Summary in one sentence
• Want to choose the “most comprehensive capability” — Filecoin: fastest technology iteration, most abundant ecosystem funding, widest scenario coverage.
• Need “permanent archiving” — Arweave: one-time payment for permanent storage, suitable for scenarios with extreme requirements for immutability.
• Pursuing “low cost + easy integration” — Storj: traditional IT teams can replace AWS S3 without transformation, with significant cost advantages.
