When comparing Rackspace Cloud Files vs Google Cloud Storage, the Slant community recommends Google Cloud Storage for most people. In the question“What are the best website hosting providers?” Google Cloud Storage is ranked 18th while Rackspace Cloud Files is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose Google Cloud Storage is:
Same price a Google Drive, but more flexible as you pay for what you use (Google Drive you have to jump from 100 MB to 1 TB for example). Also supports larger backups.
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Pros
Pro Supports custom domains
Rackspace has support for custom domains for static websites hosted on their servers.
Pro Cheap (about $0.01/GB/Month)
Same price a Google Drive, but more flexible as you pay for what you use (Google Drive you have to jump from 100 MB to 1 TB for example). Also supports larger backups.
Pro Optionally supports versioning
Versioning can be enabled at no extra cost so you may retrieve older versions or deleted files.
Pro Works with duplicity
duplicity allows to encrypt data locally using GPG and it supports Google Cloud Storage.
Pro Can be shared with other people
Via the Google Cloud Platform or their CLI tool, you can create publicly accessible URLs to parts of your data.
Cons
Con No redirect support
Over time, some pages will be renamed and others deleted. To avoid broken links, redirects are used. Unfortunately Rackspace does not support them.