# S3 image bandwidth costs are getting annoying

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-image-bandwidth-costs-are-getting-annoying/122052>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** s3, hosting\
**Created:** [July 4, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-image-bandwidth-costs-are-getting-annoying/122052 "2019-07-04T01:45:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/s3-image-bandwidth-costs-are-getting-annoying/122052/2 "2019-07-04T02:36:50Z")

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Using a CDN for S3 is the right approach. That will drive the transfer costs way down.

If you are in a tight budget, you may be able to use a cloudflare subdomain for that.

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