## [![How S3 API compatibility lets you use any cloud](/blog/assets/images/hero-image-80c0b4acc537fd4cccdbf3c28677b377.webp)](/blog/s3-any-cloud/.md)[How S3 API compatibility lets you use any cloud](/blog/s3-any-cloud/.md)

The S3 API won because it was an interface that stayed boring. Now it's the backbone of cloud portability, enabling workloads to run on any cloud.

Katie Schilling, Himank Chaudhary · January 13, 2026 ·

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