---
title: "Custom Storage"
description: "Point the Topol Plugin at your own AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Cloudflare R2 or DigitalOcean Spaces bucket, or run storage entirely on your own infrastructure."
url: https://docs.topol.io/email-editor/guide/custom-storage.html
---

# Custom Storage

> **The Custom storage feature is available with the Plugin Expansion plan and higher. The Self-hosted storage feature is available with the Plugin for Business plan and higher.**
>
> If you're on the Plugin for Startup plan, consider upgrading to access these features. For more details, visit our [pricing page](https://topol.io/pricing) or contact support.

**Custom storage points the Plugin at a bucket you own,** so every file uploaded through the File Manager or dropped straight onto the template lands in your infrastructure rather than Topol's.

Four providers are supported out of the box: **AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Cloudflare R2 and DigitalOcean Spaces**. Without any of them configured, uploads go to Topol's own storage.

With a bucket configured, **file bytes travel from the browser directly to your bucket** through a presigned URL and never pass through a Topol server. Topol's API still issues those presigned URLs and serves the File Manager's directory listing.

> **TIP**
>
> To take Topol out of the path entirely, including the listing and upload endpoints, use [Self-hosted Storage](https://docs.topol.io/email-editor/guide/self-hosted-storage.html) instead, which replaces the API endpoints themselves.

## Step-by-step tutorials

How to integrate:

-   [Custom AWS S3 Storage](https://docs.topol.io/email-editor/guide/custom-aws-s3-storage.html)

-   [Custom Google Cloud Storage](https://docs.topol.io/email-editor/guide/custom-google-cloud-storage.html)

-   [Custom Cloudflare R2 Storage](https://docs.topol.io/email-editor/guide/custom-cloudflare-r2-storage.html)

-   [Custom DigitalOcean Spaces Storage](https://docs.topol.io/email-editor/guide/custom-digitalocean-spaces-storage.html)

-   [Self-hosted Storage](https://docs.topol.io/email-editor/guide/self-hosted-storage.html)