web3.storage runs on Elastic IPFS, an open-source, cloud-native, highly scalable implementation of IPFS. We wrote it as the solution to address increasing adoption of web3.storage, which previously used kubo and IPFS Cluster. As a result, web3.storage is designed to give strong performance and reliability regardless of how much data is being stored on it, meaning that you can rely on it as you and web3.storage grow. And all data is backed up in Filecoin storage deals, which gives cryptographic proof that your data is physically being stored without needing to trust web3.storage.

Further, the platform provides other best-in-class implementations of IPFS on performant infrastructure, from w3link, our IPFS HTTP gateway that can be up to 10x faster than other public gateways, to w3name, a hosted service for dynamic data use cases.