Storj has introduced Production Cloud, a purpose-built platform for today’s media workflows. It combines Storj’s new Global Collaboration tier of high-performance distributed object storage and Object Mount cloud media access into a unified media solution. Designed for editorial and media production teams in post, news and sports, Production Cloud helps creative teams to collaborate globally, move faster and scale up.

By combining distributed object storage and seamless file access into a single offering, Production Cloud enables collaboration, low-latency editing and cost-effective archiving across distributed environments.

In addition, Storj’s cloud compute for media is in beta and will soon be added to the platform.

Production Cloud from Storj is designed to solve these specific needs of modern production teams:

• Instant access to huge files in the cloud
• Predictable pricing with no egress surprises
• Consistent global performance without replicating across regions
• Secure, private storage built for compliance and resilience
• Workflows that just work across tools and teams

The new platform reflects a strategic shift in how creative teams interact with cloud infrastructure. It bundles Storj’s high-performance Global Collaboration tier of Distributed Storage with Object Mount, Storj’s proprietary interface for accessing media in the cloud, and includes egress with zero API fees. This integration allows users to ingest from camera to cloud and perform frame-accurate editing, proxy workflows, conform and content distribution directly from the cloud.

Production Cloud eliminates egress and API charges, simplifying production and enabling predictable costs for high-throughput workflows. Users can also add an Active Archive storage tier that supports long-term retention and active retrieval for repurposing content. When done, archived assets remain accessible without the cost or complexity of traditional cold storage.

The Production Cloud accelerates all stages of real-world production workflows:

• Ingest – Fast ingest, less wrangling with direct S3 access for camera-to-cloud workflows.
• Dailies – Frame-accurate playback for reviewing LUTs, enabling instant remote review and faster creative decisions.
• Assistant Editing – Proxy generation, metadata tagging and global clip access for editorial prep.
• Selects and Assembly – Instant bin and timeline access let editors start rough cuts without delay.
• Editing – Multi-track support, VFX pulls and remote preview deliver full editorial control from anywhere.
• Conform and Delivery – Ultrafast final conform and master, with the ability to export directly from cloud storage in real time.

Additional features of Production Cloud include:

• Features and pricing for media – A transparent, bundled model reflects how media teams actually work. By combining infrastructure into a single offering, Storj eliminates the inconsistency of egress fees and eliminates the need for regional replication, resulting in predictable and reasonable costs.
• Consistent performance globally — Storj’s distributed architecture stores data across tens of thousands of nodes worldwide, where only a small portion of the data from the fastest nodes are needed to deliver file access. This design provides consistent low-latency performance. See recent performance benchmarking analysis.
• Global access without replication — Storj’s unique design enables remote teams to access content anywhere in the world without copying data to additional storage regions. This approach delivers 11 nines of durability and multi-region availability without the cost or complexity of traditional cloud replication.