Lawrence Wagerfield

You can store images, optimize them, and authorize access to them using Bytescale. This approach could be more cost-effective than the alternatives, and would also provide you with more options for image processing and storage (Bytescale supports S3/R2/GCP/DO, and has it's own built-in storage, too).

Here are a few useful Bytescale docs:

Uploading files: https://www.bytescale.com/docs

Processing images: https://www.bytescale.com/docs/image-processing-api

Authorizing access to files: https://www.bytescale.com/docs/authorization

Storage options: https://www.bytescale.com/docs/storage/sources

Happy coding!