Cheap Storage Cleanup for SaaS User Documents: Retention, Access Control, Archive Backups

Short answer: for a property-management SaaS, choose storage by the deletion contract and access-control boundary first, then compare lifecycle behavior and total operating cost; a lifecycle rule can clean up expired files, but it is not a substitute for legal hold, recovery, or an authorization design. That distinction is the decision rule. Signed leases and inspection reports are user documents, but they are not all the same operational object. A file waiting for an application review can be private, short-lived, and easy to recreate. A signed lease may need a stated deletion deadline, a doc
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