Vendor Guide · 27-Provider Comparison · Rates verified 2026-09-01
Wasabi Hot Storage: pricing, perks & traps
An S3-compatible object store billed in USD. Every number below comes from the same catalog that drives the live comparison table — no marketing prose, captured rates only.
What it costs at a typical backup workload
5 TB stored · 0.5 TB egress · light API usage: $39.95/mo (standard pay-as-you-go). Change the workload sliders on the comparison page to price your exact scenario.
Fine print worth knowing
A few things in the fine print deserve attention before committing storage here: Objects deleted before day 90 are billed for the full 90 days anyway, so short-lived backup churn quietly costs double what it appears to; on top of that, outbound traffic is fair-use rather than unlimited (1:1 egress-to-storage ratio (overage throttled/suspended)): sustained heavy transfer can be throttled or curtailed instead of merely billed; and note that a monthly floor of Pay-as-you-go; no free tier applies, so tiny archives pay for capacity they never touch.
Where it shines: outbound traffic is genuinely free worldwide, so serving files to customers costs nothing beyond the storage itself.