# Wasabi review (2026): is it worth $7.99 a month? > S3-compatible cloud object storage at a flat per-TB rate Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage is object storage billed by the terabyte, with no separate charges for egress or API requests. It targets backups, archives and AI datasets and works through S3-compatible tools rather than a file-sync app. Pay as You Go and Reserved Capacity are the two ways to buy. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** Wasabi Technologies - **Website:** https://wasabi.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a folder that syncs to your laptop, as it is object storage only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Wasabi is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $7.99 per TB / month. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial: 100 GB for 30 days with a company email, 10 GB for 14 days with a free email address. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Pay as You Go | $7.99 per TB / month, billed on actual usage | Billed per GB per day, no egress or API fees. 90-day minimum storage and a monthly minimum tied to 1 TB. Basic support. | | Reserved Capacity Storage | Custom | A fixed capacity block bought for 1, 3 or 5 years, from 25 TB. Larger and longer terms are discounted. Premium support. | Read from https://wasabi.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Wasabi before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Migration incentives through December 31, 2026** (Other savings): The homepage says special migration incentives for moving data to Wasabi are available through December 31, 2026; terms are not stated. Source: https://wasabi.com ## Key features - **Flat capacity pricing:** One rate per TB covers storage; the pricing page lists $0 for egress and API requests on both purchase options. - **S3-compatible storage:** The site describes S3-compatible storage that works with AI frameworks and backup products such as Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik and Cohesity. - **Immutability and object lock:** Object-lock immutability and Multi-User Authorization are offered to protect backups from ransomware. - **16 storage regions:** Regions span North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, with a stated 11 nines of durability. ## Good for - Backup and archive storage that is read often - Teams tired of egress and API charges on other clouds - Companies buying capacity in advance for several years ## Worth knowing - Deleted data is still billed for the minimum storage duration: 90 days on Pay as You Go, 30 days on reserved capacity. - Pay as You Go has a monthly minimum tied to 1 TB of active storage per account. - Reserved Capacity starts at 25 TB, is bought for 1, 3 or 5 years and auto-renews annually unless canceled with 30 days' notice. - It is object storage for developers and IT teams, not a consumer sync app. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Wasabi sells S3-compatible object storage at one rate per TB with no egress or API charges. But it is built for IT teams and backup software rather than for people who just want a folder in the cloud, and you pay for 1 TB a month and for 90 days on anything you delete. - **Value for money: C.** $7.99 per TB a month on Pay as You Go, a little above the $6.95 middle of file storage, and billing has a monthly minimum tied to 1 TB. Reserved Capacity starts at 25 TB and has no published price. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The trial is 100 GB for 30 days with a company email, or 10 GB for 14 days with a free email address. The listing does not say whether a card is needed, and there is no free plan. - **Features: C.** Flat per-TB pricing, object lock, 16 regions and S3 compatibility cover the job for backup. The listing's own gaps keep it at C: a 90-day minimum on deleted data and no sync app at all. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect it through S3 tools or backup software such as Veeam, which means keys, buckets and settings to work out first. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web console only, with no desktop or phone apps, but it works with backup and AI tools such as Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity, MLflow and LangChain. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Wasabi's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - Wasabi's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 13 of the 45 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 12 of 45) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $7.99 a month, against a middle price of $6.32 for the category: 24 of the 37 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 17 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/file-storage ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing Wasabi does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 28 of the 45 other file storage and sync services grade higher. It costs $95.88 a year. - You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Veeam, Commvault and Rubrik among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, Cohesity, MLflow, LangChain **Tags:** Public API, File management ## Alternatives - [Backblaze B2](https://toolgpa.com/tools/backblaze-b2): S3-compatible object storage billed per terabyte. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/backblaze-b2-vs-wasabi) - [Storj](https://toolgpa.com/tools/storj): Distributed S3-compatible object storage priced per terabyte. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/storj-vs-wasabi) - [IDrive](https://toolgpa.com/tools/idrive): Cloud backup for many devices in one account, with a sync folder. 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