In this article, I’m going to introduce you to the differences between Wasabi (Hot cloud storage) and Amazon S3 (AWS’s object storage).
About the hot cloud storage ”Wasabi”
“Hot Cloud Storage Wasabi” is affordable, fast, and reliable cloud object storage for all storage purposes.
Wasabi's cloud object storage provides a reasonable price than other cloud storage services such as Amazon S3 Standard / Microsoft Azure Storage (RA-GRS) / Google Cloud Multi Regional.
Wasabi is designed to deliver superior data durability, integrity, and security, and provides 11x9 (99.999999999%) object durability and supports configurable immutable storage to protect against accidental deletion, malware, and viruses. Also, Wasabi is fully compatible with the AWS S3 API that works seamlessly with existing storage management applications such as backup and recovery tools.
Service comparison of Wasabi and Amazon S3
Service | Wasabi  | Amazon S3  |
Hot Cloud Storage (Single Universal Storage) | 〇 | × Price/Performance/Four different storage types with different recovery ability |
Predictability of usage fees | 〇 | △ Hard to predict fees because of complicated price plans |
Basic storage fees | $0.0069/GB/Month | $0.023/GB/Month （Standard） |
Flat rate | 〇 Reserved Capacity Storage（RCS） | × Tiered pricing with a tiered schedule based on a monthly fee |
Data transfer (outbound/egress) fee | Free | $0.09/GB（Maximum） |
Data transfer (inbound/egress) fee | Free | Free |
Additional tool fee | Free | Charged per additional instance for specific operations such as PUT / COPY / GET / POST / LIST |
Cross region transfer fee | Free | Additional charges for transferring data between regions |
Summary
Because Hot Cloud Storage's "Wasabi" is Amazon S3 compatible, it can be used as a data storage location for images, log files, etc. while using AWS configuration. Of course, it also can be used as a backup for data for on-premise servers (physical servers).
We also offer Wasabi implementation, billing, development, and operation services. Feel free to contact us for more information.
This blog post is translated from a blog post written by ohara on our Japanese website Beyond Co..