Wasabi, Storj, Backblaze et al, are promising 80%+ savings compared to Amazon S3... What's the catch?

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Wasabi

On the surface, Wasabi looks appealing with a simple pricing structure ($5.99/TB/mo) that comes with free egress and free operations. How can Wasabi afford this, you ask? Well, their business model relies on their user-base keeping their data stored (and unchanged) for some time and not consuming more than their fair share of resources, which they regulate via a handful of fair use policies.

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Storj.io

There is no data redundancy SLA for Storj DCS. So how do you explain that to your CTO/CIO/VP/SRE? To their credit, Storj DCS has enterprise-grade SLAs for most other aspects of the storage service, and it stands to reason that data redundancy should be pretty good thanks to its sprawling global network. However, for some companies, a data redundancy SLA may be a challenging requirement to work around.

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Backblaze

When you use a Big 3 provider, like Azure Blob Storage or Amazon S3, you’re often paying for reliable storage that a vast swath of enterprises with low-risk tolerance can bet the farm on. Azure has a wide range of options for replication (which has a considerable impact on the reliability of your storage), including LRS (Low Redundancy Storage) if you want to save some cost. Amazon S3, by default, replicates that across three separate zones. To get the equivalent on Backblaze B2, well… you need to pay for it as their bargain pricing is for a single zone only. If, like many other organizations, you need multi-AZ redundancy, it costs about twice as much.

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Amazon S3

When you use a Big 3 provider, like Azure Blob Storage or Amazon S3, you’re often paying for reliable storage that a vast swath of enterprises with low-risk tolerance can bet the farm on. Azure has a wide range of options for replication (which has a considerable impact on the reliability of your storage), including LRS (Low Redundancy Storage) if you want to save some cost. Amazon S3, by default, replicates that across three separate zones. To get the equivalent on Backblaze B2, well… you need to pay for it as their bargain pricing is for a single zone only. If, like many other organizations, you need multi-AZ redundancy, it costs about twice as much.

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Cloudflare R2

The specialized providers tend to have better data transfer fees. In addition, like Digital Ocean, Cloudflare R2, and Linode, some package together data transfer with standard storage in their pricing or offer it for free.

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