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Amazon S3 compared to Wasabi

Amazon S3
Versus
Wasabi

Features

Storage Features of Amazon S3 compared to Wasabi
Amazon S3FeaturesWasabi
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesPortal, CLI, REST api
Event hooks/pubsub
Best effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue creditsSLACredits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue credits
5 TBMaximum object filesize5 TB
A 0 byte file has 8 KB of chargeable overhead for metadata.Minimum object filesize
unlimitedRecommended max file count per bucket100M
unlimitedMax filesize for a bucketunlimited
500 - upgradable if you need it.Maximum amount of buckets1000
Logs
Amazon has designed their very own PreSigned URL mechanism which is now used globally across providersAuthentication / ACLWasabi has standardised on Amazon’s PreSigned URL
S3 integrates seamlessly into Amazon’s CloudFront CDN, as well as other CDNsCDN integrationPartnered with Cloudflare, Fastly and Limelight Networks
Peering & interconnectWasabi and Packet was a deal made in heaven. Packet’s strong hardware and connection focus is a perfect match for Wasabi to leverage it’s connectivity
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

Amazon S3

World’s biggest Cloud Storage Provider. Amazon, traditionally an online book store, has put a target on the cloud compute space when it shifted its focus to Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2006. E-Commerce competition was tough, but public cloud companies back then were scarce, and usability and user friendly products were a long way from being invented.

Amazon’s reign on cloud computing has left its mark in public cloud-land. Competitors have trouble keeping up, if they even get to a point of feature-parity at all. With Amazon’s S3 storage being one of the first, it has basically dictated a standard for the public cloud’s blob storage protocol.

Needless to say, Amazon invented the S3 (Simple Storage Service) standard.

Wasabi

Wasabi is a relatively new kid on the block in the storage space. However, don’t let that fool you. Wasabi has a very strong storage offering with a lot of features, bells, and whistles. Their storage pricing is what gives them a true edge over other providers. Their list pricing is 80% cheaper than Amazon S3’s storage, for example.

Customers of Wasabi include Kaleidoscope, 7Wonders Cinema and Novus Insight.

Wasabi has S3 compatibilty built into the storage interface.

Comparisons