For customers using the Wasabi Pay as You Go pricing model, Wasabi service charges are calculated in accordance with the terms described below. For additional details and an invoice example, please refer to this knowledge base article.

• Timed Active Storage: This item is the amount of active storage that is stored with Wasabi for the billing cycle.

• Timed Deleted Storage: This item is the amount of deleted storage that has not yet reached the minimum storage retention period with Wasabi for the billing cycle. For more info on how Wasabi’s minimum storage retention policy works, please review this article.

• Data Transfer (In): The amount of data transfer in (ingress) to the Wasabi service from your application. Wasabi does not charge this usage but displays the volume of data transfer on your invoice.

• Data Transfer (Out): The amount of data transfer out (egress) from the Wasabi service to your application. Wasabi does not charge this usage but displays the volume of data transfer on your invoice.

• API Requests: The amount of API requests from your application to the Wasabi service. Wasabi does not charge this usage but displays the volume of API requests on your invoice.

• Minimum Active Storage: In the event the Timed Active Storage charge is less than the monthly minimum, a charge for the difference between Wasabi’s monthly minimum and the monthly Timed Active Storage is applied.

For customers using the Wasabi Pay as You Go pricing model, Wasabi has a minimum monthly charge associated with 1 TB of active storage (Note – For Wasabi Cloud NAS product, the min monthly charge is associated with 10TB of active storage). If you store less than 1 TB of active storage in your account, you will still be charged for 1 TB of storage based on the pricing associated with the storage region you are using. For further details, please refer to this knowledge base article.

Wasabi has a minimum storage duration policy that means if stored objects are deleted before they have been stored with Wasabi for a certain number of days (90 days when using the Wasabi Pay as You Go pricing model), a Timed Deleted Storage charge equal to the storage charge for the remaining days will apply. This policy is comparable to the minimum storage duration policies that exist with some AWS and other hyperscaler storage services. For more details on this policy, please refer to this knowledge base article.

Wasabi Pay as You Go pricing is based on $ per TB per month ($/TB/mo) that is based on a per GB per day value. Below is an example of how Wasabi’s US & Europe region Pay as You Go pricing ($7.99/TB/mo) breaks out on a GB/mo and GB/day.

– TB/mo price: ($7.99) / (1024 GB per TB) = $.0078 GB/mo

– TB/mo price: ($7.99) / (1024 GB per TB) / (30 days in a month) = $.000260091 GB/Day

If you wish to better understand how GB/TB vs. GiB/TiB relates to this topic, please visit this knowledge base article.

Wasabi uses publicly available competitor pricing in our comparisons. Based on our interpretation of competitor pricing as of March 2021, the following pricing is used for US & Europe pricing comparisons:

– AWS S3: $.023/GB/mo for storage & $.09/GB for egress
– Google Cloud Storage: $.023/GB/mo for storage & $.12/GB for egress
– Microsoft Azure Blob Storage: $.0208/GB/mo for storage & $.08/GB for egress

Wasabi acknowledges that there is some variability in our competitors complex pricing based on which specific tier, volume, and other parameters that are used. If you wish to better understand the pricing for one of our competitors for your specific storage use case, we recommend you use the storage pricing calculators from those providers.

Example: To better explain this comparison statement, let’s consider a simple example for 100 TB of storage and 20% of this storage downloaded per month (20TB):

– AWS S3 = ($0.023/GB/month*1024GB*100) + ($0.09/GB egress*19,900GB [20% of 100TB, minus first 100GB free]) = $4,097*
– Wasabi ($0.00799/GB/month*1024GB*100) + ($0.00/GB egress) = $818
– Wasabi's total charges of $818 are ~80% less than AWS S3's total charge of $4,097

Note that this is a simple example using Wasabi’s Pay as You Go pricing for US and European regions that doesn’t factor in additional AWS charges regarding API requests and other fees. For a more detailed examination of AWS S3 pricing, please review the AWS pricing calculator that can be found here.

The cost of Wasabi’s Reserve Capacity Storage (RCS) model is determined by both the storage capacity purchased and the contract term length.

For example, a 100 TB, one-year RCS contract entitles you to utilize up to 100 TB billable storage per month without incurring additional charges. Should consumption exceed this threshold, overage fees will apply at the prevailing then-current list rate plus premium support.

Under the RCS model, charges consist of three main components:

Reserved Capacity Storage – the total purchased storage amount, which can be used for both active and deleted data.

Premium Support – a mandatory technical support subscription included with all RCS plans.

Reserved Capacity Overage Fees – applied if your billable storage exceeds the purchased capacity.

Yes. All stored objects must remain in the system for at least 30 days. Deleting data before this minimum retention period will result in the data being moved to deleted storage which makes up an accounts billable storage.

We’ll notify you several times before your term ends. If neither you nor your reseller cancels at least 30 days before the end date, your plan will automatically renew for another year at the then-current price.

You’ll be billed monthly for any excess usage at the then-current rate, plus premium support. For instance, using 110 TB in a month when you’ve reserved 100 TB means billing for 10 TB overage plus support. RCS usage is calculated on the first of each month.

You may also add capacity on to your current RCS contract (Minimum purchase of 25TB), any storage added to your RCS contract will be prorated to your contract’s current term at the same rate as your original RCS purchase.

Unused capacity does not roll over to subsequent months.

No—RCS purchases are non-refundable and non-cancellable.

No. A Wasabi account may only operate under a single pricing model at a time. To utilize both Pay-as-You-Go and RCS, separate accounts must be established. Existing Pay-as-You-Go accounts can, however, be converted to RCS by working with your Wasabi Sales Rep.

Yes. Authorized Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) are permitted to resell RCS. Program details are available through the Partner Portal or via direct engagement with Wasabi.

Yes. The RCS allocation is managed at the account and sub-account level, allowing providers to partition storage across multiple end customers as required.

No. Standard Reserve Capacity Storage subscriptions are not geographically restricted. Data may be stored in any Wasabi region selected by the account owner.

Yes. Standard RCS contracts are available in a capped version. Usage thresholds can be enforced at 100% of the purchased storage amount, at which point further uploads are blocked. Automated notifications are provided as utilization approaches the limit.