AWS vs Wasabi

Wasabi is much cheaper than AWS S3, primarily due to S3's egress and API request fees. S3 offers more storage tiers, features, and deeper integration within the vast AWS ecosystem.

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Amazon Web Services

Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
30+ datacenter locations around the world

Wasabi

Simple, predictable pricing
No extra fees for API requests or data egress

Price comparison

How do Amazon Web Services's prices compare against Wasabi?

Example configuration	Amazon Web Services	Wasabi
VM Small	$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)	--
VM Medium	$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)	--
VM Large	$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)	--
Block Storage	$8.00 / mo 100 GB	--
Object Storage	$24.63 / mo 1 TB	$6.99 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer
Load Balancer	$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer	--
Managed PostgreSQL	$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)	--
Managed Redis®*	$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)	--
Serverless 25M Executions	$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration	--
Free egress allowance	100 GB / mo	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)	Free and unlimited

AWS GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
g5g.xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	4	16GB	$0.42	Source
g4dn.xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	4	16GB	$0.53	Source
g5g.2xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	8	16GB	$0.56	Source
g3s.xlarge	1x M60	8GB	4	30GB	$0.75	Source
g4dn.2xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	8	32GB	$0.75	Source
g5g.4xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	16	16GB	$0.83	Source
p2.xlarge	1x K80	12GB	4	61GB	$0.90	Source
g5.xlarge	1x A10G	24GB	4	16GB	$1.01	Source
g3.4xlarge	1x M60	8GB	16	122GB	$1.14	Source
g4dn.4xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	16	64GB	$1.20	Source
g5.2xlarge	1x A10G	24GB	8	32GB	$1.21	Source
g5g.8xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	32	16GB	$1.37	Source
g5.4xlarge	1x A10G	24GB	16	64GB	$1.63	Source
g4dn.8xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	32	128GB	$2.18	Source
g3.8xlarge	2x M60	16GB	32	244GB	$2.28	Source
g5.8xlarge	1x A10G	24GB	32	128GB	$2.45	Source
g5g.16xlarge	2x T4G	32GB	64	32GB	$2.74	Source
p3.2xlarge	1x V100	16GB	8	61GB	$3.06	Source
g4dn.12xlarge	4x T4G	64GB	48	192GB	$3.92	Source
g5.12xlarge	4x A10G	96GB	48	192GB	$4.10	Source
g4dn.16xlarge	1x T4G	16GB	64	256GB	$4.35	Source
g3.16xlarge	4x M60	32GB	64	488GB	$4.56	Source
g5.12xlarge	4x A10G	384GB	48	192GB	$5.68	Source
p2.8xlarge	8x K80	96GB	32	488GB	$7.20	Source
g4dn.metal	8x T4G	128GB	96	384GB	$7.83	Source
g5.24xlarge	4x A10G	96GB	96	384GB	$8.14	Source
p3.8xlarge	4x V100	64GB	32	244GB	$12.24	Source
p2.16xlarge	16x K80	192GB	64	732GB	$14.40	Source
g5.48xlarge	8x A10G	192GB	192	768GB	$16.29	Source
p3.16xlarge	8x V100	128GB	64	488GB	$24.48	Source
p4d.24xlarge	8x A100	320GB	96	1152GB	$32.77	Source
p5.48xlarge	8x H100	640GB	192	2048GB	$98.32	Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Amazon Web Services and Wasabi offer:

Service	Amazon Web Services	Wasabi
Block Storage		--
Content Delivery Network (CDN)		--
Container Registry		--
GPU-powered Servers		--
Load Balancer		--
Managed Containers		--
Managed Kubernetes		--
Managed MySQL		--
Managed PostgreSQL		--
Managed Redis®*		--
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs		--
Serverless Functions		--
Static Sites		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Amazon Web Services	Wasabi
Website	aws.amazon.com	wasabi.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2006	2017
Data Center Locations	31	15
Example Customers	Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro	BBC, Legendary Entertainment, Boston Red Sox, Toshiba

	Amazon Web Services
Website	aws.amazon.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2006
Data Center Locations	31
Example Customers	Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro

	Wasabi
Website	wasabi.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2017
Data Center Locations	15
Example Customers	BBC, Legendary Entertainment, Boston Red Sox, Toshiba