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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...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • 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

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

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Wasabi?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Wasabi Wasabi
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Wasabi Wasabi
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
Wasabi Wasabi
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Wasabi Wasabi
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
Wasabi Wasabi
$6.99 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
Wasabi Wasabi
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
Wasabi Wasabi
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
Wasabi Wasabi
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Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Wasabi Wasabi
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Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Wasabi Wasabi
--

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Wasabi Wasabi
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr
Wasabi Wasabi
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Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
Wasabi Wasabi
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Available Models

AWS offers 15 GPU models.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) L40S(24) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(6) V100(6) L4(24) B300(1) T4(21)
View all 15 GPUs
Wasabi Wasabi
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Heads up: We do our best to keep these prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and Wasabi offer:

Service AWS Wasabi
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

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

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Our data for AWS was last updated on June 7, 2026, and for Wasabi on Feb. 12, 2026.

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Thunder Compute
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now