8 Best Wasabi Alternatives (2026)

The closest alternatives to Wasabi are AWS S3, Backblaze B2, Bunny Storage and Cloudflare R2, with 4 more below. Each shares a comparison category with it, so every rationale here names both tools' real values. Wasabi is 12th of 12 on Min retention (129600 min), usually where a switch starts.

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Why do people look for Wasabi alternatives?

Most people searching for Wasabi alternatives are not shopping, they already run it and something has stopped fitting.
That something is usually a specific number rather than a feeling.
This page starts from the fields where Wasabi genuinely trails the rosters it appears in, and only then covers the reasons that never show up in a table.

The measured reasons.

Min retention, 129600 min, the weakest of the 12 here. Cloudflare R2 records 0 ms.
Min billed object, 4 KB, the weakest of the 12 here. Cloudflare R2 records 0 B.
Replication model, single-az, 8th of 12. Tigris records multi-region.

Any one of those is enough on its own if you sized your architecture around it.
None of them is enough if you didn't, which is why the list is short and specific rather than a general case against Wasabi.

The reasons that never make it into a table.

A price rise after a funding round.
A licence change that turns a self-host into a subscription.
A region you now need and they do not have.
An acquisition.
A support experience that quietly degrades.
None of those are fields, and all of them move teams, which is why every entry below links back to S3-compatible storage, where the full field set and its sources live.
The ones we catch get logged on the Wasabi timeline.

How the shortlist is ordered.

Every tool below shares at least one comparison category with Wasabi, sorted by how many categories the two overlap in.
There is no editorial ranking, no sponsorship and no affiliate link, the order is the overlap count.
The rationale under each is generated from the two tools' own cells, so it names real values rather than adjectives.

1.AWS S3

AWS S3, The API everything else copies, and by far the most expensive egress in this roster.
It meets Wasabi in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Min retention (0 ms against 129600 min), Event notifications (Yes against No) and Min billed object (0 B against 4 KB).
What you give up: Egress $/TB ($90 /TB, where Wasabi records $0 /TB) and Class A $/M ops ($5 /M ops, where Wasabi records $0 /M ops).
Best for workloads already inside AWS where traffic stays on the internal network.
Still the most capable object store, and thirty-eight times Hetzner's cost here, almost entirely bandwidth.

Where AWS S3 and Wasabi actually differ

Egress $/TB: $90/TBWasabi: $0 /TB
Min retention: 0msWasabi: 129600 min
Event notifications: YesWasabi: No
Class A $/M ops: $5/M opsWasabi: $0 /M ops
Min billed object: 0BWasabi: 4 KB
Official MCP server: YesWasabi: No

AWS S3 profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

2.Backblaze B2

Backblaze B2, Cheap US and EU object storage with free egress up to three times stored volume.
It meets Wasabi in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Min retention (0 ms against 129600 min), Event notifications (Yes against No) and Min billed object (0 B against 4 KB).
What you give up: Sydney region (No, where Wasabi records Yes) and TTFB from Sydney (180 ms, where Wasabi records 30 ms).
Best for backup and archive targets where object lock matters and latency does not.
The sensible cheap, feature-complete middle, but no APAC region rules it out for Australia.

Where Backblaze B2 and Wasabi actually differ

Sydney region: NoWasabi: Yes
Min retention: 0msWasabi: 129600 min
Event notifications: YesWasabi: No
Min billed object: 0BWasabi: 4 KB
TTFB from Sydney: 180msWasabi: 30 ms
Lifecycle rules: YesWasabi: Partial

Backblaze B2 profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

3.Bunny Storage

Bunny Storage, Edge storage built as a CDN origin, with its own API rather than a faithful S3 one.
It meets Wasabi in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Min retention (0 ms against 129600 min), Min billed object (0 B against 4 KB) and Replication model (multi-region against single-az).
What you give up: S3 API coverage (30 %, where Wasabi records 90 %) and Versioning (No, where Wasabi records Yes).
Best for static sites, images and video served to a global audience through Bunny's CDN.
A CDN origin with storage attached, not an object store; superb Sydney delivery, but no S3 semantics.

Where Bunny Storage and Wasabi actually differ

S3 API coverage: 30%Wasabi: 90 %
Min retention: 0msWasabi: 129600 min
Versioning: NoWasabi: Yes
Object lock / WORM: NoWasabi: Yes
Multipart upload: NoWasabi: Yes
Min billed object: 0BWasabi: 4 KB

Bunny Storage profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

4.Cloudflare R2

Cloudflare R2, S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees, on Cloudflare's network.
It meets Wasabi in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Min retention (0 ms against 129600 min), Event notifications (Yes against No) and Min billed object (0 B against 4 KB).
What you give up: Versioning (No, where Wasabi records Yes) and Class A $/M ops ($4.5 /M ops, where Wasabi records $0 /M ops).
Best for public assets, media and package registries where egress dwarfs storage.
The default for read-heavy work, the only provider where egress stops being a line item.

Where Cloudflare R2 and Wasabi actually differ

Min retention: 0msWasabi: 129600 min
Versioning: NoWasabi: Yes
Event notifications: YesWasabi: No
Min billed object: 0BWasabi: 4 KB
Official MCP server: YesWasabi: No
Class A $/M ops: $4.5/M opsWasabi: $0 /M ops

Cloudflare R2 profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

5.DigitalOcean Spaces

DigitalOcean Spaces, Bundled object storage plus free CDN, priced as a flat base fee with overages.
It meets Wasabi in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Min retention (0 ms against 129600 min), Min billed object (0 B against 4 KB) and CDN integration (free-bundled against partner).
What you give up: Versioning (No, where Wasabi records Yes) and Object lock / WORM (No, where Wasabi records Yes).
Best for static assets and user uploads served from Sydney with a bundled CDN.
Buy it for the bundling and Sydney region, not the feature set; no versioning or bucket events.

Where DigitalOcean Spaces and Wasabi actually differ

Min retention: 0msWasabi: 129600 min
Versioning: NoWasabi: Yes
Object lock / WORM: NoWasabi: Yes
Min billed object: 0BWasabi: 4 KB
Storage $/TB/mo: $20/TB/moWasabi: $6.99 /TB/mo
CDN integration: free-bundledWasabi: partner

DigitalOcean Spaces profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

6.Hetzner Object Storage

Hetzner Object Storage, The cheapest credible S3 endpoint in Europe, with a deliberately thin feature set.
It meets Wasabi in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Min retention (0 ms against 129600 min), Min billed object (0 B against 4 KB) and GA year (2024 against 2017).
What you give up: Sydney region (No, where Wasabi records Yes) and Object lock / WORM (No, where Wasabi records Yes).
Best for CI artefacts, build caches and cold backups where the bill is the point.
Wins the headline number by a mile but loses on features; great for caches, wrong as a system of record.

Where Hetzner Object Storage and Wasabi actually differ

Sydney region: NoWasabi: Yes
Min retention: 0msWasabi: 129600 min
Object lock / WORM: NoWasabi: Yes
TTFB from Sydney: 300msWasabi: 30 ms
Min billed object: 0BWasabi: 4 KB
IAM granularity: 2Wasabi: 4

Hetzner Object Storage profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

7.iDrive e2

iDrive e2, USD 4/TB S3-compatible storage with zero-egress marketing and a fair-use cap.
It meets Wasabi in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Min retention (0 ms against 129600 min), Min billed object (0 B against 4 KB) and GA year (2021 against 2017).
What you give up: CDN integration (none, where Wasabi records partner) and IAM granularity (3, where Wasabi records 4).
Best for backup and MSP workloads where storage volume dominates and reads are rare.
Cheapest storage alongside Storj, object lock included, but egress terms too illegible to price; fine for backups.

Where iDrive e2 and Wasabi actually differ

Min retention: 0msWasabi: 129600 min
Min billed object: 0BWasabi: 4 KB
CDN integration: noneWasabi: partner
IAM granularity: 3Wasabi: 4
S3 API coverage: 80%Wasabi: 90 %
GA year: 2,021Wasabi: 2017

iDrive e2 profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

8.MinIO

MinIO, The self-hosted S3 reference implementation, your hardware, your bandwidth, your SLA.
It meets Wasabi in S3-compatible storage.
It is ahead on Min retention (0 ms against 129600 min), Event notifications (Yes against No) and Min billed object (0 B against 4 KB).
What you give up: CDN integration (diy, where Wasabi records partner) and GA year (2015, where Wasabi records 2017).
Best for on-premises or air-gapped deployments where data cannot leave your control.
The reference point, not a competitor; run it only if you already operate storage hardware.
Note that we carry MinIO as the do-it-yourself baseline in that roster, the "what if we just ran this ourselves" reference point.
The honest answer is usually that it is cheaper and considerably more work.

Where MinIO and Wasabi actually differ

Min retention: 0msWasabi: 129600 min
Event notifications: YesWasabi: No
Min billed object: 0BWasabi: 4 KB
Official MCP server: YesWasabi: No
Replication model: erasure-codedWasabi: single-az
Lifecycle rules: YesWasabi: Partial

MinIO profile Compare in S3-compatible storage

How this list was built

There is no editorial ranking on this page and no sponsorship behind it. The order is mechanical: every tool that shares a comparison category with Wasabi, sorted by how many categories the two overlap in. A tool that meets Wasabi in three rosters sits above one that meets it in a single roster, because more overlap means the comparison is more like-for-like.

The rationale under each entry is composed from the two tools' own cells. Where they differ on a field we score, the sentence names both values and the unit. Where they don't differ, it says so instead of manufacturing a distinction, which is why some entries are short.

Values, sources and verification dates all live on the category tables: S3-compatible storage. If a figure here disagrees with a vendor's current pricing page, the vendor is right and we are stale.

Still deciding whether to move at all? The Wasabi profile has the when-to-use and when-not-to-use blocks, and the Wasabi timeline has the dated changes that usually trigger a migration.