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Backblaze B2 vs Wasabi — the cheap-storage duel

B2 bills per GB with no minimum; Wasabi is flat-rate but charges a hard 1TB minimum. Below 1TB B2 wins; above it, it's closer. Priced at your volume with verified rates.

Prices verified 2026-07-17 against official pricing pages · fit weights are our estimates (see methodology) · share the URL to share your configuration

As of Jul 2026, with 2,000 GB stored, 100 GB egress/month, a $30 budget for this slot, Wasabi ranks first for these inputs at 79% fit and a StackSays-estimated $15.98/month (Backblaze B2: 77% fit, $14.83/month). Fit weights are our estimates; prices trace to official pages. Change any input below and the verdict recomputes.

Your situation

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Stored data (GB)total bytes at rest in the bucketMonthly egress (GB)data served out to users — the number that quietly wrecks S3 billsBudget for this slot ($/mo)what you'd accept paying for the object storage layerTeam size1 = solo; bundled platforms save glue time for small teams

Narrow pick — the runner-up is close

Wasabifit 79% · est $15.98/mo

Flat-rate hot storage with free egress — but a hard 1TB minimum and 90-day retention floor

vs Backblaze B2: fit 79% against 77%, est $15.98 against $14.83 per month

Wasabifit 79%

$15.98/mo

Backblaze B2fit 77%

$14.83/mo

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The decision, in plain words

For a solo builder at 2,000 GB stored and a $30.00/mo budget for the object storage slot, Wasabi leads at 79% fit and $15.98/mo. The two rules doing the work: budget fit (~$15.98/mo is 53% of your $30/mo budget); ecosystem maturity (established — our estimate from ecosystem age, docs and hiring pool).

Backblaze B2 runs close (77% fit, $14.83/mo). It takes the lead if ~$14.83/mo is 49% of your $30/mo budget matters more to you than the current weights assume.

Honest weak spot of the pick: no free tier — paying from day one.

Generated from the calculation above — every number traces to the sourced data; nothing here is written by an AI making things up.

Why Wasabi scores 79%

Budget fit (weight 30, our estimate) — ~$15.98/mo is 53% of your $30/mo budget+29.02

Batteries included (weight 12, our estimate) — Object storage only — you assemble the rest separately+0

Exit cost (weight 4, our estimate) — S3-compatible API — moving providers is mostly an endpoint + credentials change+3.2

Ecosystem maturity (weight 8, our estimate) — established — our estimate from ecosystem age, docs and hiring pool+8

Egress predictability (weight 8, our estimate) — No metered egress fees — the bill can't blow up when traffic spikes (weight is our estimate)+8

Free-tier runway (weight 10, our estimate) — No free tier — paying from day one-6

Total (lines sum exactly)42.22

Possible range −72…+72 (sum of active rule weights) · fit % = (total + max) / (2 × max)(42.22 + 72) / 144 = 79%

How the $15.98/mo estimate is calculated

Pay-as-you-go base — includes 1,000GB stored data$7.99

stored data overage — 1000GB over 1000GB included × $0.00799/GB$7.99

egress overage — 100GB over 0GB included × $0/GB$0

Monthly total (lines sum exactly)$15.98

What could change this verdict

Cost risk

Estimated now (StackSays estimate, not your final bill)$15.98/mo · Pay-as-you-go

Free-tier statusNo free tier — paid from the first unit

Official prices verified 2026-07-17; calculation is deterministic code over those prices.

At a glance

Tool	Free tier	Paid entry	Verified
Backblaze B2	No free tier	Pay-as-you-go	2026-07-17
Wasabi	No free tier	Pay-as-you-go $7.99/mo	2026-07-17

Where did you land?anonymous, one click

Data sources

Tool	Source	Verified
Backblaze B2	Backblaze B2 pricing	2026-07-17
Wasabi	Wasabi pricing	2026-07-17

A monitor re-checks these pages for changes; when a vendor moves a price, the date updates and every verdict recomputes.

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