Home Compare Wasabi vs Backblaze B2 Wasabi vs Backblaze B2: which costs less for backups Prices checked 17 to 20 October 2026
On a 10 TB backup, Backblaze B2 costs less in every month we priced, from a quiet month to restoring all 10 TB, by $3.24 a month.
Data you back up GB TB PB Downloaded in a normal month GB TB PB Downloaded the month you restore GB TB PB
Both sides use the same numbers, and the bills follow as you type. Files, requests, download speed and restore deadlines use the calculator defaults .
Hot Cloud Storage · US East 1
$72.67 Normal month
$72.67 Restore month
Ready at once
$72.67 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
B2 Cloud Storage · US West
$69.43 Normal month Cheaper
$69.43 Restore month
Ready at once
$69.43 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Three standard backups, both bills Each bill is the vendor's cheapest class with a complete total for that month. 1 TB, 10 TB and 50 TB kept; a tenth, a tenth and a twentieth downloaded in a normal month; everything downloaded in the month you restore. The lower bill in each pair of columns is underlined.
What decides it besides the price Downloads: free downloads up to the amount stored. Minimums: 90-day minimum per object; bills at least 1 TB a month. Where the data sits: United States (US East 1). Downloads: free downloads up to 3 times the amount stored. Minimums: no minimum. Where the data sits: United States (US West). Object Lock: supported. From the vendors' published rules Price both on your own workload , with your region, an Object Lock requirement or a restore deadline.
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Fixed example: 10 TB, line by line These bills are for the standard 10 TB workload and do not follow the controls above. Prices checked 17 to 20 October 2026 .
Wasabi: Hot Cloud Storage , US East 1
Normal month
$72.67 Normal-month bill, line by line Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage US East 1 , priced per GB , normal month
$72.67 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Storage $72.67 How the storage charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Storage 9,313.226 GB-month 0.0078027 $72.67
9,313.226 GB-months billed, after any minimum object size, rounding or minimum capacity the vendor sets.
Downloads (egress) $0.00 931.323 GB internet egress is within the published allowance.
Download allowance Free up to your stored amount Downloads up to the amount you store each month are within Wasabi's free-egress guideline. Wasabi charges no download fee beyond it either, but regularly downloading more than you store can get an account limited or suspended.
Requests (Class A and B) $0.00 How the Class A and Class B request charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Class A operations 500 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00 Class B operations 2,000 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00
Class A and Class B operations after published allowances.
Retrieval $0.00 How the retrieval charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Retrieval 931.323 GB 0.00 $0.00
A restore only reads your data; nothing is deleted, so there is no early-deletion charge.
Fixed fees $0.00 Published fixed monthly fees.
Normal month total $72.67 Calculated from the provider's listed rates.
Month you restore
$72.67 Restore-month bill, line by line Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage US East 1 , priced per GB , month you restore
$72.67 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Storage $72.67 How the storage charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Storage 9,313.226 GB-month 0.0078027 $72.67
9,313.226 GB-months billed, after any minimum object size, rounding or minimum capacity the vendor sets.
Downloads beyond what you store $0.00 Wasabi charges nothing for downloads at any volume. A month in which you download more than you store is outside its free-egress guideline, and Wasabi says that if your use exceeds the guideline on a regular basis it may limit or suspend the service.
Requests (Class A and B) $0.00 How the Class A and Class B request charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Class A operations 500 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00 Class B operations 3,000 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00
Class A and Class B operations after published allowances.
Retrieval $0.00 How the retrieval charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Retrieval 10,244.548 GB 0.00 $0.00
A restore only reads your data; nothing is deleted, so there is no early-deletion charge.
Fixed fees $0.00 Published fixed monthly fees.
Month you restore total $72.67 Calculated from the provider's listed rates.
Backblaze B2: B2 Cloud Storage , US West
Normal month
$69.43 Normal-month bill, line by line Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage US West , priced per GB , normal month
$69.43 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Storage $69.43 How the storage charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Storage 10 GB-month 0.00 $0.00 Storage 9,990 GB-month 0.00695 $69.43
10,000 GB-months billed, after any minimum object size, rounding or minimum capacity the vendor sets.
Downloads (egress) $0.00 1,000 GB internet egress is within the published allowance.
Requests (Class A and B) $0.00 How the Class A and Class B request charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Class A operations 500 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00 Class B operations 2,000 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00
Class A and Class B operations after published allowances.
Retrieval $0.00 How the retrieval charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Retrieval 1,000 GB 0.00 $0.00
A restore only reads your data; nothing is deleted, so there is no early-deletion charge.
Fixed fees $0.00 Published fixed monthly fees.
Normal month total $69.43 Calculated from the provider's listed rates.
Month you restore
$69.43 Restore-month bill, line by line Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage US West , priced per GB , month you restore
$69.43 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Storage $69.43 How the storage charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Storage 10 GB-month 0.00 $0.00 Storage 9,990 GB-month 0.00695 $69.43
10,000 GB-months billed, after any minimum object size, rounding or minimum capacity the vendor sets.
Downloads (egress) $0.00 11,000 GB internet egress is within the published allowance.
Requests (Class A and B) $0.00 How the Class A and Class B request charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Class A operations 500 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00 Class B operations 3,000 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00
Class A and Class B operations after published allowances.
Retrieval $0.00 How the retrieval charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Retrieval 11,000 GB 0.00 $0.00
A restore only reads your data; nothing is deleted, so there is no early-deletion charge.
Fixed fees $0.00 Published fixed monthly fees.
Month you restore total $69.43 Calculated from the provider's listed rates.
Price both on your own workload , including the day you restore.
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