Backup Storage Prices

Wasabi vs IDrive e2: which costs less for backups

Prices checked

On a 10 TB backup, IDrive e2 costs less in every month we priced, from a quiet month to restoring all 10 TB, by $12.67 a month.

Both sides use the same numbers, and the bills follow as you type. Files, requests, download speed and restore deadlines use the calculator defaults.

Wasabi

Hot Cloud Storage · US East 1

$72.67Normal month

$72.67Restore month

Ready at once
Storage $72.67Requests $0.00Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $0.00Fixed fees $0.00

IDrive e2

IDrive e2 · Virginia

$60.00Normal month Cheaper

$60.00Restore month

Ready at once
Storage $60.00Requests $0.00Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $0.00Fixed fees $0.00

Three standard backups, both bills

Wasabi and IDrive e2 on 1, 10 and 50 TB
Backup keptWasabi, normal monthIDrive e2, normal monthWasabi, month you restoreIDrive e2, month you restore
1 TB $7.99$6.00 $7.99$6.00
10 TB $72.67$60.00 $72.67$60.00
50 TB $363.34$300.00 $363.34$300.00

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

Wasabi

  • 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).

IDrive e2

  • Downloads: free downloads up to 3 times the amount stored.
  • Minimums: bills at least 1 TB a month.
  • Where the data sits: United States (Virginia).

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 .

Wasabi: Hot Cloud Storage, US East 1

Normal month $72.67
Normal-month bill, line by lineWasabi Hot Cloud Storage US East 1, priced per GB, normal month
Storage $72.67Requests $0.00Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $0.00Fixed fees $0.00
Normal month total$72.67

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

Month you restore $72.67
Restore-month bill, line by lineWasabi Hot Cloud Storage US East 1, priced per GB, month you restore
Storage $72.67Requests $0.00Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $0.00Fixed fees $0.00
Month you restore total$72.67

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

IDrive e2: Virginia

Normal month $60.00
Normal-month bill, line by lineIDrive e2 Virginia, priced per GB, normal month
Storage $60.00Requests $0.00Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $0.00Fixed fees $0.00
Normal month total$60.00

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

Month you restore $60.00
Restore-month bill, line by lineIDrive e2 Virginia, priced per GB, month you restore
Storage $60.00Requests $0.00Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $0.00Fixed fees $0.00
Month you restore total$60.00

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

Price both on your own workload, including the day you restore.