Guide
Object storage sells capacity and API calls, not a backup product
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Keeping a 10 TB backup in object storage your backup software can read at once costs from $44.65 a month at OVHcloud Object Storage Infrequent Access to $200.00 at Akamai Cloud Object Storage; the middle of the 18 vendors we can price that way charges $88.80. The month you download all of it back starts at $55.83, at Telnyx Cloud Storage Regular Storage. The backup software is not included.
| Vendor and offer | Of 18 vendors | 10 TB normal month | 10 TB restore month |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVHcloud Object Storage Infrequent Access · France (Gravelines) | Cheapest | $44.65 | $85.25 |
| Hetzner Object Storage Object Storage · Germany (Falkenstein) | Middle | $88.80 | $100.69 |
| Akamai Cloud Object Storage Object Storage · United States (US East) | Dearest | $200.00 | $250.00 |
Each vendor's cheapest complete bill for 10 TB kept, 1 TB downloaded in a normal month and all 10 TB in the month you restore, in storage readable at once (archive classes, which restore each file first, are left out): the cheapest vendor, the one in the middle and the dearest.
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Object storage keeps named objects in buckets behind an API
Object storage stores each payload with metadata and an object key inside a bucket, then exposes bucket and object operations through an API. It does not present the data as an ordinary mounted file tree or sell a complete backup workflow by itself. [1] [2]
The provider supplies the storage service. The buyer or backup product still supplies scheduling, credentials, retention logic, monitoring, and a tested recovery procedure. S3 compatibility can make software integration easier, but it does not prove that every operation or retention feature is implemented. [1] [3]
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| Question | Object-storage answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| What is stored? | A payload plus metadata under an object key inside a bucket [1] | [1] |
| How is it accessed? | Through bucket and object APIs used by applications and backup tools [1] [3] | [1] [3] |
| Does the service schedule backups? | does not apply. Scheduling belongs to the backup application or operating workflow [1] | [1] |
| Does S3-compatible mean identical to Amazon S3? | No. A compatible service can implement only part of the S3 API surface [3] | [3] |
Object storage versus managed backup: who does what
Object storage commonly bills capacity and data operations. Managed backup commonly adds workload-aware agents, schedules, retention, and recovery workflows and may charge per protected device, workload, or seat. Those products are not directly comparable until the missing software and operating work are accounted for. [5] [7] [8]
This comparison contains 66 object-storage offers across 18 vendors. That count describes the offers checked here, not 66 complete backup services. [4]
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| Responsibility | Object storage alone | Managed backup | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store protected bytes | Included as the core service [5] | Included or attached to the protected-workload plan [7] | [5] [7] |
| Discover workload data | does not apply to the storage API [1] | Handled by an agent or workload integration where the product documents it [7] | [1] [7] |
| Schedule and retain recovery points | Supplied by the buyer's backup software and policy [1] | Part of the managed workflow where documented [7] | [1] [7] |
| Price unit | Commonly capacity, requests, retrieval, and transfer [5] [6] | Can be per computer, workload, or seat [7] [8] | [5] [6] [7] [8] |
The storage rate is one line on an object-storage bill
A normal month can include storage and API requests. A read-only recovery month can add retrieval, restore and read requests, temporary readable-copy storage, and destination-aware egress. It never triggers early deletion by itself because it does not delete, overwrite, move, or transition the source object. [9] [10]
Egress is the deciding cost in a cross-vendor restore. Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, and Wasabi expose three different rules, so a zero storage-rate difference cannot substitute for a complete restore bill. [6] [11] [12]
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| Provider | What the vendor publishes | What we show | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backblaze B2 | Free egress up to 3 times average monthly storage, then $0.01/GB [6] | A dollar total after the allowance, because the overage rate is published | [6] |
| Cloudflare R2 | Internet egress is not charged; Class A and Class B operations remain billed, and Infrequent Access retrieval is $0.01/GB [11] | Keep request and retrieval lines separate from the zero egress line | [11] |
| Wasabi | No egress fee at any volume; the fair-use guideline is the amount stored, and regularly exceeding it can get an account limited [12] | A $0 download line in every month, with Wasabi's policy beside it; a workload that downloads more than it stores every month is shown but not ranked | [12] |
| Read-only restore | Retrieval, requests, temporary-copy storage, and egress can apply [9] [10] | Early deletion does not apply unless something separately deletes or overwrites the object | [9] [10] |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these pages, on the date shown. Each numbered reference in the text links to its entry here. Vendors change prices; if a date looks old, check the source. Three vendors publish a downloadable price feed and the rest are re-checked by hand, which is why the dates are not uniform.
Source pages checked 12 sources
- 1 Backblaze docs: Get started with a Backblaze integration www.backblaze.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 2 Amazon S3 docs: Understanding and managing S3 storage classes docs.aws.amazon.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 3 Cloudflare R2 docs: S3 API compatibility developers.cloudflare.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 4 Our price table (all vendors) backupstorageprices.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 5 Backblaze: B2 Cloud Storage pricing www.backblaze.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 6 Backblaze: B2 API pricing (Class A, B, C, D) www.backblaze.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 7 Backblaze help: What does Backblaze back up? help.backblaze.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 8 Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud: Pricing and licensing www.acronis.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 9 AWS: Amazon S3 pricing aws.amazon.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 10 Amazon S3 docs: Restoring an archived object docs.aws.amazon.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 11 Cloudflare R2 docs: Pricing developers.cloudflare.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 12 Wasabi: Pay as you go pricing FAQs wasabi.com · checked 13 October 2026