name: Wasabi FinOps Framework description: >- FinOps framework documentation for Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage, mapping Wasabi's cost model to the FinOps Foundation FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification) framework. Covers cost optimization levers, billing dimensions, and cloud financial management practices for Wasabi storage workloads. specificationVersion: '1.0' url: https://wasabi.com/pricing focusVersion: '1.0' provider: name: Wasabi Technologies service: Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage website: https://wasabi.com pricing: https://wasabi.com/pricing costModel: type: CapacityBased description: >- Wasabi charges solely for storage capacity consumed. Unlike AWS S3 and most hyperscale competitors, there are no egress fees, no API request fees, and no ingress fees. Cost is determined by storage volume and duration, making Wasabi highly predictable for capacity-heavy workloads. dimensions: - name: Storage Capacity focusDimension: UsageQuantity unit: TB/month rate: payGo: amount: 7.99 currency: USD effectiveDate: '2026-07-01' notes: Previous rate was $6.99/TB/month through June 30, 2026. reserved: description: >- Discounted rates available for 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year Reserved Capacity Storage (RCS) contracts. Specific rates require sales engagement. - name: Egress focusDimension: UsageQuantity unit: TB/month rate: amount: 0 currency: USD description: >- Free up to a 1:1 ratio with active storage volume. No egress charges are billed regardless of destination (internet, other clouds, on-premises). constraint: >- Monthly egress must not exceed active storage volume. Exceeding the 1:1 ratio may result in service limitation. - name: API Requests focusDimension: UsageQuantity unit: Requests/month rate: amount: 0 currency: USD description: >- All API requests (GET, PUT, LIST, DELETE, HEAD, COPY) are included at no additional charge for standard commercial workloads. - name: Ingress focusDimension: UsageQuantity unit: TB/month rate: amount: 0 currency: USD description: All data uploads to Wasabi are free and unrestricted. billingConstraints: - name: Minimum Storage Duration focusDimension: CommitmentDiscountStatus description: >- Objects must be stored for a minimum of 90 days. Early deletion triggers Timed Deleted Storage charges for remaining days at the standard storage rate. This constraint functions similarly to AWS S3 Intelligent-Tiering minimum duration requirements. duration: 90 unit: days earlyDeletionFee: true - name: Minimum Object Size description: >- Objects smaller than 4 KB are billed as 4 KB. Workloads with many small objects (e.g., metadata, thumbnails) should factor this into cost projections. minimumBilledSize: 4 unit: KB - name: Minimum Monthly Storage description: >- Pay-Go Object Storage accounts are subject to a 1 TB monthly minimum billing floor regardless of actual usage below that threshold. minimums: - service: Object Storage amount: 1 unit: TB/month - service: Cloud NAS amount: 10 unit: TB/month focusDomains: - domain: Cost Allocation description: >- Wasabi costs are allocated primarily by storage bucket and region. Bucket-level tagging using S3-compatible object tags and bucket tags enables cost allocation by team, project, or environment within a single Wasabi account or across sub-accounts via the WACM API. practices: - Use bucket naming conventions for cost center allocation - Leverage WACM sub-accounts for organizational cost separation - Apply S3 object tags for workload-level cost attribution - Use the Wasabi Stats API for utilization analytics and chargeback - domain: Cost Optimization description: >- Primary cost optimization levers for Wasabi workloads given the simplified pricing model (no egress, no request fees). practices: - Monitor and enforce 90-day minimum storage duration to avoid early deletion charges — use object lifecycle policies where possible - Right-size storage by managing small-object accumulation (objects below 4 KB billed at 4 KB minimum) - Maintain egress-to-storage ratio below 1:1 to stay within free egress policy - Evaluate Reserved Capacity Storage for stable, predictable workloads exceeding 100 TB — term discounts can reduce effective per-TB rate - Consolidate accounts to minimize the impact of the 1 TB monthly minimum billing floor on low-volume accounts - domain: Rate Optimization description: >- Strategies for reducing per-unit costs using Wasabi's pricing tiers. practices: - Compare Pay-Go rate ($7.99/TB/month effective July 2026) against RCS committed rates for workloads with predictable capacity - Longer RCS terms (3 or 5 years) provide greater discounts for stable, long-lived storage workloads - Factor in zero egress and zero API request costs when comparing total cost of ownership against AWS S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage - domain: Cloud Sustainability description: >- Wasabi operates purpose-built data centers optimized for storage density and energy efficiency, achieving Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) ratings that support sustainable storage practices. practices: - Evaluate Wasabi as a lower-carbon footprint alternative to hyperscale providers for archive and backup workloads - Consolidate cold and warm storage to Wasabi to reduce multi-cloud storage sprawl costComparison: description: >- Wasabi's pricing advantage versus hyperscale providers stems from the elimination of egress and API request fees, which can represent 30-60% of total storage costs on platforms like AWS S3 for egress-heavy workloads. competitors: - name: AWS S3 Standard storageRate: ~23/TB/month egressRate: ~87/TB apiRequests: Charged separately - name: Google Cloud Storage Standard storageRate: ~20/TB/month egressRate: ~80-120/TB apiRequests: Charged separately - name: Azure Blob Storage Hot storageRate: ~18/TB/month egressRate: ~87/TB apiRequests: Charged separately wasabiAdvantage: >- For workloads with significant egress (backups, media delivery, data analytics) the total cost of ownership on Wasabi is typically 60-80% lower than equivalent AWS S3 workloads when egress fees are included.