name: Wasabi Rate Limits
description: >-
  Wasabi does not publish hard numerical rate limits for API requests.
  Instead, Wasabi enforces a free API request policy based on qualitative
  usage standards. Accounts with validated commercial use cases are generally
  compliant. Non-validated applications causing inefficient server loads may
  face restrictions. Egress-to-storage ratio enforcement acts as an implicit
  throughput constraint.
specificationVersion: '0.1'
url: https://wasabi.com/pricing/faq
limits:
  - name: API Request Rate
    type: Requests
    description: >-
      Wasabi does not publish specific requests-per-second or requests-per-day
      limits. The free API request policy is enforced qualitatively. Standard
      commercial S3-compatible workloads are generally not rate limited.
      Excessive or abusive request patterns may result in throttling or
      service suspension. The HTTP 400 error RequestRateLimitExceeded is
      returned when an account exceeds the limit for a given request type.
    enforcement: Qualitative
    errorCode: RequestRateLimitExceeded
    errorHTTPStatus: 400
  - name: Egress-to-Storage Ratio
    type: Bandwidth
    description: >-
      Monthly egress data transfer must not exceed the active storage volume.
      If an account's monthly egress exceeds its active storage amount, Wasabi
      considers the use case a poor fit for the platform and may limit or
      suspend the service without additional charges.
    limit: 1
    unit: Ratio (egress:storage)
    enforcement: Enforced — may result in service limitation or suspension
    notes: >-
      Example: storing 100 TB allows up to 100 TB of monthly egress downloads
      at no charge. Exceeding this ratio triggers policy enforcement.
  - name: Minimum Object Size (Billing)
    type: Storage
    description: >-
      Objects smaller than 4 KB are billed as 4 KB. This is a billing floor,
      not a technical upload restriction. Small-object-heavy workloads should
      account for this in cost projections.
    limit: 4
    unit: KB
    enforcement: Billing floor
  - name: Minimum Storage Duration (Billing)
    type: Duration
    description: >-
      Objects must be stored for a minimum of 90 days under the Pay-Go
      pricing model. Objects deleted before 90 days are charged Timed Deleted
      Storage fees for the remaining days at the standard storage rate.
    limit: 90
    unit: days
    enforcement: Billing — early deletion fees apply
  - name: Minimum Monthly Storage (Billing)
    type: Storage
    description: >-
      Object Storage accounts are subject to a 1 TB monthly minimum storage
      charge. Cloud NAS accounts have a 10 TB monthly minimum.
    limits:
      - type: ObjectStorage
        limit: 1
        unit: TB/month
      - type: CloudNAS
        limit: 10
        unit: TB/month
    enforcement: Billing minimum
policies:
  - name: Free API Request Policy
    description: >-
      Wasabi provides free API requests for standard commercial workloads.
      The policy is enforced based on usage patterns rather than hard
      thresholds. Applications generating disproportionate server load
      relative to storage activity may be restricted.
    url: https://wasabi.com/pricing/faq
  - name: Free Egress Policy
    description: >-
      Wasabi provides free egress up to the 1:1 egress-to-storage ratio.
      Ingress (data upload) is always free and unrestricted. Egress
      exceeding the active storage volume is considered out of policy.
    url: https://wasabi.com/pricing/faq