Storj vs Wasabi
A comparison of Storj and Wasabi built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
- Pick Storj if
- Workloads that want data spread across many independent locations rather than one provider's region, at a storage rate close to the cheapest here.
- Pick Wasabi if
- Anyone who wants one number. Capacity is the only charge — no egress fees, no API request fees — which makes the bill predictable in a way nothing else in this category manages.
4 sourced criteria separate them:
- Egress over allowance
- Storj: $7 per TB, the same rate as storage — reduced from $20 per TB on the Standard tier. Storj charges for egress where R2, Wasabi and Tigris do not, but at a tenth of what S3 charges.
- Wasabi: None. Wasabi charges for capacity only, with no egress or API request fees.
- Regions
- Storj: Distributed across tens of thousands of storage locations globally rather than named regions; a US-only option runs on SOC 2 type 2 compliant data centres.
- Wasabi: 22 storage regions across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, addressed as S3 service URLs
- Storage price
- Storj: $7 per TB per month, which is $0.007 per GB. A $5 monthly minimum applies to Standard and Advanced accounts.
- Wasabi: $7.99 per TB per month, flat, with no separate charge for egress or API requests
- Operations price
- Storj: Segment fees have been eliminated across all new tiers. They still apply to accounts on legacy plans.
- Wasabi: None. API requests are not charged separately.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
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At a glance.
| Criterion | Storj | Wasabi |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Egress over allowance | $7 per TB, the same rate as storage — reduced from $20 per TB on the Standard tier. Storj charges for egress where R2, Wasabi and Tigris do not, but at a tenth of what S3 charges. | None. Wasabi charges for capacity only, with no egress or API request fees. |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Regions | Distributed across tens of thousands of storage locations globally rather than named regions; a US-only option runs on SOC 2 type 2 compliant data centres. | 22 storage regions across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, addressed as S3 service URLs |
| Storage | ||
| Storage price | $7 per TB per month, which is $0.007 per GB. A $5 monthly minimum applies to Standard and Advanced accounts. | $7.99 per TB per month, flat, with no separate charge for egress or API requests |
| Operations price | Segment fees have been eliminated across all new tiers. They still apply to accounts on legacy plans. | None. API requests are not charged separately. |
| S3-compatible API | Supported | Supported |
Where they differ.
Egress over allowance
- Storj
- $7 per TB, the same rate as storage — reduced from $20 per TB on the Standard tier. Storj charges for egress where R2, Wasabi and Tigris do not, but at a tenth of what S3 charges.
- Wasabi
- None. Wasabi charges for capacity only, with no egress or API request fees.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Storj ↗
“Egress $7/TB [...] to reduce egress on the Standard tier from $20/TB to $7/TB”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — Wasabi ↗
“No charge for egress or API requests [...] With Wasabi, you pay just one low rate for capacity only. No hidden fees means you can plan your budget to the penny and never go over it, no matter how much you access your data.”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Regions
- Storj
- Distributed across tens of thousands of storage locations globally rather than named regions; a US-only option runs on SOC 2 type 2 compliant data centres.
- Wasabi
- 22 storage regions across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, addressed as S3 service URLs
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Storj ↗
“Storage Locations Distributed globally across tens of thousands of storage locations. [...] Distributed across U.S. SOC2 type 2 compliant data centers.”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Service URLs for Wasabi's Storage Regions — Wasabi Docs ↗
“s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com / s3.us-east-2.wasabisys.com / s3.us-central-1.wasabisys.com / s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com / s3.us-west-2.wasabisys.com / s3.ca-central-1.wasabisys.com / s3.eu-central-1.wasabisys.com / s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com / s3.eu-west-1.wasabisys.com / s3.eu-west-2.wasabisys.com / s3.eu-west-3.wasabisys.com / s3.eu-south-1.wasabisys.com / s3.de-1.wasabisys.com / s3.fr-1.wasabisys.com / s3.it-1.wasabisys.com / s3.nl-1.wasabisys.com / s3.uk-1.wasabisys.com / s3.uk-2.wasabisys.com / s3.ap-northeast-1.wasabisys.com / s3.ap-northeast-2.wasabisys.com / s3.ap-southeast-1.wasabisys.com / s3.ap-southeast-2.wasabisys.com”
Read 2026-09-06 · official docs
Storage price
- Storj
- $7 per TB per month, which is $0.007 per GB. A $5 monthly minimum applies to Standard and Advanced accounts.
- Wasabi
- $7.99 per TB per month, flat, with no separate charge for egress or API requests
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Storj ↗
“MONTHLY STORAGE $7/TB Egress $7/TB [...] Minimum monthly fee for Storj Object Storage Standard and Advanced plan accounts is $5.”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — Wasabi ↗
“Pay monthly [...] No fees for egress or API requests [...] $7.99 TB/month”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Operations price
- Storj
- Segment fees have been eliminated across all new tiers. They still apply to accounts on legacy plans.
- Wasabi
- None. API requests are not charged separately.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — Storj ↗
“Are segment fees still charged? No. Segment fees have been eliminated across all new tiers. Segment fees still apply for users on legacy plans.”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- Pricing — Wasabi ↗
“No fees for egress or API requests”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Which should you choose?
Choose Storj if…
Workloads that want data spread across many independent locations rather than one provider's region, at a storage rate close to the cheapest here.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose Wasabi if…
Anyone who wants one number. Capacity is the only charge — no egress fees, no API request fees — which makes the bill predictable in a way nothing else in this category manages.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- Storj: Egress is charged at the same $7 per TB as storage, so a read-heavy workload costs roughly double what the storage line suggests — the three free-egress providers here charge nothing for it.
- Wasabi: The flat rate is $7.99 per terabyte whether you store a gigabyte or a terabyte of it, so small buckets pay for capacity they are not using. Check Wasabi's own terms for minimum storage duration before storing anything short-lived.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Egress over allowance: Storj or Wasabi?
Storj: $7 per TB, the same rate as storage — reduced from $20 per TB on the Standard tier. Storj charges for egress where R2, Wasabi and Tigris do not, but at a tenth of what S3 charges.
Wasabi: None. Wasabi charges for capacity only, with no egress or API request fees.
Should I choose Storj or Wasabi?
Pick Storj if Workloads that want data spread across many independent locations rather than one provider's region, at a storage rate close to the cheapest here.
Pick Wasabi if Anyone who wants one number. Capacity is the only charge — no egress fees, no API request fees — which makes the bill predictable in a way nothing else in this category manages.