Wasabi object storage
Hacker ApprovedRanked 6 of 10 object storage by recommenders
People recommend Wasabi as a cheaper, S3-compatible alternative to AWS S3 with no egress fees for reasonable use. One critic reports silent data corruption and distrusts it with storage.
People recommend Wasabi as a cheaper, S3-compatible alternative to AWS S3 with no egress fees for reasonable use. One critic reports silent data corruption and distrusts it with storage.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cheaper than AWS S3
“it would cost so so much more than wasabi and backblaze”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help” “Wasabi is much cheaper than AWS as well.”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help” “moving storage from S3 to Wasabi”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: My Tizen multiplayer drawing game flopped, but then hit 100M drawings” S3-compatible, works with rclone
“Wasabi offering byte-compatible S3 storage with no egress fees for reasonable use”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past” “Wasabi + rclone works well for me.”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Backblaze has stopped backing up your data” No egress or operation fees
“Wasabi offering byte-compatible S3 storage with no egress fees for reasonable use”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past” “which doesn't charge for operations”
Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Turbolite – a SQLite VFS serving sub-250ms cold JOIN queries from S3” Good value for storage
“it makes more sense to use object storage instead. Like Wasabi, Backblaze or iDrive.”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Does anything beat Hetzner Storage Boxes for the price?” “wasabi and backblaze get more done for less cost”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Reported silent data corruption
“they actively and silently corrupted a lot of my data and still billed me for it”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “MinIO repository is no longer maintained” Distrust for critical storage
“I'm not going to trust my storage to Wasabi.”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help”
Other object storage people recommend
The four most recommended other object storage, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon S3 | 170 | 84 | 67% | 12 | 14 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Cloudflare R2 | 85 | 14 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Backblaze B2 | 50 | 14 | 78% | 12 | — | Approved |
| AWS S3 | 17 | 7 | 71% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Wasabi object storageThis page | 10 | 2 | 83% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
12 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Wasabi offering byte-compatible S3 storage with no egress fees for reasonable use”
“Wasabi + rclone works well for me.”
“which doesn't charge for operations”
“they actively and silently corrupted a lot of my data and still billed me for it”
“Wasabi is our bread and butter object storage now.”
“I've moved this to Wasabi at about 8 euros a month”
“moving storage from S3 to Wasabi”
“it would cost so so much more than wasabi and backblaze”
“wasabi and backblaze get more done for less cost”
“I'm not going to trust my storage to Wasabi.”
“Wasabi is much cheaper than AWS as well.”
“it makes more sense to use object storage instead. Like Wasabi, Backblaze or iDrive.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.