Google Cloud Storage vs Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage is cheaper across every workload modelled here.
List prices checked
Rate cards side by side
Only the axes at least one of them bills on. A dash means that provider does not charge for it.
| Billing axis | Google Cloud Storage | Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage | $0.020/GB-mo | $0.0080/GB-mo | 2.5× Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage |
| Data transfer out | $0.120/GB | Free | — |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | — |
Source: Google pricing (May 2026) · Wasabi pricing (August 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.
Monthly cost for three real workloads
The rate cards applied to identical usage. This is where the winner changes.
| Workload | Google Cloud Storage | Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side projectA personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process. | $12 | $0.16 | Wasabi Hot Cloud Storagesaves $12/mo (99%) |
| Growing SaaSA funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers. | $130 | $4.00 | Wasabi Hot Cloud Storagesaves $126/mo (97%) |
| Media-heavy siteA publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought. | $1,240 | $16 | Wasabi Hot Cloud Storagesaves $1,224/mo (99%) |
Workload definitions are identical on every comparison page, so figures here can be read against any other pair in the same category.
What each one is for
Google Cloud Storage
by Google
Google's object store, priced slightly under S3 on storage and above it on egress. Worth using when the compute reading the data already sits in the same region.
Free tier: 5 GB-month always free in US regions
Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
by Wasabi
Flat per-terabyte pricing at $7.99/TB with no egress or request fees, subject to a fair-use policy that egress should not exceed stored volume and a 90-day minimum retention per object.
Free tier: 30-day trial; no egress or API request charges
Common questions
- Is Google Cloud Storage or Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage cheaper in 2026?
- Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage is cheaper in all 3 modelled workloads.
- What is the difference in egress cost between Google Cloud Storage and Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage?
- Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage does not charge for data transfer out at all, while Google Cloud Storage charges $0.120 per GB. On a read-heavy workload that difference is the entire comparison.
- Which has the better free tier, Google Cloud Storage or Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage?
- Both publish one. Google Cloud Storage: 5 GB-month always free in US regions. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage: 30-day trial; no egress or API request charges.
- What do these estimates not include?
- Committed-use and reserved discounts, regional price variation, per-request API charges, support plans, and minimum retention periods. All of those move real invoices, sometimes by a lot. These figures compare published list prices for the same workload, which is the comparison the rate cards alone cannot give you.