Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage vs Cloudflare R2: which is better? Comparison 2026
By our public methodology Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage scores 76 out of 100 and Cloudflare R2 scores 70. Below: the factors and facts where they differ, each fact with its source.
Score breakdown
| Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage | Cloudflare R2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 70 | 75 |
| API and features | 94 | 50 |
| Data protection | 100 | 60 |
| Reliability and trust | 36 | 91 |
Pros and cons
Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
- Free or cheap egress
- Object Lock for immutable backups
- Independently audited security
- Works with the Amazon S3 API
- No permanent free tier
Cloudflare R2
- Free or cheap egress
- Object Lock for immutable backups
- High uptime in a published SLA
- Works with the Amazon S3 API
- No confirmed object versioning
Facts side by side
| Fact | Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage | Cloudflare R2 |
|---|---|---|
| Storage price per GB-month (standard class) | $0.00799 wasabi.com | $0.015 developers.cloudflare.com |
| Egress price per GB (to the internet) | $0.00 wasabi.com | $0.00 developers.cloudflare.com |
| Permanent free tier | No wasabi.com | Yes developers.cloudflare.com |
| Minimum storage duration | 90 days wasabi.com | Not verified |
| S3 API compatible | Yes wasabi.com | Yes developers.cloudflare.com |
| Regions (provider's count) | 16 wasabi.com | Not verified |
| Object versioning | Yes docs.wasabi.com | No developers.cloudflare.com |
| Lifecycle rules | Yes docs.wasabi.com | Yes developers.cloudflare.com |
| Object Lock (immutable storage) | Yes wasabi.com | Yes developers.cloudflare.com |
| Encryption at rest | Yes wasabi.com | Yes developers.cloudflare.com |
| SOC 2 or ISO 27001 | Yes wasabi.com | Not verified |
| Uptime SLA | Not verified | 99.9% cloudflare.com |
| Public status page | Yes status.wasabi.com | Yes cloudflarestatus.com |
| Founded | 2017 wasabi.com | 2009 cloudflare.com |
| Company headquarters | United States wasabi.com | United States cloudflare.com |
| Company | Wasabi Technologies LLC wasabi.com | Cloudflare, Inc. cloudflare.com |
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