Object storage · October 2026 Edition
Wasabi Object Storage vs Azure Blob Storage
One of fourteen models named Wasabi Object Storage first on the direct prompt; one named Azure Blob Storage. Wasabi Object Storage was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Azure Blob Storage by thirteen and Wasabi Object Storage carries 54 labels and Azure Blob Storage 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share10%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate28%31%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels5442A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wasabi Object Storage reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Backblaze B2 was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Backblaze B2 vs Wasabi Object Storage · Backblaze B2 vs Azure Blob Storage · Cloudflare R2 vs Wasabi Object Storage
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the object storage page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Wasabi Object StorageFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAzure Blob Storage
Direct111 against Wasabi Object Storage · 1 against Azure Blob Storage
Paraphrase301 against Wasabi Object Storage · 1 against Azure Blob Storage
Comparative00
Budget-constrained103 against Wasabi Object Storage · 3 against Azure Blob Storage
Scale-constrained021 against Wasabi Object Storage
Negative009 against Wasabi Object Storage · 7 against Azure Blob Storage
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Wasabi Object Storage and Azure Blob Storage were named in the same answer eighty-seven times, of the 160 answers naming Wasabi Object Storage and the 129 naming Azure Blob Storage. In those answers Azure Blob Storage took the first choice five times and Wasabi Object Storage ten.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wasabi Object Storage and Azure Blob Storage stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | | |
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Wasabi Object Storage Azure Blob Storage first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wasabi Object Storage on the left and Azure Blob Storage on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Wasabi Object Storage and Azure Blob Storage stood in it.
Wasabi Object Storage first, Azure Blob Storage not the choice
1 of 14 modelsAzure Blob Storage was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Qwen 3.7 FlashBackblaze B2, Wasabi Object Storage
Azure Blob Storage first, Wasabi Object Storage an alternative
1 of 14 modelsWasabi Object Storage was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.MiniMax M2.5Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage alternatives: Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniAmazon S3 alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
Gemini 3.5 FlashCloudflare R2 alternatives: Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object Storage
Perplexity SonarGoogle Cloud Storage alternatives: Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object Storage
Grok 4.1 FastBackblaze B2 alternatives: Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object Storage
Kimi K2Cloudflare R2 alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage
GLM 4.7 FlashXBackblaze B2 alternatives: Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object Storage
GPT-6 LunaAmazon S3 alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage
Muse Glimmer 30Bno first choice alternatives: Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object Storage
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Mistral SmallBackblaze B2 alternatives: Amazon S3, Cloudian HyperStore
DeepSeek V4 FlashBackblaze B2 alternatives: Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Wasabi Object Storage leads by twenty points.
Wasabi Object Storage20%#2 of 9Azure Blob Storage0%#9 of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
Wasabi Object Storage leads by four points.
Wasabi Object Storage10%#4 of 9Azure Blob Storage6%#5 of 9Enterprise
Wasabi Object Storage leads by seventeen points.
Wasabi Object Storage23%#2 of 12Azure Blob Storage6%#4 of 12What the models said about Wasabi Object Storage
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Services to Avoid ... Wasabi Technologies | • 90‑day minimum retention per object” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Why avoid or extra cautious? 90-day minimum retention policy” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Wasabi has a 90-day minimum storage commitment... This is fine for long-term archives but terrible for highly volatile temporary files.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“Wasabi - Best Overall Value ... Bottom line: For pure cost savings, Backblaze B2 or Wasabi will save you 70-80%” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best object storage service is typically either Wasabi or Backblaze B2” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Wasabi if: - You want the simplest, most predictable pricing” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Azure Blob Storage
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“"avoid or be cautious about ... those with high egress fees or minimum retention periods, such as GCS and Azure Cold"” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid hyperscalers (AWS/GCP/Azure) on tight budgets due to egress/API add-ons.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“High egress fees (e.g., AWS S3: $0.09/GB after free tier; GCS/Azure similar) lead to unpredictable bills and vendor lock-in” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Start with AWS S3 or Azure Blob — native integration, massive ecosystem, but watch egress costs.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Amazon S3 or Azure Blob Storage due to their enterprise-grade security” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Check AWS S3 / Azure Blob: If you are already deep in one ecosystem.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.