# Wasabi Pay-as-You-Go: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge labels across 1 categories by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/wasabi-pay-as-you-go/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object storage | 0% | 43 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "That can make it a poor fit for short-lived data or heavily downloaded public content." (GPT-6 Luna, Object storage)

## In its own words

What Wasabi Pay-as-You-Go's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: enterprise-class hot cloud storage at a fraction of the cost of legacy providers (https://wasabi.com/)
- For: enterprise (https://wasabi.com/)
- Price stated: With Wasabi, you pay only for what you store. (https://wasabi.com/)
- Starting price: 7.99 (https://wasabi.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try it free for 30 days. (https://wasabi.com/)
- Certifications: SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, FIPS-197 certified AES-256 bit encryption, MFA, SOC 2
- Hosting: 16 storage regions across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific
- Customers named: The Hotchkiss School, AIRoA, Performance Hub / UBX, Black.AI

## What it publishes

Every page wasabi.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1495 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 350 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-24
- case study: 117 pages, 6 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-22
- conference or event: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-07-13
- report or ebook: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 18 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-09
- template or tool: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-09-20
- glossary or explainer: 37 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-03-27
- podcast or video: 95 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 256 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Ai is changing public sector data strategy and exposing new storage risks https://wasabi.com/blog/ai/ai-is-changing-public-sector-data-strategy-and-exposing-new-storage-risks
- Recent: 2026-09-23 blog: Why an independent storage layer helps build sovereignty architecture https://wasabi.com/blog/industry-trends/why-an-independent-storage-layer-helps-build-sovereignty-architecture
- Recent: 2026-09-22 blog: Mcp for cloud storage a real world example from wasabi and performance hub https://wasabi.com/blog/ai/mcp-for-cloud-storage-a-real-world-example-from-wasabi-and-performance-hub
- Recent: 2026-09-22 case study: Aptean https://wasabi.com/resources/case-studies/aptean
- Recent: 2026-09-16 case study: Bachmann group https://wasabi.com/resources/case-studies/bachmann-group
- Recent: 2026-09-09 comparison: On premises vs cloud storage https://wasabi.com/blog/data-management/on-premises-vs-cloud-storage

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.