Wasabi vs Arq Backup
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Wasabi and Arq Backup.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
Wasabi
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4.0/5
Arq Backup
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Both Wasabi and Arq Backup are equally rated at 4.0/5. S3-compatible cloud storage priced at a flat $7.99 per TB per month with no fees for downloads or API requests, widely used for backups. Arq Backup sends encrypted backups to your own S3, B2, Wasabi, or Google Drive. No subscription to Arq cloud — you own the destination. One-time purchase for macOS and Windows.
Wasabi Hot cloud storage at cold storage prices | Arq Backup Mac and Windows backup to your own cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.0 (0 reviews) | 4.0 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | one-time purchase + optional subscription (Arq Premium is subscription) |
| Starting price | From $7.99/mo✓ | From $59.99/mo |
| Best for | Backup, offsite copy, and media-archive storage where data is written once, kept for months or years, and read occasionally — especially at 500 GB and above | Mac and Windows users who want a one-time-purchase backup app sending encrypted, versioned backups to their own cloud or NAS storage |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | 16 regions: US (N. Virginia x2, Texas, Oregon, California), Canada (Toronto), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Germany (Frankfurt), UK x2, France (Paris), Italy (Milan), Japan x2 (Tokyo, Osaka), Singapore, Australia (Sydney) | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | s3 compatibleeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi accessgdpr compliant | encryptedself hosted |
| Visit Wasabi → | Visit Arq Backup → | |
Wasabi
Pros
- + Flat $7.99/TB/month with zero egress and API request charges — bills are predictable to the dollar
- + S3-compatible API with broad backup-software support (Veeam, rclone, Synology, MSP360 and others)
- + 16 regions with per-bucket region pinning, covering US, EU, and APAC data-residency needs
- + Credit-backed 99.9% uptime SLA with a published error-rate measurement methodology
- + No cold-tier latency: everything is hot storage, so restores are immediate
Cons
- - 90-day minimum storage duration — early deletion or overwriting incurs Timed Deleted Storage charges
- - 1 TB minimum monthly charge makes small datasets uneconomical
- - Fair-use policy implicitly caps monthly egress near stored volume — not a CDN origin play
- - Single storage tier only; no cheap cold class for rarely-retrieved archives
- - Basic support only on Pay-as-You-Go; Premium support is tied to Reserved Capacity contracts
Arq Backup
Pros
- + One-time $59.99 per-computer license with an optional, genuinely optional updates subscription
- + Backs up to storage you own — S3, B2, Wasabi, Google Drive, SFTP, NAS and other S3-compatible targets
- + End-to-end encryption with keys that never leave your machine
- + Open, documented backup format — restores do not depend on the vendor existing
Cons
- - macOS and Windows desktops only — no Linux or server agent
- - Destination storage, request and egress costs are separate and ongoing
- - File backup only: no disk imaging or bare-metal recovery
- - Small-company support with no published SLA
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