Wasabi is the S3-compatible object storage built for one job: getting rid of egress fees. AWS charges per GB leaving their network. Wasabi charges the same flat rate whether you download once or a thousand times. For a small business pulling archives frequently, that difference is worth real money. ScsDriver mounts Wasabi as a Windows drive for $5.5 once.
Why Wasabi?
Wasabi is a flat-rate, S3-compatible storage service. The pricing is straightforward: $7/TB/month for storage. There are no egress fees, no API request fees, no minimum object size. You pay for what you store, period.
For businesses that pull archives from cold storage regularly — media companies, research labs, backup-heavy operations — the missing egress fees are a game changer. AWS would charge you $90/TB to download a petabyte. Wasabi charges you $0.
The Catch: 90-Day Minimum Storage
Wasabi requires a 90-day minimum storage duration. If you delete objects before 90 days, you pay a pro-rated fee. This is fine for archives and backups, but not ideal for short-term scratch storage.
For a small business backing up to Wasabi and keeping archives for years, the 90-day minimum is irrelevant. For a developer using Wasabi as temporary staging for build artifacts, it can be expensive.
The ScsDriver Bridge
Wasabi is S3-only, just like Backblaze B2. Native Windows clients cannot mount it as a drive letter without help. ScsDriver adds the WebDAV adapter layer so Windows Explorer sees Wasabi buckets as a regular drive.
For media teams that pull raw footage from Wasabi multiple times a week, the missing egress fees mean the storage cost is the storage cost, full stop. Mount W: with ScsDriver and the team can browse buckets in Explorer without watching a meter.
The Setup
- Sign up for a Wasabi account and create a bucket.
- Generate an access key and secret.
- Install ScsDriver from drive.scsoi.com.
- Point a new mount at the Wasabi WebDAV adapter URL.
- Pick a drive letter (W: for Wasabi) and mount.
After that, W: behaves like a regular drive. Drag-and-drop, rename, copy, paste, search — all the Windows file operations work. Files are stored on Wasabi's S3-compatible backend with no egress fees.
The 5.5 Lifetime Deal
Same as every other WebDAV endpoint: $5.5 once, no subscription. Mount Wasabi as W:, Backblaze B2 as B:, Yandex Disk as Y:. One ScsDriver license covers them all.
For a small business that needs cold storage and pulls from it regularly, the math is straightforward. Wasabi storage at $7/TB/month, no egress, plus ScsDriver at $5.5 once. The first 100 GB download that AWS would charge $9 for is free on Wasabi.
Wasabi vs. Backblaze B2 vs. Cloudflare R2
- Backblaze B2: $6/TB/month storage, $0.01/GB egress. Cheapest for cold storage if you rarely download.
- Wasabi: $7/TB/month storage, $0 egress. Cheapest if you download frequently.
- Cloudflare R2: $15/TB/month storage, $0 egress. Best if you serve files via Cloudflare's CDN.
- AWS S3: $23/TB/month storage, $0.09/GB egress. Industry standard but expensive.
For a media team or research lab that downloads from cold storage weekly, Wasabi is the right pick. Mount it as W: with ScsDriver and the egress fees disappear forever.
Bottom Line
Wasabi for S3-compatible storage with no egress fees, ScsDriver for the drive letter, $5.5 once. Mount W:, browse your archives in Explorer, stop paying AWS for downloads.
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