Sync.com vs Wasabi Comparison 2026
Sync.com encrypts every file before it leaves your machine, so nobody at the company, or anybody who compels the company, can read what is stored, with Teams plans from $6 a user a month billed annually for 1TB and a three-user minimum. Wasabi is raw object storage instead, no encryption promised, no per-user pricing, just $7.99 a terabyte a month with no charge to pull data back out. Sync is where a team keeps and shares files securely. Wasabi is where a finished archive sits cheaply until something needs pulling from it.
Encrypted storage where only you hold the key
Object storage at one rate, with no egress fee
At a glance
- Sync.com starts cheaper, at $6.
- Only Sync.com has a free tier.
- Sync.com bills annually only, so there is no month to try it for.
Side by side
Sync.com | Wasabi | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $6 | From $7.99 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Paid subscription |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing (they differ) | Annual only | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated |
Sync.com
Encrypted storage where only you hold the key
Sync encrypts everything before it leaves the machine, so the company cannot read what you store even if it wanted to. For a creator holding unreleased footage or a client's raw files, that is the difference between a policy and a guarantee. End-to-end encryption also means a forgotten password loses the data, with nobody able to reset it for you.
Our note
The encryption is the product, and it cuts both ways: nobody at Sync can read your files, and nobody at Sync can recover them if you lose the password. Write it down somewhere that is not the encrypted drive.
Wasabi
Object storage at one rate, with no egress fee
Wasabi sells cloud storage as a flat rate per terabyte and charges nothing to get the data back out, which is the line item that makes a bill from the big clouds unpredictable. For an archive of finished footage that gets pulled occasionally, that is the whole calculation. It speaks the same API as S3, so most backup software already knows how to talk to it. There is a minimum retention period, and it is worth reading before moving anything.
Why people weigh these two
- Wasabi instead of Sync.com
- Wasabi charges one flat rate with no separate egress fee for pulling files back out, at $7.99, the number that matters once you are downloading as much as you upload.
- Sync.com instead of Wasabi
- Sync.com encrypts storage so only you hold the key, with a free tier and plans from $6, aimed at a smaller archive than Wasabi's per-terabyte pricing assumes.
Which one should you pick
Choose Sync.com if a client's raw files or unreleased footage need real cryptographic privacy, not just a policy: files are encrypted before upload, and a forgotten password loses the data since nobody at Sync can reset it. Teams starts at $6 a user a month billed annually for 1TB, with a three-user minimum worth noting for a solo creator, who should look at the individual plans instead.
Choose Wasabi if the need is cheap bulk storage for an archive that gets pulled occasionally, backed up through S3-compatible software you likely already run: $7.99 a terabyte a month with no egress charge and no request fees is the entire pricing model. It is shaped and priced for terabytes, so somebody storing a few hundred gigabytes is better served by a consumer plan, and read the minimum retention period before using it as scratch space.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper, Sync.com or Wasabi?
- It depends on the job. For raw storage volume, Wasabi is far cheaper at $7.99 a terabyte a month with no per-user cost. Sync.com's Teams plan has a three-user minimum at $6 each, so the smallest team bill is $18 a month for 1TB, and that price buys encryption and collaboration Wasabi does not attempt.
- Does Wasabi encrypt files the way Sync.com does?
- Not in the same way; Wasabi's own materials describe object storage with an S3-compatible API rather than end-to-end encryption where the company itself cannot read the data. Sync.com encrypts everything before it leaves your machine, which is its entire product.
- Which one charges to retrieve data?
- Wasabi does not: getting data out costs nothing, which is the line item that makes bills from the big clouds unpredictable. Sync.com's pricing is not built around egress charges at all, since it is a sync and sharing tool rather than raw object storage.
- Is there a minimum team size on either one?
- Sync.com's Teams plans require three users minimum, so a solo creator should look at its individual plans instead. Wasabi has no per-user structure at all; it is priced purely by storage volume regardless of how many people access it.
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