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Object storage · November 2026 Edition

Wasabi Object Storage vs Google Cloud Storage

Zero of fourteen models named Wasabi Object Storage first on the direct prompt; zero named Google Cloud Storage. Both were named by all fourteen models and Wasabi Object Storage carries 57 labels and Google Cloud Storage 50, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wasabi Object Storage

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Google Cloud Storage

criticized challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%30%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels5750A 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.Cloudflare R2 was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Backblaze B2 vs Wasabi Object Storage · Backblaze B2 vs Google Cloud 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 modelsGoogle Cloud Storage
Direct001 against Wasabi Object Storage · 1 against Google Cloud Storage
Paraphrase101 against Google Cloud Storage
Comparative001 against Google Cloud Storage
Budget-constrained111 against Wasabi Object Storage · 4 against Google Cloud Storage
Scale-constrained00
Negative009 against Wasabi Object Storage · 8 against Google Cloud 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 November 2026 Edition, Wasabi Object Storage and Google Cloud Storage were named in the same answer 102 times, of the 170 answers naming Wasabi Object Storage and the 154 naming Google Cloud Storage. In those answers Google Cloud Storage took the first choice two times and Wasabi Object Storage eleven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wasabi Object Storage and Google Cloud Storage stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
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 Google Cloud Storage first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wasabi Object Storage on the left and Google Cloud Storage on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Wasabi Object Storage and Google Cloud Storage stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon S3 alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
GPT-5.4 miniAmazon S3 alternatives: Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage
Gemini 3.5 FlashAmazon S3, Cloudflare R2 alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO AIStor, Wasabi Object Storage
Perplexity SonarBackblaze B2 alternatives: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage
Mistral SmallAmazon S3 alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Google Cloud Storage, MEGA S4
Qwen 3.7 FlashBackblaze B2 alternatives: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi Object Storage
Kimi K2Cloudflare R2 alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Backblaze B2, Wasabi Object Storage
GLM 4.7 FlashXBackblaze B2, Cloudflare R2 alternatives: Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage
GPT-6 LunaAmazon S3 alternatives: Azure Blob Storage, Cloudflare R2, Google Cloud Storage
Muse Glimmer 30BBackblaze B2 alternatives: Cloudflare R2, Wasabi Object Storage

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.20Cloudflare R2 alternatives: Amazon S3, Backblaze B2
DeepSeek V4 FlashBackblaze B2 alternatives: Cloudflare R2
Llama 4 MaverickBackblaze B2 alternatives: Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2
MiniMax M2.5Backblaze B2 alternatives: Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2

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 sixteen points.
Wasabi Object Storage16%#3 of 8
Google Cloud Storage0%#7 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Wasabi Object Storage leads by two points.
Wasabi Object Storage4%#4 of 8
Google Cloud Storage2%#5 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Wasabi Object Storage leads by thirteen points.
Wasabi Object Storage15%#2 of 11
Google Cloud Storage2%#9 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What 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.

“Verdict: Avoid unless you're certain your use case fits their model (long-term cold storage).” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Services with Significant Gotchas (Strongly Consider Avoiding for Most Users) - Wasabi” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Wasabi's 90-day minimum retention is the most commonly cited reason to avoid a service” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Wasabi and Backblaze B2 are the top recommendations for budget-conscious companies” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage — *Best All-Around for Backups & IT Operations*” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Wasabi is also frequently mentioned for S3-compatible use: $0.0070/GB-mo with FREE egress, but with a 1 TB minimum” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · alternative

What the models said about Google Cloud 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 These Budget Killers ... Google Cloud Storage standard: Similar high egress fees” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for tight budgets: AWS S3, Azure Blob, or Google Cloud Storage” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid using their Standard S3 tiers if you are on a budget” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“For most small businesses just starting out, Google Cloud Storage or AWS S3 free tiers are hard to beat” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud: Choose these if your company is heavily invested in their respective Microsoft 365 or Workspace infrastructures” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · alternative
“For companies already in the Microsoft or Google ecosystem, Azure Blob Storage or Google Cloud Storage may be more suitable.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.