The appeal of a single cloud provider is straightforward. Global reach, integrated services, and scale make businesses feel secure—until that security breaks due to a single point of failure. Relying on one provider for your applications, data storage, and backups creates unnecessary risk that your business need not take on.

Risks of single provider dependence

When you trust just one cloud provider for applications, backup, and backup storage, you face several dangers:

• Total system vulnerability: During an outage or cyber attack targeting your provider’s infrastructure, you lose access to applications, business data, and backups simultaneously. This stops operations, extends recovery time, and costs money.

• Limited options: Dependence on one provider limits your flexibility. You may struggle to negotiate better prices or change providers without significant costs and disruption.

• Weaker security: Today’s cyber threats evolve quickly. An attacker who finds a weakness in your provider’s systems can potentially breach your entire digital infrastructure.

• Regulatory challenges: Laws often require data storage across different regions. One provider may not have the right geographic coverage for your compliance needs.

Strengthen your strategy with multiple providers

The fix? Simple— don’t put all your cloud data in one basket. By spreading your risk across different cloud environments, you build a safety net for your data. Wasabi fits right in here, offering storage solutions that play nicely with whatever cloud setup you already have.

What makes Wasabi click for so many businesses? It works perfectly as either your main backup storage or as a backup to your backup (which is just smart thinking). Since it's S3 compatible, it plugs right into all the major backup applications you're probably already using. No need to rip and replace—just add it to what you've got.

Here's the real kicker: when you need your data back, Wasabi won't punish you for it. No fees for taking your own data out, no charges for API calls to access what's yours. It's your data—you should be able to move it whenever and wherever you want.

Our API policy extends to communications with third-party applications, a major driver of API operations requests. With no fees for any API requests, Wasabi becomes the storage your favorite applications want to talk to. Our large partner network comprises AI-powered analytics apps, data management platforms, and everything in between, so no matter what you want to do with your data, you’ll never be charged to do it. Forget about those shocking monthly bills that make you question your life choices. With Wasabi, you only pay for the data you store. No hidden fees, no minimum commitments, no nasty surprises.

That's why businesses looking to build in some backup redundancy without breaking the bank find Wasabi a perfect fit. Of course, we couldn’t call Wasabi a backup storage provider without some security bona fides. Cybersecurity is integral to our commitment to putting data to work—without a strong security foundation, data cannot be freely utilized.

Protection through layered defense

Wasabi uses a layered security approach to create a truly cyber-resilient storage repository. In addition to standard industry security features like data encryption, single sign-on (SSO), role-based access control (RBAC), and multi-factor authentication (MFA), Wasabi offers the following capabilities:

• Multi-User Authentication: This feature prevents unauthorized deletion of storage buckets or accounts. All security contacts must approve changes, making your data more secure.

• Egress alerts: These act as warning signals for unusual data movement. When alerts trigger, your encrypted data remains protected while you investigate potential issues.

• Flexible and budget-friendly: Storage grows with your data, so you pay only for what you need, with no surprise budget-breaking fees for egress or API calls, all while maintaining next-level data protection.

• No-cost immutability: Wasabi offers immutability at the object and bucket level at no additional cost. Create a virtual airgap and protect valuable data from being altered or deleted by any would-be hacker.

Building true resilience in the face of uncertainty

A multicloud strategy isn’t just a technical preference—it’s imperative for businesses and organizations that are serious about cyber resilience. By distributing risk across providers, implementing layered security approaches, and maintaining flexible, cost-effective storage solutions, you create a digital infrastructure that can withstand today’s evolving threats. Wasabi’s approach eliminates the traditional pain points of cloud storage—no egress fees, no API charges, and transparent pricing—while providing the security features needed for true data protection.

Want to see how our solutions integrate with your existing infrastructure to create a more resilient backup strategy? Join us at VeeamON 2025, where our experts will demonstrate real-world multicloud implementations.