S3-compatible secure cloud storage, up to 80% cheaper than hyperscalers. Premium performance without the complexity premium.
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People self-host for real reasons: the cost, the control, not wanting a vendor to dictate terms.
MinIO's Docker Hub pull was a decent reminder that "open source" and "not vendor-controlled" aren't always the same thing. the license was always theirs to change.
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cloud vs on-prem? depends on the workload:
predictable data growth → on-prem
unpredictable traffic → cloud
AI training data → close to your GPUs
backups → somewhere separate from prod
regulated / EU data → on-prem or EU provider (GDPR, CLOUD Act)
seems like most teams end up hybrid
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Cost-aware infrastructure design usually starts with compute. Egress is the cost most teams don't design around at all — until the bill does it for them.
@rabata_io is what a storage system looks like when egress is part of the design from day one, not an afterthought. One price for storage. Incoming traffic's free, always. Egress is included up to 3x your average monthly storage, and honestly, most teams never even get close to that ceiling.
Go over it and it's $6/TB — not a "contact sales" conversation, just a number you can plan around.
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The same engine powering @rabata_io petabyte-scale cloud clusters — now deployable on your own infrastructure with Rabata #OnPremise.
#S3-compatible object storage on your hardware, in your datacenter, under your control — built for AI/ML teams, regulated industries, and infrastructure providers who need security and control without sacrificing performance.
Two deployment options: software on your existing servers (from enterprise gear to commodity hardware) or full turnkey delivered and installed end-to-end.
Contact us at support@rabata.io for an exclusive offer.
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Rabata retweeted
We’ve added a new offer to our Perks Club:
@rabata_io , an enterprise-grade S3 storage provider built for modern GenAI workloads. With AWS S3 compatibility and data centers in Europe and the US, it helps AI startups scale faster.
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Went through r/startups to see how founders really talk about cloud credits.
"AWS does everything they can to make the cost opaque."
"Once the credits run out, reality hits."
The credit gets you in the door. The pricing you're locked into after is the real product.
We built @Rabata's $100K Gen-AI grant differently: flat $0.01/GB, before and after. No lock-in, no VC required.
rabata.io/grant-application
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Rabata retweeted
Meet @rabata_io , an enterprise-grade S3 storage provider built for GenAI teams. It offers AWS S3 compatibility, global infrastructure, and now a $100K storage grant for eligible GenAI startups.
Learn how to apply: rabata.io/grant-application?…
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The most dangerous backup is the one you've never restored.
Most teams know this. Most teams still skip DR tests.
Not laziness — math.
Restoring 10 TB from AWS S3 means ~10,140 GB of egress at $0.09/GB. That's $912. Per test. Run it quarterly and you're paying ~$3,600/year just to confirm your backups actually work.
So teams test once. Or never. And hope.
An untested backup isn't a backup. It's a hypothesis.
The pricing model created this behavior. The meter runs at exactly two moments: when you verify your safety net, and when you desperately need it. Your disaster recovery plan shouldn't have a paywall.
We built our Backup plan around removing it:
- $49 per 10 TB/month, flat
- $0 egress on restores
- Zero API request fees
It's a standard S3 target. Veeam, Restic, rclone, Duplicati — swap the endpoint, keep everything else.
Test your restores monthly. The invoice won't notice.
rabata.io/solutions/backup-s…
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The most expensive part of AI training isn't always the GPUs. Sometimes it's the distance between your GPUs and your data.
The structural fix: put storage in the same building as compute. Deploying that now for first on-prem customers.
⚡️Early conversations get the best terms: support@rabata.io
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An engineer thinks twice before re-syncing a 2 TB bucket.
An AI agent doesn't.
You can cap an agent's tokens. You can't cap its GET requests.
Rabata fix is structural: every GET, PUT, LIST, DELETE included. Your agent can hit the bucket 10M times tonight. The invoice doesn't know.
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Rabata is S3-compatible storage built on owned hardware. No API fees, no egress surprises, up to 80% cheaper than AWS.
We now offer this under your brand. You set the price, we run the infrastructure, your customers never see us.
📩 Early reseller access → support@rabata.io
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There's a $33B industry built around one job: helping you understand your own cloud bill
Finops certifications, consultant retainers at $10-20k/month, saas tools just to parse your aws costs
And companies still overspend by 25-35% after all that..
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This Reddit post hit 831 upvotes. Half the comments are "this happened to me too."
Went to bed with a $10 budget alert. Woke up to $25,672.86 in debt to Google Cloud.
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If you're running anything on cloud storage — worth 10 minutes to audit your request fees. Most people don't know what they're paying until they do.
rabata.io/migrate-to-rabata
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That experience changed how we think about pricing at Rabata. No API request fees. No egress surprises. A number you can predict before the month ends.
But at least one less way the bill can spiral.
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The thing is — budget alerts aren't hard stops. They're notifications. Google (and AWS, and everyone else) will happily keep charging while you sleep and email you about it after.
We had our own version of this on AWS. Not $25k. But enough.
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Ran the numbers on 200 TB backup/year.
AWS S3: $62,400
Azure: $49,920
GCP: $55,200
Rabata: $11,760
Flat $49/10 TB/mo. Free egress on restore. No minimum retention. Works with Veeam, Restic, Rclone.
No catch: rabata.io/migrate-to-rabata
#Devops #datastorage #s3 #backup
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