Walrus review
Updated September 28, 2026 · DeployCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
Walrus suits developers and small teams that store objects and pull data out often, since its pricing model lists no egress charge on top of a flat storage rate of $0.023 per GB per month. The trade-off is the write fee and SUI gas that ride alongside storage, and a storage term of 14 days.
Key facts
- Best for
- S3-compatible object storage for teams that read data more than they write, with no egress line item.
- Price per GB per month
- $0.023↗
- Free egress
- No egress charge stated: the pricing model lists only $0.023/GB/month storage, a WAL write fee and SUI gas↗
- S3-compatible
- Yes↗
- Minimum storage period
- 14 days↗
- Storage types
- Object↗
- Legal entity
- Walrus Foundation↗
- Support channels
- Email, Help-centre, Community↗
- Official website
- walrus.xyz
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 4 sources
Pros and cons
Pros
- No egress charge: the pricing model lists only $0.023 per GB per month for storage, a WAL write fee and SUI gas.
- S3-compatible: yes, so existing clients and libraries can connect to the bucket.
- A flat storage rate of $0.023 per GB per month, so the bill has a single line to read.
- Support spans email, help centre and community, so self-serve answers sit close at hand.
Cons
- Storage at $0.023 per GB per month is above the site median of €0.01, and Walrus sits at 70 of 103 on that measure.
- A term of 14 days applies to stored data, so short-lived blobs still bill.
- Support runs on email, help centre and community only, so urgent issues go through email or the community.
Who it suits
- Teams whose traffic reads and re-uploads more than it stores, since no egress charge is listed.
- Developers already holding SUI who can absorb the write fee and gas.
- Builders who want a single S3-compatible bucket, with storage types at object.
Who should look elsewhere
- Storage-first buyers: Aruba lists €0.011 per GB per month, below Walrus at $0.023.
- Teams wanting a predictable band: UCloud storage runs $0.063 to $0.24 per GB per month.
- Projects that need block storage alongside objects, since Walrus storage types are object.
Plans, egress and billing
Walrus charges $0.023 per GB per month for storage. The pricing model lists no egress charge: only storage, a WAL write fee and SUI gas. Stored data carries a term of 14 days, so the bill follows what you keep rather than what you move out.
How Walrus compares
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Where Walrus is available
- Available
- Everywhere except Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Ukraine
Countries from the brand (Source, checked September 26, 2026)
Frequently asked questions
What does Walrus charge per GB per month?+
Storage is priced at $0.023 per GB per month. That single rate sits above the site median of €0.01, and Walrus ranks 70 of 103 on price per GB per month.
Is there a charge for data leaving Walrus?+
No egress charge is stated. The pricing model lists only $0.023 per GB per month for storage, a WAL write fee and SUI gas, so reading data out is not billed as a separate line.
Is Walrus S3-compatible?+
S3-compatible: yes, which means current tooling and libraries can point at the service. Storage types are object, so object storage is the only category on offer, with no block or file tier listed.
How long does data have to stay stored?+
Stored data carries a term of 14 days. Blobs you drop in are billed as kept over that period, so short-lived files still land on the bill at $0.023 per GB per month.
How do you get support?+
Support runs on email, help centre and community. Email, the help centre and the community are the routes in, so an urgent outage is handled in writing rather than by voice on a call at any hour.
Who runs Walrus?+
The operator behind Walrus is Walrus Foundation, which sets the terms for the service. The S3-compatible interface and the storage pricing are documented together, so the same rate and the same client view apply.
How does Walrus compare with Aruba and UCloud?+
Aruba lists €0.011 per GB per month while Walrus charges $0.023. UCloud runs $0.063 to $0.24 and SberCloud lists RUB 814.68, so the choice turns on currency and market as much as on the rate.
Sources
- docs.wal.app/docs/legal/walrus_general_tos checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Legal entity, Support channels
“offered by Walrus Foundation ("Walrus Foundation," "we," "our")”
- docs.wal.app/docs/system-overview/storage-costs checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Minimum storage period, Price per GB per month
“less than 1 epoch (2 weeks on Mainnet)”
- docs.wal.app/docs/system-overview/wal-tokenomics-faq checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Free egress
“WAL covers storage and write fees, and SUI covers the onchain gas for Sui transactions”
- docs.wal.app/llms.txt checked September 26, 2026
Backs: S3-compatible, Storage types
“Oyster is a Web2-friendly object storage service backed by Walrus (decentralized blob storage) and Sui (onchain state). It gives you familiar HTTP and S3 APIs”
Compiled from 4 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
Not confirmed yet: Egress price per GB.
Walrus
S3-compatible object storage for teams that read data more than they write, with no egress line item.