What are the differences between Wasabi and Ubuntu One?

Let us understand the concepts of Wasabi and Ubuntu One before learning the differences between them.

Wasabi

Wasabi is a hot cloud storage company. It delivers fast, low-cost, and reliable cloud storage. Generally, the Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage is 1/5 the price of Amazon S3 and faster than the competition with no fees for API requests.

Wasabi Cloud Storage where one size fits all cloud object storage service which satisfies all storage performance requirements. Generally the Hot cloud storage costs less than cold storage service and is faster than traditional frequent-access storage services.

Applications

The applications of Wasabi are as follows −

• Web and mobile apps

• Agile development and testing

• Big data and analytics

• Commercial software

Features

The features of Wasabi are as follows −

• Ultra-low-cost pricing

• Industry-leading performance

• Extreme data durability

• Comprehensive access controls and data encryption

• Amazon S3-compatible API

• Intuitive browser-based interface

Advantages

The advantages of Wasabi are as follows −

• No equipment to buy or manage

• Pay-as-you-grow scalability

• Inherent resiliency and data integrity

• Easy to use and administer

• No vendor lock-in

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of Wasabi are as follows −

• Only one data centre

• There is no ecosystem surrounding

• The amount we need to pay for uploading 1TB or 1KB is the same.

Ubuntu One

It provides a collection of software that consists of applications like file manager, PDF viewer, text editor, video player, and archiving utility by default. The system is launched by a UK based company called Canonical Ltd.

Features

The features of Ubuntu One are as follows −

• Backslashes are used in Ubuntu like /home/name.

• Ubuntu doesn’t have drive letters.

• Ubuntu applications don’t lock exclusive access to files as often.

• Just as every mounted file system is a directory under / (the root directory), everything on Ubuntu is a file.

• Ubuntu has open source apps mainly

• Ubuntu is much cheaper

• Ubuntu was designed with a multi user scenario.

• Only the administrator or the root user has permission to access the kernel.

• Flexible and scalable implementation is possible with Ubuntu.

• For education, testing environment etc Ubuntu is better as this is cost effective at the same time as easy inclement.

Advantages

The advantages of Ubuntu are as follows −

• For computing it is a Free Operating System.

• The software can easily be customized.

• It is famous in Developing Unique Programs

• Updates are simple

• For Documentation it is a great option.

• Ubuntu is more secure when compared to other operating systems

• Launchpad Is Good.

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of Ubuntu are as follows −

• Experts can operate

• Difficult To Migrate

• Tough To Understand Operating

• Functionalities are limited.

• Hardware & Software Complications

• Gaming purpose it is not good

• Limited customer support.

The firewall options available for ubuntu are listed below

• IPCop Firewall

• Vuurmuur

• IPfire

• Endian

• ConfigServer Security Firewall

• pfSense

• Shorewall

Differences

The major differences between Ubuntu One and Wasabi are as follows −

Ubuntu One	Wasabi
Ubuntu One was launched in the year 2009 by Canonical Limited.	Wasabi is owned by Wasabi incorporation in 2017
Ubuntu One offers 5 GB free storage space.	Wasabi does not offer free storage space
Ubuntu offers unlimited storage space for the paid version.	Wasabi provides unlimited storage space..
Ubuntu One files are not encrypted.	In Wasabi files stored are encrypted.
Ubuntu One maximum file size was 5 GB per file.	The maximum file size is not restricted in Wasabi.
Ubuntu One provides file hosting, file synchronization and cloud storage service.	Wasabi provides file hosting service and cloud storage service.
Ubuntu One had a band-width limit.	Wasabi has no band-width limit.
Ubuntu One was suspended in the year 2014.	Wasabi is still in use.
Ubuntu One did not have append-only support.	Wasabi has append-only support