Announcing Predictable Pricing in USD on Walrus

When builders are choosing which platform to store and verify data on, there’s several factors to consider – from reliability and uptime to availability and programmability. Another factor that cannot be overlooked is price predictability, which allows builders to budget and scale with confidence.

That’s why we’re announcing a major change to our pricing policy that creates a fixed, USD-denominated cost ($0.023/GB/mo) for storage on Walrus. Now, developers can tap into the power of Walrus predictably and with less complexity.

Here’s how it works

Storage on Walrus is still paid for in WAL but priced at a fixed rate ($0.023/GB/mo), with the amount of WAL required adjusted automatically as its price changes.

Behind the scenes, Walrus storage nodes track WAL prices from multiple sources and periodically update their onchain price vote to keep costs aligned with USD. SUI will still be used for gas fees.

Storage – and so much more

Developers choosing Walrus get more than standardized pricing. At $0.023 per GB per month, it’s in line with centralized storage providers, but with additional capabilities and lower configuration requirements. 

Built-in Redundancy

Data is encoded using erasure coding with ~4.5x redundancy across independent storage nodes. Achieving similar redundancy in AWS S3, for example, typically requires storing additional copies in multiple regions.

Portability

Data is not tied to a single provider and can be accessed across environments without migration overhead. Moving data across centralized cloud storage can be costly (egress) and operationally complex.

Verifiability

Data is content-addressed and cryptographically verifiable, so you can prove it has not been altered. Cloud storage providers rely on internal checksums to maintain integrity, but do not provide independent verification.

Programmable Access Control

Access is enforced through onchain policies, enabling fine-grained, dynamic permissioning reusable across systems. Cloud storage providers manage access through centralized policies outside application logic, often requiring additional infrastructure for dynamic behavior.

Conclusion

As we look to the future, we’re shaping Walrus to become the foundation for builders who need infrastructure they can depend on. From an unparalleled level of programmability compared to other centralized data infrastructure to launching innovative new tools for AI builders, predictable pricing is one more way we’re demonstrating our commitment to helping builders scale and grow reliably.

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