Service Profile Unit Economics Price AWS*
QStorage S3-compatible offering Upload: GB stored/mo
API calls: per thousand/mo Upload: starts $0.02
API: starts $0.0005 $0.023
$0.005
QKMS KMS-compatible MPC non-custodial key management service** API calls: per thousand/mo
Keys: key/mo API calls: starts $0.02
Keys: Free $0.03
$1
Relational CQL and SQL compatible services Storage: GB stored/mo
Request rate: per million/mo Storage: starts $0.05
Requests: starts $0.05 $0.10
$0.20
F(x) Lambda-like confidential compute as discrete functions Execution Time: GB/sec/mo
Requests: per million/mo Execution: starts $0.00001
Requests: Free $0.0000133334
$0.20

*** Pricing at base tier, most equivalent offering **** Non-custodial

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EGRESS COST For AWS there's no straightforward comparison path, any number given would easily be contested because of some kind of alternative path. But on QStorage egress will generally always be cheaper.

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📊 Real-World Monthly Cost Examples

Below are three realistic app scenarios showing how Quilibrium compares to AWS on common workloads (not including egress costs, which are usually cheaper on QStorage anyway) — from solo dev projects to enterprise-grade platforms.


🧪 1. Simple App (Solo Dev / MVP)

Use case: A productivity or note-taking app with basic file uploads and serverless processing. No database or key management.

Service Usage Quilibrium AWS
QStorage 100 GB + 500K API calls $2.25 $3.25
F(x) 1M requests, 10 GB·sec compute $0.0001 $0.27
Total $2.25 $3.52

💡 Even small projects save ~35% while keeping full S3 & Lambda compatibility.


📱 2. Social App (Growing Consumer App)

Use case: A photo-sharing or chat platform with media uploads, feed generation, and structured data. Includes encryption with KMS.

Service Usage Quilibrium AWS
QStorage 500 GB + 5M API calls $11.25 $16.50
Relational 250 GB + 10M DB requests $42.50 $85.00
F(x) 50M executions, 100 GB·sec compute $0.002 $13.33
QKMS 5,000 keys + 500K API calls $10.00 $5,416.00
Total $63.75 $5,530.83

💡 Over 98% savings with Quilibrium — especially with built-in, scalable encryption.


🏢 3. Enterprise App (Secure, Multi-Tenant SaaS)

Use case: A B2B platform handling private client files, detailed analytics, and regulatory compliance. Heavy on storage, compute, and encryption.

Service Usage Quilibrium AWS
QStorage 5 TB + 20M API calls $100.00 $155.00
Relational 2 TB + 50M DB requests $120.00 $250.00
F(x) 400M executions, 1,000 GB·sec compute $0.01 $106.66
QKMS 25,000 keys + 2M API calls $50.00 $25,000.00
Total $270.01 $25,511.66