{"id":65,"date":"2008-10-07T16:43:32","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T00:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/07\/backblaze-online-backup-service-launched\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:05:30","slug":"backblaze-online-backup-service-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-online-backup-service-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Online Backup Service Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bb-bh-Allow-us-to-Introduce-Ourselves-560x319.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">Backblaze online backup launched publicly on Tuesday, September 16<sup>th<\/sup>, which US News called &#8220;gutsy&#8221; in today&#8217;s age of perpetual betas. I wanted to share a bit about what has transpired over the last few months that led us here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/100808_0043_Backblazeon15.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Backblaze Launch Visitors<\/h2>\n<p>After four months in a stealth beta, we <a href=\"\/blog\/backblaze-launches-private-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expanded the Backblaze private beta<\/a> to a broader set of users on June 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, which resulted in a very exciting week when TechCrunch, Ars Technica, and SimpleHelp wrote about the service. We received volumes of excellent feedback\u2026 upon which we immediately set to work.<\/p>\n<h3>We Stayed True to Our Core<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Back up all data:<\/strong> the fundamental Backblaze philosophy that you should not need to figure out what to back up because all data should be backed up<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/company\/news.html\">Unlimited storage<\/a>:<\/strong> give you the ability to store all of your data without worrying about running out of space<\/li>\n<li><strong>$5 per month:<\/strong> no complicated per-gigabyte charges or overage fee concerns<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extreme ease-of-use:<\/strong> the one-click install that anyone can do<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>While Adding New Features You Requested<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Support for files up to 4GB:<\/strong> for those of you with very large individual files, Backblaze can now back them up<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outlook backup:<\/strong> and Outlook Express, Thunderbird, and other email programs are automatically backed up<\/li>\n<li><strong>Private encryption key:<\/strong> some of you wanted to ensure no one could ever access your files and this option enables only you to ever access your files<\/li>\n<li><strong>Incremental backup:<\/strong> file changes are now broken up into small pieces, ensuring only the changed pieces ever need to be backed up<\/li>\n<li><strong>Block-level deduplication:<\/strong> identical files or file pieces are only uploaded once, to increase how quickly you can backup<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unlimited free restores:<\/strong> we switched to a new file format for restores to enable unlimited restore downloads and kept them available for free<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed test:<\/strong> since a common question you asked was &#8220;How long will my first backup take?&#8221; the Backblaze Control Panel will now tell you based on the amount of data you have and your internet connection<\/li>\n<li><strong>Backup speed improvements:<\/strong> a combination of bug fixes, code optimizations, and data center scaling, your backups should happen as fast as your internet connection allows<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monthly\/yearly billing:<\/strong> both have been available, but now you can switch between them as you wish; switching to yearly billing gets you two months free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While working toward launch, Backblaze presented at the excellent SF New Tech and SF Beta events, was chosen as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/company\/news.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">winner of the AlwaysOn Top Global 250<\/a> Private Companies, selected for game-changing technology and market value, and was reviewed by Rafe Needleman of CNET&#8217;s Webware, who called Backblaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/backblaze-possibly-worlds-easiest-online-backup-invites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;possibly world&#8217;s easiest online backup&#8221;<\/a> and by US News&#8217; David La Guesse who said it is the &#8220;Simplest Way Yet to Back Up PC Files.&#8221; Compare Backblaze with the other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-backup\/personal\/compare-backup-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online backup solutions here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly three weeks ago today, Backblaze made its online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/solutions\/backup-and-archive\">backup service<\/a> fully available to the public. TechCrunch wrote about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2008\/09\/16\/backblazes-one-click-online-backup-opens-to-the-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one-click backup<\/a> and VentureBeat said &#8220;<a title=\"Permanent Link to Backblaze makes it dead simple to backup your files online\" href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2008\/09\/16\/backblaze-makes-it-dead-simple-to-backup-your-files-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze makes it dead simple to backup your files online<\/a>.&#8221; It has been great to work with all of you that helped us refine the service on the way to launch and we&#8217;re thrilled to make it available to everyone now.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not backing up your computer yet, you really have no excuse. Take one minute and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">start backing up now<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backblaze online backup launched publicly on Tuesday, September 16th, which US News called &#8220;gutsy&#8221; in today&#8217;s age of perpetual betas. I wanted to share a bit about what has transpired over the last few months that led us here. Backblaze Launch Visitors After four months in a stealth beta, we expanded the Backblaze private beta&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-online-backup-service-launched\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backblaze Online Backup Service Launched<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[131,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backblaze-bits","category-release","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Announcing the Official Launch of the Backblaze Unlimited Online Backup Service<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Backblaze online backup launched publicly on Tuesday, September 16th, which US News called &quot;gutsy&quot; in today&#039;s age of perpetual betas. 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