Backblaze offers performance without complexity, cost, and vendor lock-in. For many organizations, this means they can achieve their objectives while also saving time, money, headaches, and more.
Details that Matter
Backblaze B2 Object Storage
Amazon S3 Standard Object Storage
Pay as You Go Hot Storage Pricing
$6/TB/Month
$26/TB/Mo
Egress
Unlimited
Free up to 3x your total storage, then $0.01/GB for any additional; and free unlimited egress to most CDN and compute partners.
$0.09/GB
Ease of Use
Get started in minutes
Save up to 92% time ongoing per independent analysis by Enterprise Strategy Group
Amazon CTO: "We launched S3 as 'simple' but I'm not convinced it's simple anymore"
Flexibility
Tech stack agnostic; no vendor lock-in
Users may experience lock-in within the AWS ecosystem
Delete Fees
None
Small File Fees
None
Data Migration
$0 for >50TB committed contract
Minimum Storage Charge
None
You are charged only for the storage you use
Use Cases Supported
(Application Storage, Backup & Disaster Recovery, Archive, Media Management)
Enterprise-Grade Security Available
(including SSE, Object Lock, Replication)
Compliance Compatible
(including HIPAA, PCI-DSS friendly)
Capacity-Based hot storage SKUs also available
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[With Backblaze], everything functions seamlessly, and no customer or end user knows anything is happening differently. The only difference is we’re saving $10,000 to $12,000 a month, immediately, and will save even more as we grow more
With Backblaze, we’ve been able to reduce our storage costs by 80% and our overall infrastructure costs by 65%
We were paying through the nose for Amazon S3 just for archiving and we needed to find ways to reduce costs. I was concerned about how hard it would be to switch over from Amazon S3 to Backblaze B2, but it was surprisingly easy and minimal work overall
See how much you can save with Backblaze B2 vs AWS S3 and others
The Backblaze B2 Storage Cloud platform is architected and designed with data security in mind. The key pillars of our security framework are enterprise-grade access management security, data storage security, and architecture & physical security. These include a wide range of administrative and technical controls, implemented at the enterprise, business process, and system levels, and attestations—so whether you’re seeking a platform designed to 11 nines of durability, encryption options, immutability, SOC 2 compliance, data replication, or just peace of mind, Backblaze is built for you.
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage customers on our pay-as-you-go service qualify for free Universal Data Migration—yes, we really do take on the data transfer and egress fees—with greater than 50TB committed contracts. Free Universal Migration is also offered to Backblaze B2 Reserve SKU buyers.
Vendor lock-in is a situation in which a customer becomes dependent on a service provider such that it is difficult for them to switch to a different service provider without significant switching cost. Backblaze B2 avoids this by taking an open approach that works with ranging tech stacks and vendors, thereby allowing for easier, flexible workflow integration.
Yes, Backblaze B2 integrates seamlessly with thousands of hardware and software tools, likely including those you use in your workflow. Some examples of our Alliance Partners are Veeam, MSP360, Arq, rclone, Commvault, Veritas, iconik, LucidLink, Synology, Fastly, and Vultr. You can find a more extensive list of tested integrations here; and many more will work seamlessly with Backblaze B2 given its S3 compatibility.
All Backblaze B2 customers receive free support that includes documentation, knowledge base articles, and email & chat support from real, nice humans. Premium support plans are available for customers that seek more personalized assistance and/or a tighter response SLA.
Yes, Backblaze offers Universal Data Migration to support data migration from a range of sources, including cloud-to-cloud migration from AWS S3.
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