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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) vs. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon S3

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A

    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ABackblaze, headquartered in San Mateo, provides cloud storage and online backup, boasting trust with over an exabyte of data from customers in 175 countries. A backup service specialist, Backblaze describes their B2 cloud object storage service as S3 compatible and purpose built to provide simplicity, reliability, and affordability. B2 Cloud Storage is available at $0.005/GB/Month, with single-tier pricing.

    $6

    per month per TB

    Pricing
    Amazon S3Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon S3Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsTwo pricing models are available: consumption-based pay-as-you-go, and capacity-based storage bundles. Pay-as-you-go consumption-based cloud storage costs $6/TB per month, with your first 10GB free. Egress is free up to 3x of average monthly data stored, and unlimited to many leading content delivery network (CDN) and compute partners. Capacity-based storage, called B2 Reserve, is designed for companies looking for all-inclusive pricing on a single invoice. Storage bundles start at 20TB and can be purchased for one, two, or three years. Egress is always free.
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    Amazon S3Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
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    Backblaze
    Chose Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Backblaze B2 offers more affordable storage per byte, supports the de-facto standard Amazon S3 protocol, and has free egress.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Features
    Amazon S3Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    User and role management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    Performance00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon S3Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)