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Backblaze B2

Cost-focused cloud object storage with native and S3-compatible APIs.

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Editorial verdict

Choose Backblaze B2 when object-storage cost and compatibility are primary and its regions, support model, and surrounding service ecosystem meet the workload.910

Best for

  • Cost-sensitive object storage and backup workloads
  • Applications using compatible S3 tooling without requiring a hyperscaler platform
  • Teams that can validate region, transfer, support, and delivery-partner requirements
910

Not ideal for

  • Systems that depend on deep AWS-native service integration
  • Applications requiring a broad global region portfolio from the storage provider
  • Products that need built-in upload UI, media transformation, and callback orchestration
910
Main trade-off

B2 offers a focused object-storage product and competitive cost shape, but its platform breadth, regions, and native integrations are narrower than larger clouds.910

Product boundary

Whether straightforward storage economics and S3-compatible access outweigh a narrower platform and regional footprint.

Backblaze B2 stores objects and exposes storage APIs. It is not a user-upload workflow, media transformation system, application authorization layer, or complete CDN by itself.9

For: Teams seeking standalone object storage for backups, application files, or delivery integrations without hyperscaler breadth

  • The workload requires regions or compliance terms outside the current B2 offering.
  • An existing AWS or Cloudflare platform commitment makes integrated operations more valuable than storage price.
  • The application needs a managed upload or media workflow rather than only object persistence.

Why teams consider Backblaze B2

  • Focused object storageThe product centers on bucket-and-object storage rather than a broad application platform.9
  • S3-compatible optionCompatible APIs support many existing tools after operation and behavior checks.9
  • Published cost modelBackblaze publishes storage, transaction, and download economics for workload estimation.9

Pricing

Pricing is usage based across stored data, downloads or egress treatment, API transactions, and optional services, with live thresholds and partner-delivery rules requiring verification.10

Workload estimate

Usage based

Estimate stored volume, API transactions, downloads, and any delivery or partner path.10

Primary meters
Stored data, downloads, and API transactions10
Fit gate
Validate regions, compatibility, support, and delivery integration before selection10
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Backblaze B2 vs alternatives

Amazon S3

Choose when
Choose S3 when AWS ecosystem depth, storage controls, and region options justify more complexity.
Compared with Backblaze B2
Pricing and policy design are more involved.12

Cloudflare R2

Choose when
Choose R2 when delivery is Cloudflare-centered and its direct-egress model is decisive.
Compared with Backblaze B2
S3 compatibility remains a documented subset and Cloudflare becomes a larger platform dependency.345

Supabase Storage

Choose when
Choose it when Auth and Postgres RLS integration are more valuable than standalone storage.
Compared with Backblaze B2
Storage becomes coupled to the wider Supabase project.67

Resources and sources

Official product and pricing

  • Backblaze B2 documentation
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  • Backblaze B2 pricing
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Related tasks

  1. 1
    Amazon S3 User Guide

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    Amazon S3 pricing

    Amazon Web Services · Accessed Official

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    Cloudflare R2 documentation

    Cloudflare · Accessed Official

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    R2 S3 API compatibility

    Cloudflare · Accessed Official

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    Cloudflare R2 pricing

    Cloudflare · Accessed Official

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    Supabase Storage documentation

    Supabase · Accessed Official

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    Supabase Storage access control

    Supabase · Accessed Official

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    Supabase Storage pricing

    Supabase · Accessed Official

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    Backblaze B2 documentation

    Backblaze · Accessed Official

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    Backblaze B2 pricing

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