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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
    Editions & Modules
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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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    Community Pulse
    Amazon S3Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    39 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    38 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    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
    8% above category average
    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
    7% above category average
    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
    17% above category average
    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
    14% above category average
    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
    16% above category average
    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)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon S3Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Backblaze
    Providing the option of purchasing a much longer archive if desired or limiting the length of time in maintaining what's been saved is brilliant. It makes all the sense in the world. At the very least, unless the retention period is clearly mandated somehow, it causes a decision maker (especially a small business owner) to think strategically about what the storage needs truly are.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
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    Backblaze
    • File management
    • Pricing
    • Customer Service
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Web console can be very confusing and challenging to use, especially for new users
    • Bucket policies are very flexible, but the composability of the security rules can be very confusing to get right, often leading to security rules in use on buckets other than what you believe they are
    Incentivized
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    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    Due to princing, availability and scalability.
    Incentivized
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    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    It is tricky to get it all set up correctly with policies and getting the IAM settings right. There is also a lot of lifecycle config you can do in terms of moving data to cold/glacier storage. It is also not to be confused with being a OneDrive or SharePoint replacement, they each have their own place in our environment, and S3 is used more by the IT team and accessed by our PHP applications. It is not necessarily used by an average everyday user for storing their pictures or documents, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • It practically eliminated some real heavy storage servers from our premises and reduced maintenance cost.
    • The excellent durability and reliability make sure the return of money you invested in.
    • If the objects which are not active or stale, one needs to remove them. Those objects keep adding cost to each billing cycle. If you are handling a really big infrastructure, sometimes this creates quite a huge bill for preserving un-necessary objects/documents.
    Incentivized
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    Backblaze
    • Difficult to quantify the peace of mind Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage services provides.
    • Based on the reported experiences of other Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage clients, recovery has been smooth. We have not yet had the need to use that function.
    • Because Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage's service has been seamless, I feel much more confident in their ability to deliver what they promise when we have the need to expand or enhance what we are purchasing from them.
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    ScreenShots

    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Screenshots

    Screenshot of Files are stored in BucketsScreenshot of B2 Cloud Storage Dashboard