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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

    Score9.7 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

    Carbonite Safe

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ACarbonite Safe is a personal cloud backup solution offered on pricing tiers to backup a single computer to multiple computers, to an insfrastructure consisting of endpoints and servers. Users of the former Mozy product (an online data backup service which allows users to back up their hard drive and, in the event of a computer catastrophe, perform a full restore of all files) are migrated to Carbonite Safe. Mozy was acquired by Carbonite from Dell in March 2018.

    $83.99

    per year

    Pricing
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageCarbonite Safe
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $83.99
    per year
    Plus
    $119.99
    per year
    Prime
    $149.99
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageCarbonite Safe
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    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
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageCarbonite Safe
    Considered Both Products
    Backblaze
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    Carbonite, an OpenText company
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageCarbonite Safe
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Carbonite Safe
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Carbonite Safe
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Carbonite Safe
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Carbonite Safe
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Carbonite Safe
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Carbonite Safe
    -
    Ratings
    Performance10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Carbonite Safe
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    -
    Ratings
    Carbonite Safe
    8.7
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings3.33 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings5.93 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Carbonite Safe
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    -
    Ratings
    Carbonite Safe
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings6.93 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    Azure Backup
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageCarbonite Safe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.9
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.9
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageCarbonite Safe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    Mozy Pro is a great fit, especially for small businesses that don't want to pursue a very large number of licenses, and don't have many TB of data to backup. The price per user is reasonable, and well within the budget of smaller businesses needing workstation backup solutions. For larger enterprises, there are other products that provide a lot more storage and better performance. We found Code42's product to be better for larger data backup needs.
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    Pros
    Backblaze
    • File management
    • Pricing
    • Customer Service
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    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    • Performance Settings: Mozy can be configured to run very smoothly in the background with minimal performance degradation. It provides network bandwidth throttling, backup speed, and backing up only when idle option. From my own experience I usually do not notice any performance degradation when Mozy is running. Of course a good network or Internet connection is vital.
    • Restore: file restoration is simple and intuitive. The user can restore logical backup sets (e.g. all photos) or file based (select the folder or file you want restored). Files and folders can be restored with the latest version or earlier version. Rename and overwrite options provide further flexibility.
    • Sync: with Mozy you can sync file across multiple devices including mobile. Access to your corporate files via smart phone is a secure manner is very useful.
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    Cons
    Backblaze
    • My chief complaint about the former lack of S3 compatibility was resolved so I have no complaints now.
    • Please keep egress free!
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    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    • I would like to see backups for programs that I have installed on my machine. For instance I use Adobe CS6 and MS Office among other things. Instead of having to reinstall all these programs on my new machine, I would love for Mozy to be able to save the programs somehow and I can restore them as they were on the old machine with the same almost one-click process that I use to restore files. Basically like Time Machine, but for Windows.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    For the clients we have using this service, we fully plan to renew the subscription. However, that may change as our client's business grows and they have a need to add visualization and other server types to their environment
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    Usability
    Backblaze
    Since Backblaze added S3 compatibility a few years ago, it's become the most perfect online backup solution.
    I also like their transparency in describing their platform and the reports of hard drive reliability are very interesting.
    The free egress is priceless, too.
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    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    Out of all the vendor we deal with they are one of the best when it comes to customers service. Reliable,you can reach them by telephone easily, Great overall can not say anything to the contrary. Usibility is excellent. I recommend them highly whether you need a simple backup ofr more complex for servers etc.
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    Support Rating
    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    I usually find what I need to know by looking in the Carbonite knowledge base online. We haven't had any major problems, usually we just need clarification on a point or more details about a feature so we look it up. We haven't had to call in for help in quite awhile.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Backblaze
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage is the best of the bunch. It's priced better than the more expensive cloud based solutions and more robust than the file storage sites like Dropbox or Google Drive.
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    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    Carbonite Safe is a great solution for startup entities. It ranks nicely with Acronis and Carbonite Server Backup. Carbonite Safe is very good for backing up workstations including home computers. This is a good solution for home office users. Acronis does image level backups better than Mozy / Carbonite Safe whereas Barracuda Backup is a much more expensive (but worthwhile) investment. Barracuda Backup includes a physical BDR appliance.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    • Mozy is very affordable and pricing is very flexible and easy to add more space when needed. This allows us to only pay for what we need.
    • Having our critical files protected is the most important thing. The fact that it doesn't cost much for us to do that is just a bonus.
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    ScreenShots

    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Screenshots

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