Backblaze B2
Low-cost S3-compatible storage; egress free up to 3x stored data, no API transaction fees for uploads, downloads or lists.
Backup and archive workloads with occasional downloads fit well: storage is $6.95 per TB-month, uploads, downloads and lists carry no transaction fees, and egress is free up to 3x the average data stored, then $0.01 per GB. Unlike IDrive e2 there is no minimum charge, and the first 10 GB are free. Egress to partner CDNs such as Cloudflare, Fastly and bunny.net is also free. The EU Central region in Amsterdam is chosen at account creation.
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Parent jurisdiction
- 🇺🇸 United States
- EU self-serve plan
- Available; check eligible plans and regions
- GDPR DPA
- Yes
- Provider type
- Standalone storage. S3-compatible storage sold on its own rather than as part of a server cloud, usually with few extra services.
- Billing
- payg
- Free tier
- First 10 GB of storage free.
- Open source
- No
- Website
- www.backblaze.com
- Source last checked
- 2026-10-06
- Pricing evidence
- Published rates
Pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. How to read these estimates.
| Storage / GB-month | Internet egress / GB |
|---|---|
| $0.00695 | $0.01 |
Allowances, plan limits & calculation details
Rates are shown at their recorded precision. A zero means no charge in this calculation; the vendor may charge for things we leave out. See the notes for usage assumptions and currency conversions.
- Base fee / month
- $0
- Minimum bill / month
- $0
- Included storage (GB)
- 10
- Storage / GB-month
- $0.00695
- Included egress (GB)
- 0
- Free egress / stored data (ratio)
- 3
- Internet egress / GB
- $0.01
- 1M write operations
- $0
- 1M read operations
- $0
Pay-as-you-go $6.95/TB-month (published US West rate). Egress is free up to 3x the average monthly data stored, then $0.01/GB. Class A (uploads), B (downloads, GetObject) and C (lists) transactions are free; Class D (event notifications) costs $0.004 per 10,000 after 2,500 free per day. No minimum file size or storage duration fees. Free egress to partner CDNs (e.g. Cloudflare, Fastly, bunny.net). The EU Central region (Amsterdam) is chosen at account creation. DPA for EEA/EU customers at backblaze.com/company/dpa.html.
Managed alternatives
At 50 TB stored, 20 TB egress to internet / month, 10M writes / month, 100M reads / month. Adjust usage and requirements.
Backblaze B2: $4,169/yr estimated.
- IDrive e2: $3,600/yr estimated · $569/yr bill differencePublished rates
No cheaper managed estimate matches your filters. Adjust your usage or compare with your actual contract bill.
The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you’d need to replace.
Self-hosted options
Operating cost is not estimated. These options are not counted as savings against managed services.
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