Backblaze B2
S3-compatible object storage at 1/5th the price of AWS S3. Free egress with Cloudflare CDN partnership. Simple, cost-effective storage for backups, media, and static assets.
Overview
| Category | Storage |
| Compliance | SOC2, GDPR |
| Self-Hostable | No |
| On-Prem | No |
| Best For | hobby, startup, growth |
| Last Verified | 2026-02-18 |
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths:- cost
- dx
- reliability
- Fewer regions than AWS/GCP/Azure
- Limited ecosystem integrations
- No built-in CDN (relies on Cloudflare partnership)
When to Use
Best when:- Cost-sensitive storage workloads
- Backups and archival
- Static asset hosting with Cloudflare CDN
- Need multi-region with guaranteed latency SLAs
- Need deep cloud ecosystem integration
- Enterprise compliance beyond SOC2