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Backblaze compared to Azure Storage

Backblaze
Versus
Azure Storage

Features

Storage Features of Backblaze compared to Azure Storage
BackblazeFeaturesAzure Storage
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, REST apiManagement interfacesPortal, CLI, REST api
Event hooks/pubsub
SLABest effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue credits
10 TBMaximum object filesize~4.75 TB
Minimum object filesize

A 0 byte file has at least 4 bytes of chargeable overhead for metadata.

Formula: 4 bytes + Len (PartitionKey + RowKey) * 2 bytes + For-Each Property(8 bytes + Len(Property Name) * 2 bytes + Sizeof(.Net Property Type))

Recommended max file count per bucketUnlimited, as long as you stay under 5PB across your account
unlimitedMax filesize for a bucket
unlimited. Backblaze doesn’t operate with ‘folders’, it just pretends to do so.Maximum amount of bucketsunlimited
Logs
Authentication / ACLShared access signature allows authenticated access to objects
Direct integration with Cloudflare CDNCDN integrationAzure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directly
Peering & interconnectAzure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects published
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

Backblaze

Backblaze’s amazing story on how they pivoted their business to Storage Pods is a recommended read for sure.

Backblaze offers two products:

  • B2 Cloud Storage: An object storage service similar to Amazon’s S3.
  • Computer Backup: An online backup tool that allows Windows and macOS users to back up their data to offsite data centers.

Their pricing is competitive and publicly listed.

We have only listed the features of the b12 Cloud Storage solution, to make sure all providers on this site can be evenly compared.

Azure Storage

Microsoft Azure Cloud Storage Microsoft’s answer to their cloud competitor Amazon is finally here. Microsoft has a wide range of storage solutions, providing SaaS (software as a service), PaaS (platform as a service ) and IaaS (infrastructure as a service). Azure supports a great variety of programming languages, tools, and frameworks, ranging from Microsoft-specific to Linux, or other third-party software and systems.

In the table below we’ll look at the Hot Access Tier, as this is the most commonly used storage tier for online usage.

Comparisons