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Google Cloud Storage compared to Backblaze

Google Cloud Storage
Versus
Backblaze

Features

Storage Features of Google Cloud Storage compared to Backblaze
Google Cloud StorageFeaturesBackblaze
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesPortal, REST api
Yes, but only in combination with Google FirebaseEvent hooks/pubsub
Credits below 99.95%. That is 21 minutes of monthly downtime allowed without ability to claim creditsSLA
5 TBMaximum object filesize10 TB
Minimum object filesize
Recommended max file count per bucket
5 TBMax filesize for a bucketunlimited
unlimitedMaximum amount of bucketsunlimited. Backblaze doesn’t operate with ‘folders’, it just pretends to do so.
Logs
Authentication / ACL
Yes, google’s storage solution ties into multiple CDNs and it’s covered by google’s own caching layerCDN integrationDirect integration with Cloudflare CDN
Leveraging Google’s Peering connections for fast delivery of contentPeering & interconnect
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has proven itself time over time. They host anything, from very small startups to large enterprise clients, like Nintendo’s Pokemon GO, or basically any NFT marketplace.

Google Cloud Storage was first to introduce Interconnect.

Google Cloud Storage Interconnect facilitates cheap egress costs, from the storage to your CDN supplier. Which means that, when you put a CDN in front of your google cloud object storage, the egress traffic (from google to the CDN) will either be cheap or even free. Essentially, since you’re paying for the bandwidth on the CDN side as well, saving you money on needless costs.

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.

Comparisons