| Scaleway Object Storage | Features | Backblaze |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud based | ||
| GDPR Compliant | ||
| On premise | ||
| Open source | ||
| Versioned files | ||
| Cross Region Replication | ||
| API | ||
| S3 Compatible API | ||
| Portal, REST api and multiple command line utilities | Management interfaces | Portal, REST api |
| Event hooks/pubsub | ||
| 99.99% | SLA | |
| unlimited | Maximum object filesize | 10 TB |
| Minimum object filesize | ||
| unlimited | Recommended max file count per bucket | |
| unlimited | Max filesize for a bucket | unlimited |
| unlimited | Maximum amount of buckets | unlimited. Backblaze doesn’t operate with ‘folders’, it just pretends to do so. |
| Logs | ||
| Authentication / ACL | ||
| The standard Storage Class claims to be sufficient to serve as CDN for your (streaming)content | CDN integration | Direct integration with Cloudflare CDN |
| Scaleway has a large number of peering interfaces in Amsterdam, and is otherwise connected very well in Warsaw and Paris | Peering & interconnect | |
| Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown | ||
Scaleway, mostly known for its performance cloud computing brand, launched their Object Storage product some time in 2020. Although quite late, in comparison to other Cloud Compute platforms, they used their to time to release a quality product. Another cool feature is that Scaleway has full GDPR compatibility with their DCs in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw.
Their list of customers includes Adobe, Dailymotion, and Malwarebytes.
Backblaze’s amazing story on how they pivoted their business to Storage Pods is a recommended read for sure.
Backblaze offers two products:
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.
