Analyst Firm Validates B2 Cloud Storage Platform’s Time and Budget Savings


92% time savings. 71% storage cost savings. 3.7 times lower total cost than the competition.

These are just some of the findings Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) reported in a proprietary, economic validation analysis of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage. To develop these findings, the ESG analysts did their proverbial research. They talked to customers. They validated use cases. They used our product and verified the accuracy of our listed pricing and cost calculator. And then, they took those results along with the knowledge they’ve gathered over 20 years of experience to quantify the bonafide benefits that organizations can expect by using the Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage platform.

Their findings are now available to the public in the new ESG Economic Validation report, “Analyzing the Economic Benefits of the Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Platform.”

ESG’s models predicted that the Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage platform will give users an expected total cost of cloud storage that is 3.7 times lower than alternative cloud storage providers, including:

Predicted savings of up to:

  • 92% less time to manage data.
  • 72% lower cost of storage.
  • 91% lower cost of downloads and transactions.
  • 89% lower cost of migration.

If you don’t have time to read the full report, the infographic below illustrates the key findings. Click on the image to see it in full size.

The Economic Value of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

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The findings cut through the marketing noise to announce that by choosing Backblaze B2, customers benefit in both time and cost savings, and you don’t have to take it from us.

If that sounds like something you’d appreciate from a cloud partner, getting started couldn’t be easier. Sign up today to begin using Backblaze B2—your first 10GB are free.

If you’re already a B2 Cloud Storage customer—first, thank you! You can feel even more confident in your choice to work with Backblaze. Have a colleague or contact who you think would benefit from working with Backblaze, too? Feel free to share the report with your network.

About Jeremy Milk

Jeremy Milk is a storybuilder who heads the Backblaze Product Marketing team. He's spent more than two decades honing his craft in product and consumer goods marketing leadership roles at companies including Intuit, WePay (acquired by JPMorgan Chase), and The Clorox Company. Outside the office, he can often be found near a soccer field, on a running trail, or fueling on coffee and tacos. Follow him on LinkedIn or Twitter.