The costs were getting out of control. We thought Wasabi’s pricing was face value and it wasn’t.
Cade Webb
Deputy CIO, Cal Poly Humboldt
Wasabi object storage
Storage Type
Hot
Hot
Enterprise-grade security available (including SSE, Object Lock, replication)
Compliance compatible (including HIPAA, PCI-DSS friendly)
Supports ranging use cases (i.e., application storage, backup & recovery, active media archive)
See egress details below
Pay-as-you-go storage pricing
$6/TB/mo.
$6.99/TB/mo.
Annual capacity-based bundles available
Starts at $1,560 per 20TB/yr.
Includes:
Starts at $2,206 per 25TB/yr.
Includes:
Upload (PUT) fees
Lifecycle rule fees
Retrieval fees
Egress fees
Free up to 3x total monthly storage, additional at $0.01/GB
(Also free unlimited to many CDN and Compute partners)
Limited
Free up to a "reasonable rate" defined as no greater than 1x active monthly storage, with guidelines that can lead to limited or suspended service
Minimum storage duration fees
90-day minimum storage duration policy for pay-as-you-go customers; 30-day minimum storage duration policy for capacity bundle customers
Small object fees
Small file fees
Files <4KB are each charged as 4KB files
Data migration
$0 for >50TB committed contract
Egress and/or transfer fees may apply
Cade Webb
Deputy CIO, Cal Poly Humboldt
Backblaze has been proven since 2007 as a provider of tried & trusted cloud storage solutions. The company is known for transparent business practices—ranging from its consistent pattern of sharing data that can improve the industry to its choice to operate as a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: BLZE). We have nothing to hide in our easy to adopt and easy to manage solutions, and in our affordable and straightforward pricing structures. Wasabi is a private company. FAQ pages on Wasabi’s website describe company policies that may result in customers paying more than expected for storage or experiencing download restrictions.
Yes, Backblaze offers Universal Data Migration to support data migration from a range of sources, including cloud-to-cloud migration from Wasabi.
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage customers can enjoy free Universal Data Migration–yes, we really do take on the data transfer and egress fees–for inbound migrations on >50TB committed pay-as-you-go contracts and all B2 Reserve capacity bundles.
Yes, Backblaze B2 integrates seamlessly with thousands of hardware and software tools, likely including those you use in your workflow. Some examples of our Alliance Partners are Veeam, MSP360, Arq, rclone, Commvault, Veritas, iconik, LucidLink, Synology, Fastly, and Vultr. You can find a more extensive list of tested integrations here; and many more will work seamlessly with Backblaze B2 given its S3 compatibility.
The Backblaze B2 Storage Cloud is architected and designed with data security in mind. The key pillars of our security framework are enterprise-grade access management security, data storage security, and architecture & physical security. These include a wide range of administrative and technical controls, implemented at the enterprise, business process, and system levels, and attestations—so whether you’re seeking a platform designed to 11 nines of durability, encryption options, immutability, SOC 2 compliance, data replication, or just peace of mind, Backblaze is built for you.
All Backblaze B2 customers receive free support that includes documentation, knowledge base articles, and email & chat support from real, nice humans. B2 Reserve capacity bundle customers automatically receive premium support with a 4 business-hour response time SLA; pay-as-you-go service customers can purchase premium support for personalized assistance and/or a tighter response SLA–details here.
