Backblaze
vs
Beam
What's good about each
- A fraction of the cost of AWS S3
- Easy migration, S3-compatible API
- Several data centers in North America and Europe
- Pay-per-millisecond billing, only while code is running
- Sub-second cold starts from memory snapshots
- No egress or bandwidth fees on any plan
- Runs in your own AWS, GCP or Azure account
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Beam | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $289.08 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB disk · Billed per second while running | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $2.10 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 1 TB included | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Beam offers 10 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Backblaze.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | Beam |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | -- |
| HIPAA | US East region only | Enterprise only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Backblaze | Beam |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2021 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | -- |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | Coke, Ogilvy, Magellan AI, Raven, EdgeImpulse, Frase |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | www.beam.cloud |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Oct. 17, 2026, and for Beam on Oct. 21, 2026.