Backblaze vs Cloudways

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Backblaze

A fraction of the cost of AWS S3
Easy migration, S3-compatible API
Several data centers in North America and Europe

Cloudways

Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups

Price comparison

How do Backblaze's prices compare against Cloudways?

Example configuration	Backblaze	Cloudways
VM Small	--	$11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB)
VM Medium	--	$88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB)
VM Large	--	$149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB)
Object Storage	$6.00 / mo 1 TB	--
Managed Redis®*	--	Included depending on plan
Free egress allowance	3x the amount of data stored	1-12 TB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$10.00 $0.01 / GB	$20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider)

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Backblaze and Cloudways offer:

Service	Backblaze	Cloudways
Block Storage	--
Content Delivery Network (CDN)	--
Managed Containers	--
Managed MySQL	--
Managed Redis®*	--
Object Storage		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)	--

Company details

	Backblaze	Cloudways
Website	www.backblaze.com	www.cloudways.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2007	2012
Data Center Locations	4	--
Example Customers	Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune	Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko

	Backblaze
Website	www.backblaze.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2007
Data Center Locations	4
Example Customers	Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune

	Cloudways
Website	www.cloudways.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2012
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko