Backblaze
vs
CoreWeave
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
- Nvidia nodes from A100 up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Bare-metal nodes under a managed Kubernetes control plane
- No charge for the Kubernetes control plane or Slurm
- Free egress and no object storage request fees
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | CoreWeave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | 90% cheaper on Backblaze |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | Free and unlimited |
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
CoreWeave offers 11 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Backblaze | CoreWeave | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs
|
-- | $2.46 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
-- | $4.26 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs
|
-- | $1.20 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
-- | $2.62 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
-- | $1.21 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | $10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | CoreWeave only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | CoreWeave only |
|
L40S
2 configs
|
-- | $0.98 /GPU/hr Spot | CoreWeave only |
|
GH200
1 config
|
-- | $6.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | CoreWeave only |
CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Backblaze | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | US East region 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 | CoreWeave |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 55 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | coreweave.com |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for CoreWeave on Oct. 1, 2026.