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
DigitalOcean
- Wide range of managed services: from databases to serverless to Kubernetes
- Many VPS configurations available (GPUs, high memory, dedicated CPU)
- Plenty of datacenter locations around the world
- There's lots of guides, docs and community tutorials online
Price comparison
How do Backblaze's prices compare against DigitalOcean?
| Example configuration |
Backblaze
|
DigitalOcean
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $6.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) |
| VM Medium | -- | $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) |
| VM Large | -- | $168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) |
| Block Storage | -- | $10.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $6.00 / mo 1 TB | $20.00 / mo 1 TiB |
| Load Balancer | -- | $12.00 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM |
| Serverless 25M Executions | -- | $34.69 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration |
| Free egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | 100 GB - 10 TB / mo per instance |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $10.00 $0.01 / GB | $10.00 $0.01 / GB |
DigitalOcean GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia H100 SXM | 1x H100 | 80GB | 20 | 240GB | $3.39 | Launch |
| Nvidia H100 SXM | 8x H100 | 640GB | 160 | 1920GB | $23.92 | Launch |
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 DigitalOcean offer:
| Service |
Backblaze
|
DigitalOcean
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
| Container Registry | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | ||
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Serverless Functions | -- | |
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Backblaze
|
DigitalOcean
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | www.backblaze.com | digitalocean.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 | 2011 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 | 14 |
| Example Customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
|
Backblaze
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | www.backblaze.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune |
|
DigitalOcean
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | digitalocean.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Data Center Locations | 14 |
| Example Customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on March 7, 2025, and for DigitalOcean on March 21, 2025.