Backblaze
vs
Exoscale
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
- Locations in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia
- 1 TiB of monthly egress included per instance
- Managed databases from PostgreSQL to Kafka and ClickHouse
- Nvidia GPUs from RTX 3080 Ti to RTX PRO 6000
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Exoscale | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $10.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $67.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.08 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | $25.28 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard) | 76% cheaper on Backblaze |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $98.49 /mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $42.44 /mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $25.00 /mo Network Load Balancer | |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | 1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr) | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB | 50% cheaper on Backblaze |
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
Exoscale offers 7 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 | Exoscale |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | US East region only | Yes |
| 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 | Exoscale |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | USA | Switzerland |
| Locations | 4 | 8 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | -- |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | www.exoscale.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Oct. 17, 2026, and for Exoscale on Oct. 21, 2026.