Backblaze vs Fal.ai

What's good about each

Backblaze

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

Fal.ai

Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
Offers both serverless GPU instances

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	Backblaze	Fal.ai
Object storage	$6.00 /mo 1 TB	-- Not listed
Egress allowance	3x the amount of data stored	-- Not listed
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

Fal.ai offers 5 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	Backblaze	Fal.ai	Difference
H100 2 configs	--	$1.89 /GPU/hr Custom	Fal.ai only
B300 2 configs	--	$4.49 /GPU/hr Custom	Fal.ai only
B200 2 configs	--	$3.49 /GPU/hr Custom	Fal.ai only
RTX PRO 6000 2 configs	--	$1.10 /GPU/hr Custom	Fal.ai only
H200 2 configs	--	$2.10 /GPU/hr Custom	Fal.ai only

All 5 GPUs on Fal.ai

Fal.ai bills on-demand and custom. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

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Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	Backblaze	Fal.ai
GPU-powered Servers
Object Storage

Compliance

Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.

Framework	Backblaze	Fal.ai
SOC 2	Type II	Type II
ISO 27001	Data centers only	--
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	Fal.ai
Founded	2007	2021
Headquarters	USA	USA
Locations	4	--
Example customers	Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune	PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra
Website	www.backblaze.com	fal.ai

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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Fal.ai on Sept. 18, 2026.