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
Fly.io
- Excellent tooling and developer experience
- Fast deployments, scale to zero, little config needed
- Wide range of instance configurations at competitive prices
Price comparison
How do Backblaze's prices compare against Fly.io?
| Example configuration |
Backblaze
|
Fly.io
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $10.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-1x) |
| VM Medium | -- | $42.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared-CPU-4x) |
| VM Large | -- | $328.04 / mo 8 CPU, 32 GB RAM (Performance-8x) |
| Block Storage | -- | $15.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $6.00 / mo 1 TB | $21.00 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $33.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Free egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | 100 GB / mo |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $10.00 $0.01 / GB | $20.00 |
Fly.io offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | Total GPU Memory | vCPUs | RAM | Price per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A10 | 1x A10 | 24GB | -- | -- | $1.50 |
| L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | -- | -- | $2.50 |
| A100 40G PCIe | 1x A100 | 40GB | -- | -- | $2.50 |
| A100 80G SXM | 1x A100 | 80GB | -- | -- | $3.50 |
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 of the managed services that Backblaze and Fly.io offer:
| Service |
Backblaze
|
Fly.io
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Object Storage | ||
| Static Sites | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Backblaze
|
Fly.io
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | www.backblaze.com | fly.io |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 | 2017 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 | 35 |
| Example Customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase, Glitch |
|
Backblaze
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | www.backblaze.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Fly.io on July 24, 2024.