Backblaze
vs
Fly.io
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
- Excellent tooling and developer experience
- Fast deployments, scale to zero, little config needed
- Per-second billing, with a 40% discount for reserved compute blocks
- Anycast networking and global load balancing included at no extra cost
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Fly.io | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.70 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (shared-cpu-1x) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $42.79 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (shared-cpu-4x) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $248.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (performance-8x) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | $20.50 /mo 1 TB (Tigris) | 71% cheaper on Backblaze |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $86.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Starter) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $20.00 /mo 1 GB data (Upstash Fixed 1GB) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included with apps | |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (North America and Europe) | 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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | Fly.io |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Data centers only |
| 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 | Fly.io |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2017 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 18 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | Cars.com, Fanatics, Tailscale, Supabase |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | fly.io |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Fly.io on Sept. 18, 2026.