Backblaze
vs
Gcore
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
- Cloud regions on six continents
- Free egress from virtual machines and bare metal
- Per-minute billing, only while a VM runs
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- CDN and DDoS protection on the same account
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $11.78 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $47.15 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $94.30 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | $52.53 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | 89% cheaper on Backblaze |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $17.24 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $7.49 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
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
Gcore offers 6 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Backblaze | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs
|
-- | $1.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $6.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $3.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
A100
5 configs
|
-- | $1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Gcore only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
Gcore bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type I |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | US East region only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | 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 | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | Luxembourg |
| Locations | 4 | 33 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | gcore.com |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Gcore on Sept. 18, 2026.