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
Heroku
- As easy as it gets if you just want to deploy a Git repo
- Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
- Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
- Extensive add-on marketplace
Price comparison
How do Backblaze's prices compare against Heroku?
| Example configuration |
Backblaze
|
Heroku
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) |
| VM Medium | -- | $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) |
| VM Large | -- | $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) |
| Object Storage | $6.00 / mo 1 TB | -- |
| Load Balancer | -- | Included in plan |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM |
| Free egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | 2 TB / mo per app |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $10.00 $0.01 / GB | Not publicly listed |
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 Heroku offer:
| Service |
Backblaze
|
Heroku
|
|---|---|---|
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | -- |
Company details
|
Backblaze
|
Heroku
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | www.backblaze.com | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 | 10 |
| Example Customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
|
Backblaze
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | www.backblaze.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 4 |
| Example Customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune |
|
Heroku
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | heroku.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Data Center Locations | 10 |
| Example Customers | Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Heroku on July 26, 2024.