What's good about...

Backblaze logo Backblaze

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

Backblaze logo Hetzner

  • High performance VPS configurations at affordable prices (shared, high memory, dedicated CPU)
  • Easy to use web console & developer tooling (Terraform SDKs, official CLI)
  • EU-based company, may simplify GDPR compliance for some

Price comparison

How do Backblaze's prices compare against Hetzner?

Example configuration Backblaze Hetzner
VM Small -- $4.91 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX22)
VM Medium -- $8.82 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX32)
VM Large -- $21.27 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX42)
Block Storage -- $5.66 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $6.00 / mo 1 TB $5.45 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer -- $6.93 / mo LB11
Free egress allowance 3x the amount of data stored 20-60 TB / mo per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $10.00 $0.01 / GB $1.09 €1 / TB

Hetzner offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
GEX44 1x RTX4000 20GB 14 64GB $0.38
GEX130 1x A6000 48GB 24 128GB $1.74

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 Hetzner offer:

Service Backblaze Hetzner
Block Storage --
GPU-powered Servers --
Load Balancer --
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS) --

Company details

Backblaze
Website www.backblaze.com
Headquarters United States of America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Founded 2007
Data Center Locations 4
Example Customers Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune
Hetzner
Website hetzner.com
Headquarters Germany πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ
Founded 1997
Data Center Locations 6
Example Customers Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc

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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Hetzner on Oct. 7, 2024.