Backblaze
vs
Hot Aisle
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
- Single-GPU MI300X VMs, billed per minute
- Full 8x MI300X bare metal with root access
- 3.2 Tb/s RoCEv2 networking on bare metal nodes
- Datacenter powered by 100% renewable energy
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Hot Aisle | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | -- Not listed |
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
Hot Aisle offers 1 GPU model. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Backblaze | Hot Aisle | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
MI300X
7 configs
|
-- | $3.39 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | Hot Aisle only |
Hot Aisle bills on-demand and reserved (1 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Backblaze | Hot Aisle |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Object Storage |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | Hot Aisle |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | 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 | Hot Aisle |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 1 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | -- |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | hotaisle.xyz |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Hot Aisle on Oct. 2, 2026.