Backblaze
vs
Azure
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
- Integrations with the rest of Microsoft's products
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to AI
- Generous free tier, and compute savings plans available
- 60+ datacenter locations around the world
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.87 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $173.74 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $8.10 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | $21.50 /mo 1 TB | 3.6x more expensive on Azure |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $131.89 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $23.25 /mo Standard | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $29.80 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | 8.7x more expensive on Azure |
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
Azure offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Backblaze | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs
|
-- | $1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
-- | $1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
A100
20 configs
|
-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
-- | $11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
-- | $1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
V100
6 configs
|
-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
T4
16 configs
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
A10
12 configs
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Azure only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Backblaze | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 66 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | azure.microsoft.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Azure on Sept. 11, 2026.