Backblaze
vs
Nebius
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
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | 69% cheaper on Backblaze |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | |
| 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
Nebius offers 8 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Backblaze | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | Nebius only |
Nebius bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| 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 | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | 4 | 10 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | nebius.com |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Nebius on Oct. 1, 2026.