Backblaze
vs
OVH
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
- Wide range of managed services and VPS configurations
- Competitive prices, unlimited free egress
- 10+ data center locations
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance requirements
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $5.85 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (3000 IOPS) | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | $10.75 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB read | 44% cheaper on Backblaze |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $51.26 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Essential DB1-4) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $44.57 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Essential DB1-4) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $45.58 /mo Large 2 Gbps | |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | Free and unlimited Reduced bandwidth may apply |
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
OVH offers 9 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Backblaze | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs
|
-- | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
L4
3 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
A10
3 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
RTX 5000
3 configs
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
V100S
3 configs
|
-- | $0.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
OVH bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Backblaze | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 4 | 19 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | Société Générale, Louis Vuitton, Capgemini, Tenesys |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | www.ovhcloud.com |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for OVH on Sept. 12, 2026.