Backblaze
vs
Render
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
- Postgres with point-in-time recovery, read replicas and high availability
- Unlimited seats on paid plans, no per-seat billing
- Free plans for web services, Postgres and Key Value
- Full-stack preview environments for each pull request
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA-compliant workspaces
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Render | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (1g) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB | 93% cheaper on Backblaze |
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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | Render |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 5 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | render.com |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Render on Sept. 18, 2026.