Backblaze vs Replicate

What's good about each

Backblaze

A fraction of the cost of AWS S3
Easy migration, S3-compatible API
Several data centers in North America and Europe

Replicate

Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
Train and deploy custom models using Cog

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	Backblaze	Replicate
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

Replicate offers 5 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	Backblaze	Replicate	Difference
H100 4 configs	--	$5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only
H200 4 configs	--	$5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only
A100 4 configs	--	$5.04 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only
L40S 4 configs	--	$3.51 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only
T4 1 config	--	$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only

All 5 GPUs on Replicate

Replicate bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Lyceum

NVIDIA H200 from $2.20/hr, B200 from $3.40/hr, B300 from $3.80/hr

Per-second billing with no minimum commitment or vendor lock-in

Scale to 8,000 GPUs over InfiniBand for distributed AI training

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Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	Backblaze	Replicate
GPU-powered Servers
Object Storage

Compliance

Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.

Framework	Backblaze	Replicate
SOC 2	Type II	--
ISO 27001	Data centers only	--
HIPAA	US East region only	--
GDPR	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	Replicate
Founded	2007	2019
Headquarters	USA	USA
Locations	4	--
Example customers	Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune	BuzzFeed, Labelbox, PhotoAI, Character.ai, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro
Website	www.backblaze.com	replicate.com

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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Replicate on Oct. 1, 2026.