Backblaze
vs
Thalassa Cloud
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
- European cloud with data residency in the Netherlands
- Full Terraform support and API-first platform
- Billed by the minute, with monthly invoicing in Euro
- Direct engineer support in Dutch and English
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Thalassa Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $9.20 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $122.83 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $249.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $20.01 /mo 100 GB NVMe | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $24.81 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (db-pgp.medium) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $16.75 /mo HA Network Load Balancer | |
| 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.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Backblaze | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| Container Registry | ||
| Load Balancer | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Thalassa Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | 4 | 1 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | ContainerInfra, RepliKate, Balean, BrainHive, BaseTide |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | thalassa.cloud |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Thalassa Cloud on Sept. 18, 2026.