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Backblaze vs Thunder Compute

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What's good about...

Backblaze logo Backblaze

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

Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

  • RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100, 1 to 8 GPUs
  • Per-minute billing, charged only while an instance runs
  • One-click VS Code and Cursor connections
  • MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
  • 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees

Price comparison

How do Backblaze's prices compare against Thunder Compute?

Block Storage

Backblaze Backblaze
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
$21.60 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included

Object Storage

Backblaze Backblaze
$6.00 /mo 1 TB
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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Free egress allowance

Backblaze Backblaze
3x the amount of data stored
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Backblaze Backblaze
$10.00 $0.01 / GB
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Backblaze Backblaze
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
On-Demand

Available Models

Thunder Compute offers 4 GPU models.

Backblaze Backblaze
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100(4) A100(4) RTX A6000(1) L40(4)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Backblaze and Thunder Compute offer:

Service Backblaze Thunder Compute
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Object Storage

Company details

Website
Backblaze Backblaze
www.backblaze.com
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
www.thundercompute.com
Headquarters
Backblaze Backblaze
United States of America US flag
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
United States of America US flag
Founded
Backblaze Backblaze
2007
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
2024
Data Center Locations
Backblaze Backblaze
4
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
1
Example Customers
Backblaze Backblaze
Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Sept. 11, 2026.