Backblaze
vs
Thunder Compute
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
- Per-minute billing, nothing charged while an instance is stopped
- Per-second GPU sandboxes, each its own Firecracker microVM
- MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
- 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Thunder Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $21.90 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included | |
| 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 | Free and unlimited |
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
Thunder Compute offers 4 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Backblaze.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Backblaze | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Object Storage |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | -- |
| HIPAA | US East region only | -- |
| 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 | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | -- |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | NYU Langone Health, MIT, ETH Zürich, UC Berkeley, Theseus, Conduit, InstaLILY |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | www.thundercompute.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Oct. 17, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Oct. 22, 2026.