What's good about...
Backblaze
- A fraction of the cost of AWS S3
- Easy migration, S3-compatible API
- Several data centers in North America and Europe
Thunder Compute
- Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
- Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.
Price comparison
How do Backblaze's prices compare against Thunder Compute?
Example configuration |
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Block Storage | -- | $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB |
Object Storage | $6.00 / mo 1 TB | -- |
Free egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | -- |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $10.00 $0.01 / GB | -- |
Thunder Compute GPUs
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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Tesla T4 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.27 | Source |
A100 (40GB) | 1x A100 | 40GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.57 | Source |
A100 (80GB) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.78 | Source |
H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $1.47 | Source |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Backblaze and Thunder Compute offer:
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Block Storage | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Object Storage | -- |
Company details
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Website | www.backblaze.com | thundercompute.com |
Headquarters | United States of America ๐บ๐ธ | United States of America ๐บ๐ธ |
Founded | 2007 | 2024 |
Data Center Locations | 4 | 1 |
Example Customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Website | www.backblaze.com |
Headquarters | United States of America ๐บ๐ธ |
Founded | 2007 |
Data Center Locations | 4 |
Example Customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune |
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Website | thundercompute.com |
Headquarters | United States of America ๐บ๐ธ |
Founded | 2024 |
Data Center Locations | 1 |
Example Customers | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on March 7, 2025, and for Thunder Compute on June 7, 2025.