Backblaze
vs
Utho
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
- Four Indian locations plus Frankfurt and Los Angeles
- 1 to 6 TB of monthly transfer included per instance, by plan
- Shared, dedicated and memory-optimised instance families
- Tier III and Tier IV facilities operated by Yotta and NTT
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $18.69 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Basic 1) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $37.44 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Basic 2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $57.45 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 320 GB NVMe (Basic 3) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $5.21 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $6.00 /mo 1 TB | $29.17 /mo 1 TB | 79% cheaper on Backblaze |
| Egress allowance | 3x the amount of data stored | 1-6 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | Not publicly 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
Utho offers 3 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Backblaze | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
9 configs
|
-- | $1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
|
H200
5 configs
|
-- | $2.57 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
|
L4
5 configs
|
-- | $0.36 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
Utho bills reserved (36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | USA | India |
| Locations | 4 | 6 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | Exotel, Ameyo, MyOperator, CallHippo, FIITJEE, Jindal Steel & Power, Cosmos Bank, Park+ |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | utho.com |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Utho on Sept. 28, 2026.