Backblaze
vs
Vast.ai
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
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Backblaze | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | -- 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.
GPUs
Vast.ai offers 67 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Backblaze. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Backblaze | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
30 configs
|
-- | $0.67 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $4.88 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $5.94 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
H200
27 configs
|
-- | $1.34 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
71 configs
|
-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
178 configs
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
91 configs
|
-- | $0.17 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
163 configs
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
21 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 3090
106 configs
|
-- | $0.05 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Backblaze | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Object Storage |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Backblaze | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | -- |
| HIPAA | US East region only | Secure Cloud tier 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 | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2007 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 4 | 10 |
| Example customers | Kanopy, Steamlabs, Canal+, Fortune | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | www.backblaze.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Backblaze was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 2, 2026.