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 42 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
31 configs
|
-- | $0.02 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
8 configs
|
-- | $6.94 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
9 configs
|
-- | $5.00 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
H200
44 configs
|
-- | $1.32 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
55 configs
|
-- | $0.27 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 5090
56 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
A100
17 configs
|
-- | $0.67 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 4090
22 configs
|
-- | $0.17 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
L40S
2 configs
|
-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
RTX 3090
16 configs
|
-- | $0.11 /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 |
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 Feb. 12, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 12, 2026.