The lowest cost enterprise cloud storage is here: Backblaze B2 is 4x cheaper than Amazon S3, Azure

Backblaze, best known for its backup service, has announced what it claims to be the world’s lowest cost cloud storage Backblaze B2. “B2 offers cloud storage similar to Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure storage and Google Cloud Storage – but at a much lower cost,” Gleb Budman, co-founder and CEO of Backblaze, said in a blog post. [caption id=“attachment_2443338” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Source: Backblaze[/caption] B2 Cloud Storage provides users the ability to store, retrieve and/or share data and scale up and down, while only paying for what they use. Launched in 2007, the company currently stores about 150 petabytes worth of backup data and over 10 billion files on its servers. “It has been absolutely thrilling to see Backblaze go from a company in a one-bedroom apartment in 2007 to a player on the global IaaS stage,” Budman added. “Everyone needs storage. Everything from Artificial Intelligence to virtual reality, drones, 3D video, Internet of Things, live video, connected medicine…all of it needs storage. And lower-cost storage means more companies can launch world-changing products and offer better experiences at lower costs and higher margins. It’s a virtuous cycle. And we think that Backblaze B2 can help.” B2 costs $0.005/GB/month to store data. Downloads are $0.05/GB. “B2 charges 3x–30x less than others for cloud storage. For example, the lowest-cost tier of Amazon S3 costs $0.022/GB/month. At $0.005/GB/month, B2 costs less than 1/4th as much,” he added. Here’s the price comparison chart: