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Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage vs. Rakuten Symphony Symcloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Backblaze, headquartered in San Mateo, provides cloud storage and online backup, boasting trust with over an exabyte of data from customers in 175 countries. A backup service specialist, Backblaze describes their B2 cloud object storage service as S3 compatible and purpose built to provide simplicity, reliability, and affordability. B2 Cloud Storage is available at $0.005/GB/Month, with single-tier pricing.
$6
per month per TB
Rakuten Symphony Symcloud
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Symcloud from Rakuten Symphony, based on technology acquired with Robin.io by Rakuten Symphony in early 2022, is a cloud native platform that automates enterprise applications, and enables deployment and management of complex, data- and network-intensive applications with an “as-a-service” experience anywhere, on-prem or in the cloud. ROBIN brings pay-as-you-go pricing to the Red Hat Marketplace for Robin Cloud Native Storage (CNS). Robin.io installs natively on any Kubernetes distribution…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsTwo pricing models are available: consumption-based pay-as-you-go, and capacity-based storage bundles. Pay-as-you-go consumption-based cloud storage costs $6/TB per month, with your first 10GB free. Egress is free up to 3x of average monthly data stored, and unlimited to many leading content delivery network (CDN) and compute partners. Capacity-based storage, called B2 Reserve, is designed for companies looking for all-inclusive pricing on a single invoice. Storage bundles start at 20TB and can be purchased for one, two, or three years. Egress is always free.—
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Features
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File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
8.0
5 Ratings
4% below category average
Rakuten Symphony Symcloud
-
Ratings
Versioning8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
File search5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
8.1
5 Ratings
6% below category average
Rakuten Symphony Symcloud
-
Ratings
User and role management8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization6.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
9.4
5 Ratings
8% above category average
Rakuten Symphony Symcloud
-
Ratings
Performance8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability9.25 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageRakuten Symphony Symcloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageRakuten Symphony Symcloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Backblaze
Providing the option of purchasing a much longer archive if desired or limiting the length of time in maintaining what's been saved is brilliant. It makes all the sense in the world. At the very least, unless the retention period is clearly mandated somehow, it causes a decision maker (especially a small business owner) to think strategically about what the storage needs truly are.
Paulette Ensign | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Rakuten Symphony
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Pros
Backblaze
  • Tight integration with OEM backup application
  • Among the lowest price per TB cloud backup provider
  • AWS S3 service integration
  • Optional services for initial seeding of large backup data sets
  • Optional services for physical backup retrieval to speed up recovery
Verified User
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Rakuten Symphony
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Cons
Backblaze
  • Deleting the data is not simpler and requires manual intervention
  • Integration with third party tools needs much improvement as there are very less tools that can be integrated.
  • Fewer data centres presently that restrict options to meet specific geographic redundancy or data sovereignty requirements.
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Rakuten Symphony
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Usability
Backblaze
Since Backblaze added S3 compatibility a few years ago, it's become the most perfect online backup solution.
I also like their transparency in describing their platform and the reports of hard drive reliability are very interesting.
The free egress is priceless, too.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Rakuten Symphony
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Alternatives Considered
Backblaze
Backblaze is definitely the cheapest and most cost effective out of the 6 other services I've used in the past. For personal use, they are by and away the best service available. For business use, I believe they are a very strong contender to be the #3 guys behind AWS and Linode.
Matt Hoffman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Matt Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer
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Rakuten Symphony
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Return on Investment
Backblaze
  • Difficult to quantify the peace of mind Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage services provides.
  • Based on the reported experiences of other Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage clients, recovery has been smooth. We have not yet had the need to use that function.
  • Because Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage's service has been seamless, I feel much more confident in their ability to deliver what they promise when we have the need to expand or enhance what we are purchasing from them.
Paulette Ensign | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Rakuten Symphony
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ScreenShots

Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Screenshots

Screenshot of Files are stored in BucketsScreenshot of B2 Cloud Storage Dashboard