Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage vs. Vawlt

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.

Incentivized

Vawlt's multi-cloud storage solution helps customers keep data secured (against cyber attacks and Ransomware), with state-of-the-art encryption, implements different backup storage strategies, and also facilitates companies on their journey to the Cloud.

• File management
• Pricing
• Customer Service

Incentivized

• Multi-cloud storage.
• Predictable costs (monthly download quota included).
• Security.
• Ransomware protection.
• Simple usage and no need of complex configurations.

• costs just went up some
• might be nice to get confirmation that it's working occasionally
• nothing else

Incentivized

• Multi-factor authentication.
• Active Directory integration.
• Mobile app.

Because they continuously had times they required updating the account and there were hiccups when that happened, over time, I became skeptical of their ability to keep my files secure. They were the first cloud backup storage company I had ever used and I stayed with them for almost two decades. Then it happened that we did have to do a recovery two different times because of hardware failures. It was anything but a smooth or complete recovery, and their price kept rising as their service declined. Hundreds of files were totally lost in the process. I guessed that among their strategies, it might well have been a re-focus on their part to build up their enterprise accounts and didn't seem to care about small business. I finally had enough and left them as a client.

Incentivized

Vawlt is simple, assures safety and reliability, and is cost-efficient. The solution has a shallow learning curve and low time-to-value deployments. It helps keep customer data secure, with state-of-the-art encryption and ransomware protection, while avoiding vendor lock-in at the same time. Indeed it helps customers to save money by having access to a top-quality cloud service with a predictable and pay-as-you-grow model, naturally scalable to every storage workload and usage.

• We haven't had any data loss situations yet, however I'm sure our ROI will be fairly high if we have to recover any data. Backblaze is in the insurance industry, not storage.

Incentivized

• Reduce costs by using different volume types.
• Predictable costs (Pay as you grow & download quota included).
• Single billing account for multiple cloud providers.