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    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ABackblaze, 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

    WeTransfer

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AWeTransfer offers a large file transfer service which includes up to 20 GB transfer with its Pro service, as well as 100 GB of cloud storage.

    $12

    per month

    Pricing
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageWeTransfer
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Pro
    $12.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageWeTransfer
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    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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    Community Pulse
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageWeTransfer
    Considered Both Products
    Backblaze
    No answer on this topic
    WeTransfer
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageWeTransfer
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and WeTransfer
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    WeTransfer
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning7.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and WeTransfer
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    WeTransfer
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and WeTransfer
    Feature
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    WeTransfer
    -
    Ratings
    Performance8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageWeTransfer
    Small Businesses
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Dropbox DocSend
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Apple iCloud
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Dropbox DocSend
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageWeTransfer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    9.7
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Backblaze B2 Cloud StorageWeTransfer
    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.
    Incentivized
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    WeTransfer
    It is the most appropriate tool to quickly share documents with someone you don't want to give access to your company's own online library, yet you have to share files. It's great that there's no need to create a user, nor for uploading or downloading files. Just have in mind that the documents on the link have an expiration day!
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    WeTransfer
    • You don't have to sign up for an account, you can just use it when visiting the website.
    • It is really simple and straightforward to use.
    • It has never failed me.
    • It tells you when your files have been successfully sent and when the other person downloaded it.
    Incentivized
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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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    WeTransfer
    • With the free version, you are limited to 2GB of file transferring. Likely if you are sending lots of files, you'll be upgrading to Plus instead.
    • Download links expire after a certain amount of time. It's important to download each link immediately and not forget where you left the downloaded files.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    WeTransfer
    WeTransfer is one of the most usable software. Incredibly smart and simple interface that I’m not sure has a comparable example that is as easy to use. The immediate ability to do what WeTransfer provides a solution for is a genius-level move from the creators. Well done, WeTransfer, well done.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    WeTransfer
    WeTransfer is extremely reliable 99% of the time. There has been twice in 4 years that their service was unavailable due to server outage for several hours.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    WeTransfer
    I've only reached out to WeTransfer support once, but they were prompt, courteous, and answered my question. I assume that future interactions would be the same, I'm looking forward to being a long term customer.
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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.
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    WeTransfer
    While Dropbox does offer features that WeTransfer does not in terms of collaboration & organization, WeTransfer is the better option for simple file transfers. In my experience, WeTransfer is much faster for uploads & downloads. The premium version of WeTransfer also offers a lot of customization options that Dropbox does not.
    Incentivized
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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.
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    WeTransfer
    • When we've had our BETA testing programs for our products, we always used WeTransfer to send our BETA version of our products. Doing this using WeTransfer was free and we also didn't have to worry about unauthorized people later down the road downloading these versions as WeTransfer deletes the files after a small number of days.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Screenshots

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