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    Backblaze Business Backup

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ABackblaze headquartered in San Mateo, California offers continuous, automatic cloud backup for personal and business use. Backblaze Business Backup consists of cloud solutions to safeguard systems and files (e.g Veeam, Servers, NAS, Workstations).

    $7

    per month

    Pricing
    Backblaze Business Backup
    Editions & Modules
    Monthly
    $7.00
    Per Computer
    Yearly
    $70.00
    Per Computer
    2-Year
    $130.00
    Per Computer
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Backblaze Business Backup
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Backblaze Business Backup
    Considered Both Products
    Backblaze
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    It was much much easier to deploy than CrashPlan to devices
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    It's honestly been so long that I've been using Backblaze - maybe 10+ years - that I don't even remember other options I compared it to way back when. I've had a subscription on all of my personal machines for years, and we've used it on all of our machines at my job for the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    We are using Aliyun OSS (Alibaba) as a primary storage server alongside with Backblaze. We are previously using Amazon Services, but our team is choose using another service because of the pricing and the complexity. Aliyun is having much feature, its almost like Amazon but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Backblaze constantly will win in price and ease of use. Code42 has gone through multiple transformations, and with their ups and downs we had left on a down and haven't looked back. Wasabi is good, but with their API key system, we have relegated that to only for Synology's …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    The price for cold storage at the Google Cloud Archive tier beats all other costs. We also need a hot copy of most of our half a petabyte on a system with API integration capability to multiple products and B2 meets that need.
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    I actually use BOTH Time Machine and Backblaze, for belt-and-suspenders backup redundancy. If my house burns down (along with my computer and external Time Machine backup drive), Backblaze has my back. If Backblaze vanishes for some reason, I have my Time Machine backup.
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    We picked Backblaze since it was super easy to use, understand, and sell to our clients. We did try a few other services and for various reasons like price, ease of use, or other reasons we didn't choose them.
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Their customer service is filled by millennials, so basically nothing is ever Backblaze's fault.

    I tried the service two times, in 2018 and today to see if they'd improved at all. The first time I discovered that they throttle upload speed. They refuse to admit it, but with 900 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Backblaze has excellent reviews, and I felt me and my client's data was secure. BitLocker had a recent security issue I read about, and you have to have Windows 10 for business to use it. Norton is an excellent and reliable product, but the experiences I have had with Norton …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Backblaze B2 offers very similar service as these providers, but at a much better price per GB. I've been able to vastly provide better and more cost-effective service in regards to my backup offerings because of B2 storage. It's a fantastic service with an insane price point …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Dropbox and Google Drive are both very popular file syncing/backup services that I use regularly. Backblaze is more "low-level" than them, providing more value in lieu of user-facing features like granular multi-device syncing, easy file-sharing, and online document …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Both are great choices for backup, They both offer similar features, however, Backblaze offers unlimited storage and SugarSync offers different memberships with different storage sizes.
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    While Backblaze plays an important role in my overall data redundancy strategy, I continue to use Dropbox Business for certain key assets I need granular access to. I use Apple iCloud passively as well as a local Apple Time Capsule. For a single-user setup, Backblaze provides …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Love both companies and have been using both for many years.
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    I previously used CrashPlan before they pivoted their business model. CrashPlan was fine, and has feature parity with Backblaze. I was motivated to move from CrashPlan to Backblaze for 2 reasons - 1, as they pivoted, they increased their cost, which was frustrating, and 2, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Backblaze offers similar functionality and simplicity to many of these systems. In terms of value, it would be a bit better but we are really comparing small amounts at this time. All other backup systems offer similar recovery times with similar pricing, however, Backblaze is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    While Dropbox is great at sharing files with others, it's not the best at recovery and their price keeps increasing. I stopped using the Pro version when I found Backblaze, and I continue to use it for file sharing, but not long term storage. In that sense, they're different …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    It is the cheapest storage option, but it doesn't have disaster recovery like the other options on the market have. Also, you can't spin up and use the data live like you can on AWS Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Storage to use in the production of a product.
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    I selected Backblaze because they have unlimited storage and the best pricing. Their app is also very lightweight compared to other solutions.
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    So there are two ways in which Backblaze stacks up well against its competition.
    • For a while I backed-up files at my home office using a combination of free or "freemium" services, depending on the relative storage limits. These limits are typically less than 100 gigabytes. When …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    In general, Backblaze stacks up quite well when compared to CrashPlan. The native desktop app, easier to use interface, and lower yearly costs make Backblaze a far more ideal cloud backup system for home users vs. CrashPlan (which has eliminated their consumer backup option). …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Having been a customer of Dropbox for many years now, I feel like I have a good grasp on what the company offers. I have friends and colleagues that use Dropbox as a pseudo-backup system. I think this is a huge mistake. Go with a company like Backblaze that specializes and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Backblaze Business Backup
    Backblaze is simple, flat-rate, does not crash, and has easy recoveries.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    Backblaze Business Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Backblaze Business Backup
    Feature
    Backblaze Business Backup
    7.4
    2 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Universal recovery8.02 Ratings
    Instant recovery5.01 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.02 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.02 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression2.01 Ratings
    Snapshots9.02 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard6.02 Ratings
    Platform support6.02 Ratings
    Retention options10.01 Ratings
    Encryption10.01 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Backblaze Business Backup
    Feature
    Backblaze Business Backup
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Continuous data protection7.53 Ratings
    Replication7.02 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics7.53 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities10.02 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery7.03 Ratings
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Backblaze Business Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (31 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (11 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Backblaze Business Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Backblaze
    Backblaze does one thing and does one thing well: backup. If you recognize it for what it is, you will be very happy with it as an unobtrusive off-site backup solution. If, however, you want full-featured endpoint protection, you'll want to look elsewhere. For me and my needs, Backblaze provides the right amount of protection at a cheap price. You can't beat it.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Backblaze
    • Backblaze utilizes a native app across platforms vs. a javascript app you find with other backup services (CrashPlan being one of them). Native apps function better and have a better user interface than comparable javascript apps.
    • Backblaze has an intuitive interface that automatically backs everything up from your computer but allows you to easily exclude items you don't want or need to backup (applications, system files, etc.).
    • Backblaze has a built-in bandwidth cap and monitor allowing you to limit how much data is backed up on a daily basis to prevent going over ISP data caps or utilizing all of your upload bandwidth.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Backblaze
    • User management isn't the greatest. We had the choice of either a site license under one email address, or a domain license, allowing users to log in with their own email address, however there's no management for this option. I can see metrics of the users' backup, but I can't manage the accounts in any way.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Backblaze
    As stated in my review, Backblaze simply works and works simply. You install it. It runs silently in the background storing and safeguarding all your computer data remotely. You seldom notice it until you've lost something you need - then you can quickly find it online using their interface and restore it - which is what's really important.
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    Support Rating
    Backblaze
    They answered any questions I had accurately and politely. I prefer to call a phone number and get a human on the phone, but they prefer email and chat. I understand they have business profits to consider, so it makes sense.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Backblaze
    It's honestly been so long that I've been using Backblaze - maybe 10+ years - that I don't even remember other options I compared it to way back when. I've had a subscription on all of my personal machines for years, and we've used it on all of our machines at my job for the past six.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Backblaze
    • The saving of data is almost immeasurable - Backblaze is the best backup company I've ever used.
    • Getting started is quick and easy - and you get a 14-day trial.
    • The price is cheaper than every other service - but don't tell them!
    Incentivized
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