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Disclaimer: I work for Backblaze so I'm biased. :-) > Backblaze is a low cost service for cheap customers. AWS and GCP are "enterprise" services. I agree. T

Disclaimer: I work for Backblaze so I'm biased. :-) > Backblaze is a low cost service for cheap customers. AWS and GCP are "enterprise" services. I agree. This is accurate. Backblaze is a reasonable choice for customers who want to pay less. Plus "enterprise" means the vendor sucks up to the customer and makes them feel important, visits the customer in person, stuff like that. Backblaze saves money by skipping the on-site visits, and we pass on the savings to the customer. Backblaze is more of a self serve product. Customers can just sign up in the middle of the night, pay by credit card, and use the service for 1/4th the cost of an "enterprise" experience. > Backblaze is a joke while Google is backing up billions of android phones already and other stuff It is true that Backblaze is not as large as Google or Amazon yet. Customers that sign up with Backblaze must be comfortable that. I'm biased, but I would suggest there are advantages of storing your data in both locations: both Amazon S3 and also in Backblaze B2. One advantage is that if Amazon S3 has an outage, you can still retrieve that data during the S3 outage from Backblaze B2. Also, data stored in both Amazon S3 and also Backblaze B2 is more durable than data stored in either location alone. In the end, is it Ok for some customers to have an alternative choice to use Backblaze?

user5994461 8y ago
The alternative in cheap backup would be crashplan.
- brianwski 8y ago
  CrashPlan is a good service and the founders are good people, and I always liked them. Especially their "peer to peer" product. About a year ago they abandoned the consumer market so their products are a bit more expensive but should still do a good job for some customers. Carbonite is also a good choice for some people with certain needs. And if you aren't using anything else, Backblaze Personal Backup is also a fine choice for some customers! Backblaze has a feature called "Business Groups" that is focused around allowing IT people to pay for all their employee's backups in a central location, and even manage backups in an organization. To be clear: "Business Groups" is a free feature, so whether you are a company or an individual our online backup is the exact same cost. Customers are not forbidden (or discouraged) from using Backblaze Personal Backup in a corporate setting. Choice is a good thing for customers. Competition is a good thing for customers.

user5994461 8y ago

The alternative in cheap backup would be crashplan.

brianwski 8y ago
CrashPlan is a good service and the founders are good people, and I always liked them. Especially their "peer to peer" product. About a year ago they abandoned the consumer market so their products are a bit more expensive but should still do a good job for some customers. Carbonite is also a good choice for some people with certain needs. And if you aren't using anything else, Backblaze Personal Backup is also a fine choice for some customers! Backblaze has a feature called "Business Groups" that is focused around allowing IT people to pay for all their employee's backups in a central location, and even manage backups in an organization. To be clear: "Business Groups" is a free feature, so whether you are a company or an individual our online backup is the exact same cost. Customers are not forbidden (or discouraged) from using Backblaze Personal Backup in a corporate setting. Choice is a good thing for customers. Competition is a good thing for customers.