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I assume I'm not the only one who has never heard of B2 before now, so I'll summarize everything I've found out: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pri
by Can_Not 8y ago
I assume I'm not the only one who has never heard of B2 before now, so I'll summarize everything I've found out:
https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html
It appears to be an S3 clone. Competing via lower price and less micro charges. Highlights compared to Digital Ocean and Wasabi:
DO/Wasabi: minimum $5/month, but great deals compared to AWS/GCE otherwise.
B2: First 10GB storage free (probably not including bandwidth).
For a side project or startup looking for its first storage option, B2 seems compelling. But something important: is it a drop in replacement? Is the api accessible on your platform?
https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/218513487-Is-the-B2-Cloud-Storage-API-Compatible-with-Amazon-S3-?mobile_site=true https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/218513487-Is-th...
I don't have a clear answer right now, but when I get closer to deploying my current side project, it's something I'll take a deeper look into.
- iansltx 8y agoTheir API is not S3 compatible. There are a bunch of client libraries on various platforms for it though. They have 1GB free of outgoing bandwidth per day. If you put them behind Cloudflare then you effectively get your bandwidth for free. So half a cent per GB per month is all you way. Plus your time building out the integration instead of S3.