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Was very sad to see the monthly cost rise from $5 to $9 over the history of the product. Same product, no real changes (I guess adding in more historical versio
by mike503 3y ago
Was very sad to see the monthly cost rise from $5 to $9 over the history of the product. Same product, no real changes (I guess adding in more historical versioning, which was an additional cost, but now might be baked in)
Disk prices (which I would assume are their biggest vector to scale) has dramatically decreased since then.
I know there are other factors but it seems like nearly doubling the cost while cutting everything that is unlimited (except one product tier) and pushing everything else to consumption based - is a bit weird.
Their client seems super fast and efficient. I do enjoy that. But it too has had some odd limitations and for the most part I haven't had any changes to what I need from it from any perspective since it's been $5/mo. Certainly not with this new bump.
- atYevP 3y agoYev from Backblaze here -> thanks for your perspective Mike! We do work hard on making sure the client stays speedy and system-efficient, so glad that's coming across! Re: the disc prices -> The cost per GB of storage has somewhat plateaued over the recent years, something we discuss in this recent blog post: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-cost-per-gigabyte/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-cost-per-gigabyte/ and in addition to the raw storage costs there are others associated with running a cloud storage platform like electricity, cooling, bandwidth, and team members to keep things running smoothly. That's why we're constantly evaluating the market, economy, our costs, and customers usage patterns when thinking about pricing. It's all part of running a sustainable business. And re: Extended Version History, yes that feature will be made available for anyone with a Computer Backup license to enable after October 3rd at no additional charge.