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Backblaze B2

App Service · Cloud & IT platforms · 27 mentions · 6 subreddits · discussed in r/DataHoarder, r/homelab, r/sysadmin, r/photography

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Pros

  • I went for Backblaze B2 because it was available, easy to set up using Duplicacy and Duplicati (both containerized on my Unraid server) and it's no-nonsense, straightforward and, important to me, allows me to not keep all the eggs in the...
  • well if you backup your most important stuff to backblaze b2 or another online service that way there is less stress
  • If you want to go even cheaper, try out Backblaze B2 or Cloudflare R2.
  • Is there any sort of miracle provider that has the cheap storage costs of Glacier with the generous egress of iDrive e2/Backblaze b2?
  • Backblaze B2 is $3 for 500GB.

Cons

  • In my case personal photos & videos storage, macOS, 1 external SSD, Backblaze B2 (maybe I should have 2 SSDs or HDDs..).
  • You could use something like a Backblaze B2 bucket. That'll be $6 per TB a month, so it adds up quickly.
  • I've looked at Backblaze but only B2 is Linux-compatible and it's expensive.
  • I mean, you could probably fit that into an external HDD plus another backup copy to Backblaze B2 or Personal.
  • I plan on moving it to my parents house for offsite backups and cancelling my backblaze b2 storage.

Sentiment

20 positive (74%) · 5 mixed (19%) · 2 negative (7%)

Trust + time weighted score: +69% · raw score 67%

What redditors said (10 of 27)

I went for Backblaze B2 because it was available, easy to set up using Duplicacy and Duplicati (both containerized on my Unraid server) and it's no-nonsense, straightforward and, important to me, allows me to not keep all the eggs in the same basket.
positive · u/w****9 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Jan 4, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
well if you backup your most important stuff to backblaze b2 or another online service that way there is less stress
positive · u/n***t · r/homelab · comment · Jul 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
If you want to go even cheaper, try out Backblaze B2 or Cloudflare R2.
positive · u/p**t · r/videography · comment · Dec 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Is there any sort of miracle provider that has the cheap storage costs of Glacier with the generous egress of iDrive e2/Backblaze b2?
positive · u/a****0 · r/DataHoarder · Dec 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Backblaze B2 is $3 for 500GB.
positive · u/m****k · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 13, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Backblaze B2 is solid but you need some technical knowledge to use it. Plus side is you only pay for what you use, and it's cheaper than most other options
positive · u/g****g · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 12, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
In my case personal photos & videos storage, macOS, 1 external SSD, Backblaze B2 (maybe I should have 2 SSDs or HDDs..).
mixed · u/p****r · r/DataHoarder · comment · Nov 28, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I’ve used Tailscale for remote access and Backblaze B2 for offsite
positive · u/t****8 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Nov 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Backups: NAS snapshots plus rclone or Hyper Backup to Backblaze B2.
positive · u/J****5 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Nov 2, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You could use something like a Backblaze B2 bucket. That'll be $6 per TB a month, so it adds up quickly.
mixed · u/a****e · r/DataHoarder · comment · Aug 26, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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