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Backblaze personal

App Service · Other software · 11 mentions · 2 subreddits · discussed in r/DataHoarder, r/photography

Reddit take

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Pros

  • Spend $10/month on backblaze personal and back up both internal and external for that flat rate. The only catch is you need to keep the external plugged in or they will delete the backup if the drive hasn’t been seen in 30 days.
  • DAS Pros: Cheaper You can use Backbkaze personal to back it up to the cloud.
  • That's nothing... Backblaze Personal, sell / give the drives to a friend. Download on the other side to a new drive.
  • If it’s important data, I’d recommend an HDD that fulfills your future needs for size of data. Then, another HDD to keep a copy. Then backblaze personal for unlimited cloud storage.
  • Backblaze personal backs up everything for $10, while B2 is $5/TB for block storage and can be used by whatever backup solution of your choice.

Cons

  • Backblaze personal would require you to plug the drive in once a month for that to be backed up. If you are duplicating the files between the two exactly 1 for 1, that isn't necessary. It's a flat price whether you're storing 100GB or 10...
  • My data currently lives on a Linux server so no Backblaze personal unfortunately (unless there's some hack around this for Win/Mac like mounting - I have personal on my desktop).
  • The release notes (and lots of posts in /r/backblaze) cover what you'll be in for when you do. I suspect people on that version will eventually be forced to upgrade (which service-wise is a downgrade), but I don't know when.
  • Write that in past tense, as BB Personal plan has changed which drives can be selected for backup...

Sentiment

7 positive (64%) · 1 mixed (9%) · 3 negative (27%)

Trust + time weighted score: +31% · raw score 36%

What redditors said (10 of 11)

Backblaze personal would require you to plug the drive in once a month for that to be backed up. If you are duplicating the files between the two exactly 1 for 1, that isn't necessary. It's a flat price whether you're storing 100GB or 100TB.
mixed · u/g****g · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Spend $10/month on backblaze personal and back up both internal and external for that flat rate. The only catch is you need to keep the external plugged in or they will delete the backup if the drive hasn’t been seen in 30 days.
positive · u/h****8 · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
My data currently lives on a Linux server so no Backblaze personal unfortunately (unless there's some hack around this for Win/Mac like mounting - I have personal on my desktop).
negative · u/a****0 · r/DataHoarder · Dec 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
DAS Pros: Cheaper You can use Backbkaze personal to back it up to the cloud.
positive · u/W****i · r/DataHoarder · comment · Dec 8, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The release notes (and lots of posts in /r/backblaze) cover what you'll be in for when you do. I suspect people on that version will eventually be forced to upgrade (which service-wise is a downgrade), but I don't know when.
negative · u/M****r · r/DataHoarder · comment · Nov 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Write that in past tense, as BB Personal plan has changed which drives can be selected for backup...
negative · u/u****r · r/DataHoarder · comment · Nov 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
That's nothing... Backblaze Personal, sell / give the drives to a friend. Download on the other side to a new drive.
positive · u/M****n · r/DataHoarder · comment · Aug 10, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
If it’s important data, I’d recommend an HDD that fulfills your future needs for size of data. Then, another HDD to keep a copy. Then backblaze personal for unlimited cloud storage.
positive · u/G****h · r/DataHoarder · comment · Jul 29, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Backblaze personal backs up everything for $10, while B2 is $5/TB for block storage and can be used by whatever backup solution of your choice.
positive · u/y****o · r/DataHoarder · comment · Jul 13, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Get BackBlaze personal. It’s $99 a year and has unlimited backup storage. Don’t treat it as a storage solution because it isn’t, just have it backup everything. You really can’t beat the value of it
positive · u/A****2 · r/photography · comment · Jul 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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