Filebase vs Backblaze B2
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Filebase and Backblaze B2.
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
Filebase
0 reviews
4.2/5
Backblaze B2
0 reviews
Backblaze B2 is rated higher (4.2 vs 3.5). Filebase provides S3-compatible API over decentralized storage networks (IPFS, Sia, Storj). Redundancy through multiple blockchains. US-based with competitive pricing. Backblaze B2 offers S3-compatible object storage at $6.95/TB/month (raised from $6/TB in May). Free egress up to 3x stored data for all customers, unlimited free egress to partner CDNs/compute.
Filebase S3-compatible object storage with Web3 integration and multi-cloud redundancy | Backblaze B2 S3-compatible object storage at $6.95/TB/month with 3x free egress | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.5 (0 reviews) | 4.2 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | freemium | usage-based |
| Starting price | Free tier available✓ | From $6.95/mo |
| Best for | Cost-conscious teams needing S3-compatible object storage with heavy read traffic and free egress, plus Web3 projects wanting IPFS pinning and content addressing without managing gateways | Backup targets, snapshot archives, and asset storage where low, predictable cost beats global distribution |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | — | ["US West (Sacramento, Stockton, Phoenix)", "US East (Reston, VA)", "EU Central (Amsterdam, NL)", "CA East (Toronto, ON)"] |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tiers3 compatibleus datacenterapi access | free tiers3 compatibleus datacenterapi access |
| Visit Filebase → | Visit Backblaze B2 → | |
Filebase
Pros
- + Genuine S3 API compatibility (SigV4, AWS SDKs) — migrate in and out without re-architecting
- + Excellent price story: $0.015 per GB-month, free object egress on paid plans with no cap, free inbound and deletes
- + Straightforward plans: free 5 GB tier without a credit card, Pro at $7.50/month for 500 GB
- + IPFS integration done for you: pinning, per-bucket CIDs, gateways, IPNS names and static sites
- + Billing documentation is unusually explicit about what is metered and what is not
Cons
- - Vendor-stated 99% uptime and no public SLA — a procurement problem for regulated workloads
- - Very small company (single-digit headcount) running production storage infrastructure
- - IPFS bandwidth is billed separately: gateway, bitswap and Sites traffic can surprise you
- - No published datacenter locations or data residency guarantees
- - Limited platform beyond storage: no compute, no databases; older pages still describe tiers that no longer exist
Backblaze B2
Pros
- + $6.95/TB/month storage with no minimum file size or storage duration fees
- + Free egress up to 3x average monthly storage for all customers; unlimited free egress to partner CDNs/compute
- + Genuine S3-compatible API plus native API, with free Class A/B/C transactions
- + 11 nines claimed durability with published Vault math (20 shards across 20 pods)
- + EU data residency via the Amsterdam region; permanent 10 GB free tier
Cons
- - One region per account (fixed at creation); no cross-region buckets or read replicas
- - S3 compatibility is partial: no IAM roles, object tagging, or website hosting; bucket-level ACLs only
- - SLA is thin: 99.9% objective with 5–10% service credits
- - Storage price rose from $6 to $6.95/TB in May — value still strong, but the direction is upward
- - No compute, functions, or database services
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