Scaleway Object Storage vs Backblaze B2
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Scaleway Object Storage and Backblaze B2.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
Scaleway Object Storage
0 reviews
4.2/5
Backblaze B2
0 reviews
Backblaze B2 is rated higher (4.2 vs 4.0). Scaleway Object Storage is S3-compatible cloud storage hosted in Amsterdam and Paris. €0.01/GB with generous free tier. GDPR-compliant French company. Easy migration from AWS S3. 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.
Scaleway Object Storage S3-compatible storage in EU from €0.01/GB | Backblaze B2 S3-compatible object storage at $6.95/TB/month with 3x free egress | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.0 (0 reviews) | 4.2 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | usage-based | usage-based |
| Starting price | From $0.00803/mo✓ | From $6.95/mo |
| Best for | EU businesses needing S3-compatible storage for backups, media, data lakes and disaster recovery under GDPR/HDS constraints | 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 | FranceNetherlandsPolandItaly | ["US West (Sacramento, Stockton, Phoenix)", "US East (Reston, VA)", "EU Central (Amsterdam, NL)", "CA East (Toronto, ON)"] |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tiers3 compatibleeu datacentergdpr compliantapi access | free tiers3 compatibleus datacenterapi access |
| Visit Scaleway Object Storage → | Visit Backblaze B2 → | |
Scaleway Object Storage
Pros
- + S3-compatible API with no request fees and free ingress — predictable invoices for request-heavy workloads
- + Standard Multi-AZ across three zones with 11-nines durability and a 99.9% availability SLA
- + 75GB storage and 75GB egress free every month, plus a 750GB/90-day trial for new accounts
- + EU-only operation (Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Milan) with HDS and ISO 27001 certification, outside the CLOUD Act
- + Glacier archive class at about €0.00254/GB/month with lifecycle rules for automated tiering
Cons
- - Egress metered at €0.01/GB after 75GB free — CDN-fronting is needed for read-heavy media delivery
- - Glacier only in Paris and Amsterdam; no regions outside Europe at all
- - Versioning caps at 1,000 versions per object and console batch deletion caps at 1,000 objects
- - A started GB-hour is billable (1KB for 1 second bills as a GB-hour), which punishes tiny objects
- - Class migrations between buckets are manual and support is ticket-based
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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