Backblaze Pricing and Product Updates(www.backblaze.com)

39 pointsby precommunicator4 hours ago6 comments

S0y4 hours ago
>Free API calls: Effective May 1, we’re making API calls free for all B2 Cloud Storage customers.
>Storage price: Also effective May 1, we are updating pricing from $6/TB to $6.95/TB
Honestly amazing change. The free API changes are going to cut our bills in half. the 95cent increase per TB is totally reasonable.
- kassner4 hours ago
  That’s a 15% price increase. Last increase from $5 to $6 was in October 3, 2023.
  - LunaSea2 hours ago
    This follows HDD and SSD price increases.
- SunshineTheCat4 hours ago
  Same here, the API calls have always been heavier for me than the storage costs. It of course depends upon each use case, but this is overall a win for how I've been using it.
  Even with the storage increase, still way more affordable than S3 or many of the other alternatives out there.
spzb4 hours ago
In a normal world, price per terabyte would fall as a consequence of greater storage density and better power efficiency. A world with AI and a brewing oil crisis is not like that.
marcosscriven32 minutes ago
I do wish egress were free, it’s one of the reasons I stick with Cloudflare R2 at the moment.

    Price updates

    Free API calls: Effective May 1, we’re making API calls free for all B2 Cloud Storage customers.* This removes transaction costs and makes it easier to build, scale, and run high-volume workloads subject to our standard platform usage rules and Terms of Service.

    Storage price: Also effective May 1, we are updating pricing from $6/TB to $6.95/TB.

tom13374 hours ago
API call will be free starting May 1, Storage will increase from $6 / TB to $6.95 / TB
x0x04 hours ago
Arq + b2 has been my least-hassle mac backup storage solution by far. Even with this, it's still reasonably priced.