Backup Storage Prices

Cloudflare R2 vs Backblaze B2: which costs less for backups

Prices checked

On a 10 TB backup, Backblaze B2 costs less in every month we priced, from a quiet month to restoring all 10 TB, by $51.37 to $80.57 a month. Each vendor is priced on its cheapest class for each month, however long that class takes to read; the bills below keep the class each one names.

Both sides use the same numbers, and the bills follow as you type. Files, requests, download speed and restore deadlines use the calculator defaults.

Cloudflare R2

Infrequent Access · Global

$120.80Normal month

$221.70Restore month

Ready at once
Storage $100.00Requests $10.80Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $10.00Fixed fees $0.00

Backblaze B2

B2 Cloud Storage · US West

$69.43Normal month Cheaper

$69.43Restore month

Ready at once
Storage $69.43Requests $0.00Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $0.00Fixed fees $0.00

Three standard backups, both bills

Cloudflare R2 and Backblaze B2 on 1, 10 and 50 TB
Backup keptCloudflare R2, normal monthBackblaze B2, normal monthCloudflare R2, month you restoreBackblaze B2, month you restore
1 TB $15.00Standard$6.88 $15.00Standard$6.88
10 TB $120.80Infrequent Access$69.43 $150.00Standard$69.43
50 TB $561.00Infrequent Access$347.43 $760.80Standard$347.43

Each bill is the vendor's cheapest class with a complete total for that month. 1 TB, 10 TB and 50 TB kept; a tenth, a tenth and a twentieth downloaded in a normal month; everything downloaded in the month you restore. The lower bill in each pair of columns is underlined.

What decides it besides the price

Cloudflare R2

  • Downloads: no download fees.
  • Minimums: Standard, no minimum; Infrequent Access, 30-day minimum per object.
  • Where the data sits: Automatic location.

Backblaze B2

  • Downloads: free downloads up to 3 times the amount stored.
  • Minimums: no minimum.
  • Where the data sits: United States (US West).
  • Object Lock: supported.

From the vendors' published rules

Price both on your own workload, with your region, an Object Lock requirement or a restore deadline.

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Fixed example: 10 TB, line by line

These bills are for the standard 10 TB workload and do not follow the controls above. Prices checked .

Cloudflare R2: Infrequent Access, Global

Normal month $120.80
Normal-month bill, line by lineCloudflare R2 Infrequent Access Global, priced per GB, normal month
Storage $100.00Requests $10.80Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $10.00Fixed fees $0.00
Normal month total$120.80

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

Month you restore $221.70
Restore-month bill, line by lineCloudflare R2 Infrequent Access Global, priced per GB, month you restore
Storage $100.00Requests $11.70Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $110.00Fixed fees $0.00
Month you restore total$221.70

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

Backblaze B2: B2 Cloud Storage, US West

Normal month $69.43
Normal-month bill, line by lineBackblaze B2 Cloud Storage US West, priced per GB, normal month
Storage $69.43Requests $0.00Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $0.00Fixed fees $0.00
Normal month total$69.43

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

Month you restore $69.43
Restore-month bill, line by lineBackblaze B2 Cloud Storage US West, priced per GB, month you restore
Storage $69.43Requests $0.00Downloads (egress) $0.00Retrieval and restored copy $0.00Fixed fees $0.00
Month you restore total$69.43

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

Price both on your own workload, including the day you restore.