Object storage

Backblaze B2 vs DigitalOcean Spaces

Choose Backblaze B2 when the bucket will hold terabytes and a per-TB rate is easier than a small subscription. Choose DigitalOcean Spaces when 250 GiB and 1 TiB of transfer for $5 a month, plus the built-in CDN, covers the workload.

Backblaze B2

Pay-as-you-go object storage billed per terabyte

$6.95/TB/month

Strengths

  • Egress is free up to 3 times the data you store
  • There is no minimum file size or storage duration

Limits

  • Egress past that 3x allowance is billed
  • A high-throughput tier, B2 Overdrive, starts at $15/TB/month

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DigitalOcean Spaces

S3-compatible storage with a built-in CDN

$5/mo for 250 GiB

Strengths

  • The subscription includes 1 TiB of outbound transfer
  • A built-in CDN is part of the product

Limits

  • Extra storage is $0.02/GiB and extra egress is $0.01/GiB
  • 250 GiB is a small cap if the bucket holds media

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