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Who is Backblaze B2 best for?
Quick fit guide: Who is Backblaze B2 best for, who should avoid it, and what typically forces a switch.
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Best use cases for Backblaze B2
- Developers and small teams looking for the lowest-cost S3-compatible object storage with a long track record and simple API — Backblaze B2 has been production-tested by backup software vendors for over a decade.
- Teams using Cloudflare CDN who can leverage the Backblaze-Cloudflare bandwidth alliance to serve assets from B2 through Cloudflare with zero egress fees from B2 to Cloudflare.
- Content creators, media companies, and video platforms storing large volumes of files where B2's $0.006/GB/mo storage pricing and free-to-Cloudflare delivery model provide a cost-effective alternative to S3 + CloudFront.
Who should avoid Backblaze B2?
- You need deep enterprise governance integrated into a hyperscaler ecosystem
- Your workload is extremely request-heavy and you lack a clear cost model
- You need broad global footprint and hyperscaler-grade service adjacency
Upgrade triggers for Backblaze B2
- Need enterprise governance/compliance integrations at scale
- Need hyperscaler-native adjacency for analytics and data pipelines
- Need broader region footprint for latency-sensitive delivery patterns
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