Backblaze B2
Best cheap always-hot archive for datasets/checkpoints. R2 still wins agent artifact serving with unbounded…
Best cheap always-hot archive for datasets/checkpoints. R2 still wins agent artifact serving with unbounded free egress; Tigris for global $0 egress S3. Strengths: Dirt-cheap always-hot S3-compat; 3× free egress + partner zero-egress paths; Overdrive SKU aimed at training pipelines.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Best cheap always-hot archive for datasets/checkpoints. R2 still wins agent artifact serving with unbounded free egress; Tigris for global $0 egress S3.
Strengths
- · Dirt-cheap always-hot S3-compat
- · 3× free egress + partner zero-egress paths
- · Overdrive SKU aimed at training pipelines
Weaknesses
- · Not $0 egress in the general case (R2/Tigris win that JTBD)
- · Fewer edge/compute hooks than R2+Workers
- · Overdrive is a serious commit
Pricing notes
As of 2026-09-14 (backblaze.com/cloud-storage/pricing): B2 $6.95/TB-mo (~$0.00695/GB), first 10 GB free, free API calls (A/B/C) on PAYG. Egress free up to 3× average monthly storage then $0.01/GB; unlimited free egress via CDN/compute partners (Cloudflare, Fastly, CoreWeave, …). B2 Overdrive from $15/TB-mo with unlimited egress (multi-PB commit) for AI/HPC.
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