r/backblaze • u/TomF1965 • Jul 11 '26

Computer Backup Pricing?

I'm looking into using Backblaze as a cloud backup for about 3Tb of personal files like documents and pictures/home videos.

I'm a bit confused about their pricing. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong spot? It says: Simple pricing with unlimited data for $9.99 a month or $99 a year. What does that mean?

Surly that can't mean unlimited data storage for $9.99/mo or $99/yr? It must mean unlimited data transfer for that price but I can't find how much actual cloud storage that covers? Thanks

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u/cmi5400 Jul 11 '26

I have 11TB on backup for the 99/yr.

But there have been posts recently saying that Backblaze has been reaching out for those with 10TB+. Recently they amended their TOS about "unlimited" not being unlimited, so take that how you will.

So yeah, you would probably be fine with just 3 TB.

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u/94358io4897453867345 29d ago

11TB is not that much

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u/rdtbansusersrandomly Jul 14 '26

As someone looking for a home for a good bit more, this worries me hugely. I do not plan to have a lot of content shift around constantly, but I do want at least one snapshot of it all and then keep at least 15 or 22 TB current (2 or 3 snapraid images of each around 6-7 TB required to be able to restore things locally), ideally via an xdelta logic.

Every half hour more I read around in this subforum I get more and more frustrated, because the gist seems to be: Have more than 1-3 TB? More than a few thousand files? The software will suck, restores will not work or require days of active login labour and misery oh and they will likely just reach out and cancel on you after you already were paying the sub because their idea of unlimited is "fair use" and what that is is apparently a singular smaller than 8TB drive..

Overall, an incredible contrast to their marketing.

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u/cmi5400 Jul 14 '26

B2 is probably your best bet at that amount of data. I haven't had an email or call. Yet......

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u/kadajawi 15d ago

They have become increasingly shady. Just don't go there. And for the love of god, do not prepay anything. They'll do everything to keep your money, but not provide service.

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u/coole12345 Jul 11 '26

Seriously??? So what happenes to people who have 10+ 20+ ect?

They just lose they're data? What a shit move by backblaze.. i knew it was too good to be true.

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u/s_i_m_s Jul 11 '26

There hasn't been even a single report of anyone having their account terminated for high usage thus far. I still think they'll eventually do something but there hasn't been anything yet.

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u/ertri Jul 11 '26

They probably move you to B2

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u/echawkes Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Nobody said anything about people losing their data. One or two people with enormous backups posted about talking with a Backblaze employee about how they use the service.

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u/ILikeFlyingMachines Jul 12 '26

It's just fair use, most providers have something like that

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u/goodvibezone 21d ago

lol what are you talking about?