Backblaze

Backblaze is a technology company that provides cloud backup and cloud storage services. It offers a personal backup product with unlimited data backup for individual computers, a business backup option, and B2 Cloud Storage, an object storage service for developers and IT teams. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and was founded in 2007.

Backblaze Personal Backup runs on Windows and macOS clients and operates in the background to continuously back up files. Restore options include web-based access or the option to receive data on physical media. Backblaze for Business provides centralized management for organizations, with controls over backup scope, retention, and restores.

B2 Cloud Storage is Backblaze's cloud storage offering for developers and enterprises. It is designed to be scalable and affordable as an alternative to traditional cloud storage, with pricing based on stored data and additional charges for data retrieval and transfer.

Backblaze is known for its transparency and hardware research, including publicly released statistics on hard drive failure rates and the design of Storage Pods built from commodity hardware to reduce storage costs. The company operates its own data centers and emphasizes data security, offering encryption in transit and at rest with an optional private encryption key.