Object storage · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
Azure Blob Storage vs Backblaze B2
2 object storage offers from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs (for a reference workload of 100 GB stored and 200 GB downloaded a month), and where the price comes from.
Azure Blob Storage
from $10.78/mo
Hot (LRS) · 1 plans listed
Backblaze B2
from $0.70/mo
Pay-as-you-go · 1 plans listed
Which is cheaper, Azure Blob Storage or Backblaze B2?
Backblaze B2's cheapest listed plan is Pay-as-you-go at $0.70/mo; Azure Blob Storage's is Hot (LRS) at $10.78/mo. The price shown is for a reference workload of 100 GB stored and 200 GB downloaded a month.
How many object storage offers does each offer here?
We list 1 for Azure Blob Storage and 1 for Backblaze B2, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
Azure Blob Storage
Everything from Azure Blob StorageHot (LRS)
- Storage
- $0.021 per GB a month
- Egress
- $0.087 per GB
- Free tier
- First 100 GB/month outbound data transfer free (per subscription, shared across Azure services). Storage rate is the Hot LRS, General Block Blob v2 tier for the first 50 TB/month; egress rate is the 100 GB–10 TB/month Standard Data Transfer Out tier.
- Region
- East US (eastus)
Backblaze B2
Everything from Backblaze B2Pay-as-you-go
- Storage
- $0.007 per GB a month
- Egress
- $0.010 per GB
- Free tier
- First 10 GB storage free; egress free up to 3x stored data
- Region
- US, EU
Azure Blob Storage against the rest
How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.