Backblaze B2
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Mar 26, 2026first mention
Oct 5, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“especially if you're using B2 on the backend”
“Every night my laptop and homelab both back up to each other and to B2.”
has a homelabon “Backblaze has stopped backing up your data”
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“I use Arq + Backblaze storage and I think my monthly bill is very low”
“I like backblaze for backups, but I use restic and b2.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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Data: backblaze-b2.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 11
“I used to use Backblaze B2, which had cheaper egress”
“B2 Overdrive by Backblaze boasting up to 1 Tbps”
“I mount my music from a B2 bucket”
“I backup with a scheduled rclone to B2”
“We have it backing up to Backblaze B2 (S3 like).”
“especially if you're using B2 on the backend”
“Every night my laptop and homelab both back up to each other and to B2.”
“I use Arq + Backblaze storage and I think my monthly bill is very low”
“This is why I use Arq with Backblaze.”
“I like backblaze for backups, but I use restic and b2.”
“I use offsite backups for that very scenario - From nextcloud (private) to https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage.”