Backblaze, Inc. is an American cloud storage and data backup company based in San Mateo, California. It was founded in 2007 by Gleb Budman and others.[3] Its services are intended for both business and personal markets.
History
Backblaze was established in 2007 in San Mateo, California.[4] In 2008, the company released online backup services to support PCs running Apple's macOS and Microsoft's Windows.[4]
In October 2021, Backblaze filed to go public on the Nasdaq under the symbol BLZE.[4] In November, the company launched its public IPO.[5]
Backblaze and Catalogic, a data protection vendor, announced their partnership in March 2022.[6]
Since 2013, Backblaze has reported quarterly reliability statistics for its data center hard drives, showing annual failure rates for each model.[7][8]
On November 28, 2025, Backblaze announced a strategic integration with Shareio, a new platform enabling creators to monetize and protect their digital content. [9]
Backblaze has six data centers; four in the United States, one in Canada and one in Europe.[10][11]
As of April 2025, Backbaze has been reporting losses every quarter ever since going public in November 2021.[12]
Products
Backblaze's first product was its computer backup, offering users to back up their computer data continuously and automatically with a monthly subscription service.[13]
In September 2015, Backblaze launched a new product, B2 Cloud Storage. Being an infrastructure as a service (IaaS), it is targeted at software integration for different kinds of businesses.[14]
In May 2020, Backblaze released an Amazon S3-compatible API, allowing customers to use existing tools and applications with B2 Cloud Storage without rewriting them.[15] In May 2022, Backblaze released its cloud replication services, which allow customers to back up and store data in a location that is geographically separate from the data's primary location.[16][17]
References
- Backblaze. Welcoming Chief Financial Officer Marc Suidan to Backblaze Backblaze Blog, 2024-08-16, retrieved 2026-01-26^
- Backblaze, Inc. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1 April 2023^
- Chris Mellor. Back up a minute: Backblaze on SMR, storage tiers, and Web3 Blocks and Files, 2022-12-13, retrieved 2022-12-23^
- Jordan Novet. Amazon cloud storage challenger Backblaze files to go public CNBC, 18 October 2021, retrieved 2022-08-19^
- Backblaze Stock Could Be The Next Cloudflare In The Making (NASDAQ:BLZE) seekingalpha.com, 22 November 2021, retrieved 2022-08-19^
- Joe Fay. Catalogic partners with Backblaze to tackle ransomware and tape maintenance Blocks and Files, 2022-03-14, retrieved 2022-09-21^
- Backblaze HD reliability stats show oldies can be goodies The Register, 2022-02-01, retrieved 2023-07-26^
- Backup Company Reveals Hard Drive Failure Rates For 2022 Tom's Hardware, 2023-01-31, retrieved 2023-07-26^
- https://www.marketscreener.com/news/backblaze-b2-cloud-storage-partners-with-shareio-s-creator-monetization-platform-ce7d5edbdc80f023^
- Backblaze Opens New US East Data Region globenewswire.com, 13 December 2022, retrieved 12 January 2023^
- Backblaze opens data center in Amsterdam, retains same pricing as US TechRepublic.com, 27 August 2019, retrieved 27 August 2019^
- Scharon Harding. Backblaze responds to claims of “sham accounting,” customer backups at risk Ars Technica, 2025-04-28, retrieved 2026-01-27^
- Backblaze: Online Backup With Time Machine's Finesse TechCrunch, 2 June 2008, retrieved 28 March 2016^
- Frederic Lardinois. Backblaze launches its low-cost cloud storage service out of beta TechCrunch, 2016-06-28, retrieved 2022-10-18^
- Frederic Lardinois. Backblaze challenges AWS by making its cloud storage S3 compatible TechCrunch, 2020-05-04, retrieved 2023-01-20^
- Paul Sawers. Backblaze launches 'cloud replication' to help companies store and sync data across regions VentureBeat, 2022-06-07, retrieved 2022-09-27^
- Backblaze B2 offers cross-continent Cloud Replication service TechTarget, retrieved 2022-09-27^