🆚 Akamai Object Storage vs. Backblaze B2

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Akamai Object Storage is twice as popular as Backblaze B2.
🌎 Akamai Object Storage is more popular in Indonesia, Sweden, and Brazil.
🌎 Backblaze B2 is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Kenya.

Akamai Object Storage

Backblaze B2

Type

Cloud storage service

About

Akamai Object Storage is a globally available, S3-compliant, fault-tolerant storage solution.

Backblaze B2 is hot cloud object storage that is fully compatible with AWS S3, but for less money.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

linode.com #29,506

backblaze.com #20,712

Pricing

Free version ❌

250 GB$5/month

500 GB$10/month

1 TB$20/month

5 TB$100/month

10 TB$200/month

50 TB$1000/month

Pay-As-You-Go$6/TB/month

B2 Reserve$1,560/20TB/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Akamai Object Storage service is 1.6 times more popular than Backblaze B2.

Total websites

Market share

Cloud Storages

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Akamai Object Storage is more popular in Indonesia, Sweden, and Brazil, while Backblaze B2 is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Kenya.

United States

United Kingdom

Indonesia

Sweden

Brazil

India

Netherlands

Canada

Australia

Germany

Awards

⭐ 10th most popular in the United States in the Cloud Storages category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Akamai Object Storage is more popular among sites focused on general news, marketing and merchandising, and sports, while Backblaze B2 is more commonly used on business, software and hardware, and blogs and wiki sites.

Business

General News

Internet Services

Marketing/Merchandising

Sports

Travel

Software/Hardware

Blogs/Wiki

Real Estate

Entertainment