🆚 Backblaze B2 vs. Hetzner Object Storage

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Backblaze B2 is twice as popular as Hetzner Object Storage.
🌎 Backblaze B2 is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Indonesia.
🌍 Hetzner Object Storage is more popular in Germany, Slovenia, and Greece.

Backblaze B2

Hetzner Object Storage

Type

Cloud storage service

About

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

Hetzner Object Storage is an S3-compatible object storage service from the German cloud hosting provider Hetzner.

Headquarters

Gunzenhausen, Germany

Website

backblaze.com #20,712

hetzner.com #8,476

Pricing

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

B2 Reserve$1,560/20TB/year

Free version ❌

Base price
(includes 1 TB of storage + 1 TB of egress traffic)€4.99/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Backblaze B2 cloud storage service is 1.7 times more popular than Hetzner Object Storage.

Total websites

Market share

Cloud Storages

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Backblaze B2 is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Indonesia, while Hetzner Object Storage is more popular in Germany, Slovenia, and Greece.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Indonesia

Spain

Slovenia

Brazil

Kenya

India

Greece

Awards

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

⭐ 6th most popular in Germany in the Cloud Storages category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Backblaze B2 is more popular among sites focused on business, Internet services, and software and hardware, while Hetzner Object Storage is more commonly used on general news, online shopping, and motor vehicles sites.

Business

Internet Services

General News

Online Shopping

Software/Hardware

Blogs/Wiki

Real Estate

Marketing/Merchandising

Motor Vehicles

Auctions/Classifieds