3 categories · RankedBackblaze B2
Backblaze B2 is a cloud object storage service from Backblaze that organizes data in buckets, which can be created and managed through its API · backblaze.com ↗
Leads at mid-market. Ranked 6 of 72 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Cloudflare R2 at 22%.
Ranked first. Next is Cloudflare R2 at 20%. 7 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Amazon S3 is first at 43%.
Why models recommend it
“Backblaze B2 is the safest and most popular recommendation due to its low price, free egress allowance, reliability, and S3 compatibility”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Backblaze B2 is frequently highlighted for its enterprise-ready security, 99.9% uptime SLA, and full S3 API compatibility.”Mistral Small · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Start with Backblaze B2 for its balance of price, features, and proven track record with small businesses.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“If you want a single safe default for most startups, Backblaze B2 is the most cited cost-conscious choice”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“B2 does not have the same global backbone infrastructure as Google or AWS. For small, frequent requests, latency can be noticeably higher”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Backblaze B2 is popular for backups due to low cost but has had outage reports and isn't ideal for hot data.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Backblaze B2, over the 196 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 157 | 32 | Compare → | |
| 142 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 134 | 23 | Compare → | |
| 104 | 2 | View → | |
| 102 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 64 | 2 | View → | |
| 44 | 2 | View → | |
| 20 | 1 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Backblaze B2 →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Backblaze B2's own site, not checked by Gane.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 159 of the 196 answers that named Backblaze B2 and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
380 of the 458 domain citations in answers naming Backblaze B2 came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |