Backblaze Pricing 2026: $99 Computer Backup vs B2 per TB

Backblaze Computer Backup costs $99 a year per computer, $9 a month on monthly billing, or $189 for two years, with unlimited data from the computer and its connected external drives, per Backblaze's backup pricing page on October 19, 2026. Personal Backup and Business Backup cost the same per computer. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, the separate object storage product, costs $6.95 per TB a month on Backblaze's B2 pricing page.

Those are two different products with two different meters. Computer Backup charges per machine and ignores how much data you have. B2 charges per terabyte and ignores how many machines send it data. Which one is cheaper depends almost entirely on that one question, and for a security team the more important difference is what each one does when ransomware hits.

Toolradar data: Backblaze's entry paid plan, $8.25 a month on yearly billing, ranks #13 of 17 for price among the cloud storage tools Toolradar tracks with a verified entry price, where the median is $4.92 a month, as of October 2026 (Backblaze on Toolradar). Toolradar, the software directory we run, evaluated 34 tools for its cloud storage ranking. The cheaper tools in that group cap storage; Backblaze Computer Backup does not, so the rank says more about the entry price than about the cost per terabyte.

All prices in US dollars, read on Backblaze's two pricing pages with each billing term selected, October 19, 2026.

How much does Backblaze Computer Backup cost per year?

For one computer, the two-year term is the cheapest way to pay: $189, or $94.50 a year by our arithmetic. Monthly billing works out to 12 x $9 = $108 a year, so the yearly plan saves a little and the two-year term saves more. Over two years, the two-year term undercuts two yearly renewals ($198) and two years of monthly billing ($216).

The single-computer figures are in the paragraph above. Figures for more than one computer are our arithmetic on the per-computer list prices. Business Backup bills the same rate per computer and pro-rates computers added mid-term, so every renewal lands on the same date. That matters for an IT lead: the bill for a growing team is predictable, and nobody has to reconcile 25 separate renewal dates.

The steelman for monthly billing is flexibility. A contractor laptop that will leave in four months costs $36 on monthly billing, by our arithmetic, against a full yearly commitment, so a team with churn can mix terms by machine.

What does Backblaze B2 cost per terabyte?

B2 is $6.95 per TB a month, billed on the data stored per byte-hour over the month, with the first 10 GB free and no minimum file size or minimum storage duration fees. Egress is free up to three times your average monthly storage, then $0.01 per GB. Class A, B and C API calls are free on pay-as-you-go, and Class D calls cost $0.004 per 10,000 after the first 2,500 a day.

A worked example, by our arithmetic on those list prices: 5 TB of server backups costs $34.75 a month, or $417 a year. That 5 TB gives 15 TB of free egress a month, so a full restore of everything costs nothing extra. Restoring 20 TB in one month from the same 5 TB would leave 5 TB of overage, which at $0.01 per GB is $50.

The no-minimum-duration rule is the quiet advantage for backup jobs. Services with a minimum storage duration keep billing deleted data until that minimum passes; B2 stops billing when the data is gone. Buyers who know their volume can also commit to a set amount of storage for one to five years, which Backblaze prices by quote.

Computer Backup or B2: which is cheaper?

Computer Backup wins for any single computer holding more than about 1.2 TB. By our arithmetic, the yearly plan works out to $8.25 a month, the same as roughly 1.19 TB on B2 at its per-terabyte rate. Below that, B2 can be cheaper for the raw storage, but you then supply and maintain the backup software yourself.

The real split is scope, not price. Computer Backup covers user data on Mac and Windows computers and the external drives connected to them, with a dedicated restore app. Anything that is not a computer, such as a file server, a NAS box or an application's data, belongs on B2, which is S3-compatible object storage that backup tools write to. A small business with a server can end up paying for both: Computer Backup on every laptop, B2 for the server.

For the full product picture, including the admin console and how restores work in practice, see our Backblaze review. Buyers comparing other vendors can start with the best backup software for small business.

What costs extra on Backblaze?

Version history is the fee most buyers miss. Computer Backup keeps old versions and deleted files for 30 days by default. You can switch on one-year version history at no extra cost, or Forever version history, which charges $0.00695 per GB a month for file versions older than one year, per Backblaze's version history page. By our arithmetic, 100 GB of versions older than a year costs about $0.70 a month.

The other line items are smaller or free:

• Restores by mail are free if you return the drive. Backblaze ships an encrypted USB drive with your data worldwide, free when the drive comes back within 30 days.
• Web restores are free. Zip restores run up to 500 GB per request, and you can prepare several at once.
• Enterprise Control is quote-only. OIDC single sign-on, enhanced backup lockdown and restricted restore access sit behind a sales call.
• B2 Overdrive is a different product. It starts at $15 per TB a month for high-throughput workloads and is sold by quote, not self-serve.

Set the one-year version history on day one. It is free, and it turns a 30-day window into a full year to notice that a file was encrypted or deleted.

How does Backblaze pricing hold up against ransomware?

For ransomware recovery, version history and immutability matter more than the per-terabyte rate. Ransomware that encrypts a laptop also produces "new versions" of every file, and Computer Backup uploads those changes. The clean copies survive only as old versions, so a 30-day default means an attack noticed on day 31 can leave you with encrypted files only. One-year version history closes most of that gap for free.

Computer Backup also offers private key encryption, where a key you set protects the backup on top of Backblaze's default encryption, and two-factor sign-in by SMS or authenticator app. Turn on both, and keep the private key in a password manager, because losing it means losing the backup.

On B2, the ransomware control is Object Lock, which sets retention policies that block changes or deletion of backup files for a set period, per Backblaze's ransomware recovery page. An attacker who steals a backup admin's credentials cannot delete locked backups before the retention period ends. Our ransomware response playbook covers what to do in the first hours, and the best ransomware protection guide covers prevention tools that sit in front of the backup. Stolen credentials are one way an attacker reaches a backup console, so our guide to preventing phishing attacks is the other half of that defense.

Is Backblaze worth it in 2026?

For one person, yes: the yearly plan has no storage cap. A photographer with 4 TB on an external drive pays the same as someone with 50 GB, and our arithmetic puts the same 4 TB on B2 at $27.80 a month. If you also want privacy from the provider itself, set a private key, or pick one of the zero-knowledge services in our encrypted cloud storage guide.

For a small business, Business Backup at the same per-computer price is a fair default for laptops, with B2 for servers and Object Lock for immutable copies. Teams that need SSO through Okta or Azure AD and restricted restores should price Enterprise Control with sales, since that tier has no published price. Pair either with two-factor authentication for the whole team, and see the best cybersecurity tools for small business for the rest of the stack.

How we checked these prices

Louis Corneloup, founder of Dupple and Toolradar, prepared this breakdown for buyers choosing between Backblaze's backup and storage products. We read every price, billing term and limit on Backblaze's backup pricing page, B2 pricing page, version history page and version history docs on October 19, 2026, with the monthly, yearly and two-year terms each selected. Multi-computer totals, break-even points and B2 scenarios are our arithmetic on those list prices, not vendor quotes. Cyberpresso runs no test lab, so no backup or restore speed here is a measurement. The rank and median come from Toolradar's October 2026 cloud storage data.

Cite this: Cyberpresso, "Backblaze Pricing 2026: $99 Computer Backup vs B2 per TB", November 2026.

FAQ

How much does Backblaze cost in 2026?

Backblaze Computer Backup costs $99 a year per computer, $9 a month, or $189 for two years, for Personal and Business alike, with unlimited data from the computer and its external drives. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage costs $6.95 per TB a month. Prices were read on Backblaze's pricing pages on October 19, 2026.

Is Backblaze Business more expensive than Personal?

No. Business Backup charges the same per-computer rate as Personal Backup on every billing term, and adds management of many computers, groups, centralized billing and SSO through Google and Microsoft. Enterprise Control, with OIDC sign-in and restricted restores, is the tier that needs a sales quote.

Does Backblaze charge for restores?

Web restores are free, as zip files of up to 500 GB per request. A restore on an encrypted USB drive shipped to you is free if you return the drive within 30 days. On B2, downloads are free up to three times your average monthly storage, then $0.01 per GB.

How much is Backblaze Forever version history?

Forever version history costs $0.00695 per GB a month for file versions older than one year. The default 30-day history and the one-year option are included at no extra cost, so most buyers only pay for Forever if they need versions beyond a year.

Is there a Backblaze free trial?

Yes. Personal Backup offers a free trial with no credit card required, and B2 includes the first 10 GB of storage free on an ongoing basis.

When is B2 cheaper than Computer Backup?

B2 is cheaper only for small amounts of data: at B2's per-terabyte rate, about 1.19 TB a month costs the same as a year of Computer Backup on the yearly plan, by our arithmetic. Above that, Computer Backup's unlimited plan costs less per terabyte, but it only covers computers and their connected drives, so servers and NAS backups still go to B2.

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