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An automatic cloud backup service designed for small businesses to protect and restore endpoint data continuously.

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This page reflects aggregated public online discussion, not statements of fact or our own opinion. Scores summarize the tone of relevant public mentions and carry the limitations described in our methodology. See how this is calculated.

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When I first started using Backblaze, I also tested several of the competitors at the time (Carbonite, CrashPlan etc) and as bad as Backblazes software was, it was still by far the best out of the options.And from comments here I don't see any other user-friendly options being pr...

Hacker NewsApr 15, 2026

CrashPlan required, if I recall correctly, 1GB of RAM for every 1TB backed up. It got a bit unwieldy after a while, because I have multiple terabytes of photos and videos over many years.

Hacker NewsApr 14, 2026

> Exclusions are one thing, but I've had Backblaze _fail to restore a file_. I pay for unlimited history.> I contacted the support asking WTF, "oh the file got deleted at some point, sorry for that", and they offered me 3 months of credits.This happened to me with CrashPlan for W...

Hacker NewsApr 14, 2026

I've been on Backblaze for a few years now, ever since Crashplan decided it didn't want individuals to use its service any more.It's always been just janky. A bad app that constantly throws low disk warnings and opens a webpage if you click anywhere on it. Being told the password...

Hacker NewsApr 14, 2026

Weirdly, reading this had the net impact of me signing up to Backblaze.I had no idea that it was such a good bargain. I used to be a Crashplan user back in the day, and I always thought Backblaze had tiered limits.I've been using Duplicati to sync a lot of data to S3's cheapest t...

Hacker NewsApr 14, 2026

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