Backblaze offers high-performance, S3-compatible cloud object storage designed to eliminate vendor lock-in, complexity, and cost. The platform accelerates AI workflows, powers data-intensive applications, and streamlines media management, serving over 500,000 customers across 175 countries. As an award-winning independent cloud, Backblaze scaled with minimal outside funding until its 2021 IPO (NASDAQ: BLZE), demonstrating financial discipline and customer-driven growth. Its remote-first, distributed model and focus on interoperability make it a trusted choice for organizations seeking flexible, affordable storage without proprietary constraints.
Backblaze has launched Genblaze, an open-source Python SDK, designed to simplify the creation of generative media pipelines for streaming industry professionals. Genblaze provides a unified API for integrating various video, image, and audio AI models, offering model swapping, durable object storage with Backblaze B2, and SHA-256-verified provenance. The SDK aims to streamline workflows that utilize multiple generative AI providers, such as producing short brand films from a brief.
Backblaze compares AWS CloudFront and bunny.net across CDN factors including network footprint (PoPs), caching features, compression, DDoS protection, integrations, and pricing. The article highlights bunny.net features such as Origin Shield, Perma-Cache, and request coalescing, and contrasts CloudFront’s tighter integration with AWS services and optional AWS Shield Advanced. Pricing examples are provided to illustrate differences in per-GB egress costs and request-fee policies, with mention of free egress between bunny.net and Backblaze B2 when paired.
Always-hot S3 compatible object storage engineered for efficiency.
