Backblaze vs Internxt

Backblaze is a publicly traded storage company from San Mateo, California, founded in 2007, that runs its own data centers and sells two products. Computer Backup continuously backs up an entire Mac or Windows PC, including attached external drives, for a flat monthly price with no data cap. B2 Cloud Storage is S3-compatible object storage priced per terabyte, positioned as a much cheaper alternative to Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage and Azure Blob Storage.

Computer Backup offers version history, restores through the web and the app, and the option to have data shipped on a USB drive. B2 includes free egress up to three times the data stored each month, free transfer through partners such as Cloudflare, object lock for immutable, ransomware-resistant backups, and integrations with tools like Veeam, Synology, QNAP, rclone and media asset managers. The first 10 GB of B2 storage is free, and billing beyond that is simple and predictable.

Backblaze suits individuals and creatives who want set-and-forget workstation backup, and developers or IT teams storing backups, media archives and app uploads cheaply. It is not a sync or collaboration tool like Dropbox, it offers far fewer regions and services than AWS, and very large Computer Backup restores can be slow. Against Wasabi it competes on egress terms and ecosystem, and against IDrive on simplicity. The company is also known for publishing quarterly hard drive reliability statistics from its own fleet.

Internxt is a cloud storage service from Valencia, Spain, built around zero-knowledge, end-to-end encryption and open-source client code. Files are encrypted on your device before upload, so the company cannot read them, and the code of its apps is published for independent review.

The product family includes Drive for file storage and sync, Photos for camera roll backup, and Send for sharing large files with expiring links, with desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux, mobile apps and a web interface. Internxt is well known for lifetime plans paid once for a fixed amount of storage, alongside monthly and annual subscriptions; the free plan is small and meant for trying the service. Business plans add team management.

Internxt appeals to privacy-conscious individuals in Europe who want EU-based, GDPR-governed storage at a low price and like the idea of open-source clients. It is younger and less polished than the market leaders: sync speed and reliability can vary, collaboration and office editing are limited, and there are fewer integrations. Proton Drive offers a similar privacy model within the wider Proton suite, pCloud also sells lifetime plans with optional client-side encryption, and Sync.com provides zero-knowledge storage from Canada. For team collaboration, Dropbox or Google Drive remain stronger.