LF backup providers feedback

[humptydumpty]

I've been experiencing recurring failed backups with Backblaze and I'm looking to try someone else. ChatGPT created this table, but I'd like first hand experience with how reliable each provider really is; specifically, do you experience any failed backups and if so, how often? Feel free to share your experiences and recommendations. Thanks!

Feature	Backblaze B2	iDrive e2	IONOS Cloud	Linode Object Storage	Hetzner Storage Box
Storage Cost	$0.005/GB per month	$0.004/GB per month	$0.0045/GB per month	$0.005/GB per month	€0.01/GB (around $0.011/GB) per month
Egress Cost	$0.01/GB	$0.01/GB	Free (first 11TB)	$0.01/GB	Free up to monthly storage quota
Free Tier	10 GB	10 GB	1 TB free egress (first month)	250 GB free (first month)	None
API Request Cost	Class A: $0.004/1,000 req	Class A: Free	Included	Free	No API; FTP, WebDAV, SCP supported
Data Center	U.S., Europe	U.S.	U.S., Europe	U.S.	Germany
S3 Compatibility	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Ideal Use Case	Backup, low-cost storage	Affordable storage, S3 apps	Heavy egress usage	Small to mid-scale app storage	Backup and file storage (basic apps)

[micmc]

AWS S3 for years and Cloudflare R2 more recently (of course) are my two primary choices and they work perfectly 99.9% of the time. Looking forward to Hetzner storage boxes and imho they should be as good...

No ventures, no fluff

[humptydumpty]

@micmc Is that AWS standard or one of their other tiers (glacier, glacier deep archive, intelligent tier)? Wait, you never had any failed backups? If so, then BB is worse than that I thought!

[micmc]

@humptydumpty said in LF backup providers feedback:

@micmc Is that AWS standard or one of their other tiers (glacier, glacier deep archive, intelligent tier)? Wait, you never had any failed backups? If so, then BB is worse than that I thought!

Standard S3 yes. Tried BB in the past, quickly quit to say the least.

Backup failure is almost nonexistent, indeed.

[humptydumpty]

@micmc Wow. Thanks Andy!

[micmc]

@humptydumpty YW mate

[jdaviescoates]

@humptydumpty I've been using Hetzner Storage Boxes for my backups for the past 5 years or so pretty much without issue. There has been the occasional issue with CIFS mounts, but I think that was more Cloudron related than Hetzner and mostly it's been totally fine.