Why hackers moved from Backblaze to Cloudflare R2

1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.

Backblaze 1 hacker criticizes it
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Cloudflare R2 2 hackers recommend it

What hackers said about the move

“Just switched from Backblaze to Cloudflare R2 (using restic).”
noisy_boy, 2026-04-14original comment ↗

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Backblaze vs Cloudflare R2

BackblazeCloudflare R2
Hackers who recommend02
Hackers who criticize10
Moved away from it10
Moved to it02

Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.

Criticism of Backblaze

No further criticism of Backblaze captured yet.

Praise for Cloudflare R2

“I've saved plenty of money by migrating from AWS S3 to Cloudflare's R2.”
Meekro, 2026-04-16original comment ↗

Other moves from Backblaze

    Other moves to Cloudflare R2