Backblaze vs Dropbox
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Backblazesite ↗pricing ↗
Unlimited-capacity backup for computers, plus B2 object storage sold to developers by the gigabyte. Paid plans start at $9/mo (Personal backup); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $9/mo (Business backup). Its published prices moved on 2026-08-28 — the change log holds the rows.
Dropboxsite ↗pricing ↗
The file sync and sharing service that popularised the category, now with document and team collaboration tools around it. Paid plans start at $3.99/mo (Extended Version History); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $10/mo (Replay). We read the same $3.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
The two ladders
Backblazesite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-07 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Personal backup | $9/mo | '$9 /month'; '$99 /year'; '$189 /two yrs' under the page's own 'Save 13%' (two-year term read 2026-09-07). Unlimited data backup, free trial. |
| Business backup | $9/mo | '$9 /month'; '$99 /year'; '$189 /two yrs'. Everything in Personal plus centralised management. |
| Enterprise Control | Custom | 'Contact us' in the vendor's comparison row — backup lockdown, restricted restore access. No figure is published. |
Dropboxsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · USD
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Replay | $10/mo |
| Extended Version History | $3.99/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Dropbox at $3.99/mo, against Backblaze at $9/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: neither publishes one. Any free access here is a trial, which is a deadline.
- How far each ladder goes: Backblaze tops out at $9/mo, Dropbox at $10/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Recently moved: Backblaze (2026-08-28). A change only counts once a second clean read agrees.
- Dropbox: We read the same $3.99/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
How to choose in this category
- Per-terabyte cost falls as tiers rise — the entry tier is rarely the value point.
- Lifetime pay-once plans exist in this category; divide by your honest years of use before comparing them to subscriptions.
- Business and personal ladders differ — make sure the page you read matches the plan you would buy.