Cloud Backup

Best Apps Like Backblaze: Top Cloud Backup Alternatives in 2026

Backblaze Personal Backup offers truly unlimited storage for one computer for $9/mo, making it the most affordable full-computer backup solution available.

Why People Look for Backblaze Alternatives

iDrive and Carbonite cap backup storage or charge per-GB overages; Backblaze is truly unlimited.
Time Machine is local only; Backblaze provides offsite backup critical for disaster recovery.
Acronis bundles antivirus and system tools at a higher price; Backblaze focuses purely on backup.
OneDrive and Google Drive are sync tools, not backup; they delete files if you delete them locally.

6 Best Alternatives to Backblaze

Each app below addresses a specific gap in Backblaze's offering. We picked them based on real user review patterns and feature differentiation.

Carbonite

Cloud backup for home users and small businesses.

Carbonite offers automatic cloud backup for Windows and Mac with plans starting at $6.99/mo for home users. Business plans include server backup, bare-metal restore, and remote management. Storage is unlimited on Home plans; Business plans have per-device pricing.

Home users and small businesses wanting a simple set-and-forget backup. Home Basic from $6.99/mo; Business from $24/mo.
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iDrive

Cloud backup for multiple devices on a single plan.

iDrive lets you back up unlimited devices (PCs, Macs, phones, tablets, and servers) under one account. It supports continuous backup, snapshots, and NAS backup. The free tier includes 10 GB, and paid plans are competitive at larger capacities.

Households or small offices needing to back up multiple devices under one plan. Free 10 GB; Personal 10 TB from $79.50/yr.
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Acronis Cyber Protect

Cloud backup with integrated cybersecurity and ransomware protection.

Acronis combines full-image backup with active ransomware protection, antivirus, and vulnerability assessment in a single agent. It supports bare-metal restore, universal restore to different hardware, and hybrid cloud/local backup.

Users who want backup and endpoint security in a single product. Essentials from $49.99/yr for 1 PC with 50 GB cloud.
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Arq Backup

Local backup software that connects to your own cloud storage.

Arq Backup is a one-time purchase backup application that lets you store encrypted backups to Backblaze B2, S3, Google Drive, or any SFTP server. You own your backup destination, so there is no per-year storage subscription — you pay only for the storage you use.

Technical users who want control over backup destination and encryption keys. $49.99 one-time purchase; storage costs vary by destination.
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Wasabi

Low-cost S3-compatible cloud storage for backup targets.

Wasabi is a hot cloud storage provider priced at $6.99/TB/mo with no egress fees, commonly used as a backup target with third-party software like Arq or Veeam. It is not a backup application itself but a storage destination.

Developers and IT teams who want an affordable S3-compatible backup destination. $6.99/TB/mo; no egress fees.
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CrashPlan

Cloud backup for small businesses with unlimited storage.

CrashPlan for Small Business offers unlimited cloud backup per device with continuous backup, 90-day version history, and support for external drives. It dropped its home consumer plan in 2017 and now focuses on business customers.

Small businesses needing continuous unlimited backup without per-GB pricing. From $9.99/device/mo.
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How we found these alternatives

Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage is a separate S3-compatible object storage product widely used by developers as a low-cost AWS S3 alternative.

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