AWS, Wasabi, Cloudflare, and Backblaze go head-to-head in new cloud storage test

Backblaze Publishes Q1 2026 Cloud Storage Performance Results

Backblaze has published its Q1 2026 Performance Stats report, a quarterly series comparing cloud storage performance across Backblaze B2, AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, and Wasabi Object Storage. The report covers testing in US-East and EU-Central and includes both the results and the methodology used, with the stated goal of letting others review, reproduce, and compare the findings. As with any vendor-produced benchmark, the data comes from the compan…

AWS, Wasabi, Cloudflare, and Backblaze go head-to-head in new cloud storage test

Cloud storage buyers rarely get vendor-provided performance data that includes the vendor’s own weak spots. Backblaze’s Q1 2026 Performance Stats report, attempts to do exactly that, sharing benchmark results for Backblaze B2, AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, and Wasabi Object Storage across US-East and EU-Central regions, and including results where Backblaze’s own rate limits affected the numbers. The report is the second in a quarterly series. Backblaz…