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Backblaze Pricing and Product Updates
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Backblaze announced updates to B2 Cloud Storage pricing and APIs to support larger AI workloads and data-intensive applications. Effective May 1, free API calls will be implemented to enhance customer experience and maintain straightforward pricing.
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- Praise: The introduction of free API calls significantly reduces operational costs, making it easier for businesses to manage high-volume workloads and potentially increasing customer satisfaction.
- Praise: The slight increase in storage pricing is seen as reasonable, indicating that users value the overall service and enhancements being provided.
- Concern: There are serious performance issues on the US West Coast, with request speeds dropping significantly during peak hours, which negatively impacts customer experience.
- Concern: Despite ongoing support tickets, there has been no progress on resolving the predictable performance problems, raising concerns about customer support effectiveness.