Pricing aside, Backblaze B2 is a service aimed mainly towards business and more technically savvy PC users, this is due mainly to the way it is set up meaning (realistically) 3 rd party software is required to connect to and make best use of the service.

One of the biggest selling points of B2 is that it is fully compatible with Amazon’s S3 storage interface yet only costs about 25% of the official AWS offering, add into this considerably lower bandwidth fees and this service is already looking like a winner! You can begin transferring files to and from Backblaze B2 with Couchdrop.In this Backblaze B2 review I will be looking at the cloud storage offering from the very reputable online backup company, Backblaze.

Second Option: Specifies an alias to be identified within the Couchdrop platform.

First Option: Sets the subpath to the root folder within Amazon S3.

Optional - There are two options that can be changed here. Test the connection to your storage platform to ensure it is operating as expected

Once logged in, select add storage integration or navigate to storage connectionsunder Administration.

Take note of your account ID and Application key, as you will need these along with your bucket ID for the Couchdrop integration. Select Show Account ID and Application Key, once this has opened, Create a new Master Application Key. Once created you should now see it show up, take note of the Bucket ID you will need this for when you integrate with Couchdrop Give your bucket a meaningful name, and decide whether it is private or public Navigate to B2 Cloud Storage Buckets, then Create a Bucket. See below on how to turn your Backblaze B2 bucket into an SFTP server using Couchdrop.

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