GURU.Markets stock price, segment price, and overall market index valuation
The company's share price Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze provides simple and affordable cloud storage. Its stock price reflects its competition with cloud giants. The chart is a growth story in a niche where the company attracts customers through transparent pricing and ease of use.
Share prices of companies in the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses, positioning itself as a simple and affordable solution. We classify it as part of the "Cloud Software" segment, one of the fastest-growing in IT. The graph below illustrates the dynamics of this competitive market.
Broad Market Index - GURU.Markets
Backblaze provides simple and affordable cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. A competitor to the giants, it is included in our GURU.Markets index. The chart below shows the overall market trend. Compare it with Backblaze's performance to assess the state of the sector.
Change in the price of a company, segment, and market as a whole per day
BLZE - Daily change in the company's share price Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze, a cloud storage provider, measures its volatility using change_co. It reflects its sensitivity to cloud market competition and data growth. This metric is important for analyzing SaaS companies on System.GURU.Markets.
Daily change in the price of a set of shares in a market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. is a cloud storage provider. This chart highlights the high volatility of the tech sector. Comparing it to BLZE, which focuses on simplicity and accessibility, helps assess its competitiveness with the giants.
Daily change in the price of a broad market stock, index - GURU.Markets
Backblaze is a cloud storage provider. The company operates in a highly competitive market dominated by tech giants. The chart below shows the overall volatility of the tech sector, allowing us to assess how Backblaze is adapting to change.
Dynamics of market capitalization of the company, segment and the market as a whole over 12 months
Annual dynamics of the company's market capitalization Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze, Inc.'s year-over-year performance is a story of growing demand for simple and affordable cloud storage. The company's market capitalization change over the past 12 months is directly linked to the growing number of paying customers, both individuals and businesses. Its success is based on a strategy of offering a lower price than cloud giants.
Annual dynamics of market capitalization of the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. provides simple and affordable cloud storage. Its focus on small businesses and individuals sets it apart from cloud giants. This chart shows how its niche strategy, subscription model, and competition in this crowded sector influence its growth.
Annual dynamics of market capitalization of broad market stocks, index - GURU.Markets
Backblaze, a cloud storage provider, is a niche tech company. Its stock price reflects its ability to compete with giants like Amazon and Google. The chart tells the story of a small but effective player trying to find its growth path in a crowded market.
Dynamics of market capitalization of the company, segment and the market as a whole for the month
Monthly dynamics of the company's market capitalization Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze, a cloud storage provider, relies on data growth for its market capitalization. The monthly fluctuations in the chart reflect the growth of its revenue from its consumer backup services and, more importantly, from its B2 object storage, which competes with Amazon S3.
Monthly dynamics of market capitalization of the market segment - Software cloud
This chart reflects the dynamics of the cloud software sector. For Backblaze, with its focus on simple and affordable data storage, it's the backdrop. Its movements show how it competes with cloud giants while finding its niche among small businesses and developers.
Monthly dynamics of market capitalization of broad market stocks, index - GURU.Markets
Backblaze provides cloud storage services for individuals and businesses, positioning itself as a simple and accessible solution. It's a SaaS company in a competitive market. A market performance chart helps assess how susceptible Backblaze's stock, as a growth tech company, is to overall market fluctuations and investor risk appetite.
Dynamics of market capitalization of the company, segment and the market as a whole for the week
Weekly dynamics of the company's market capitalization Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze, a cloud storage provider focused on simplicity and accessibility, is responding to IT market news. Its weekly stock price reflects competition from giants and growing demand for data backup from small businesses and individuals.
Weekly dynamics of market capitalization of the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, like other cloud storage providers, is dependent on the overall trend of data growth. However, its focus on simplicity and low cost for small businesses and individuals sets it apart from the enterprise giants. The chart shows how this niche strategy impacts its performance compared to the sector average.
Weekly dynamics of market capitalization of stocks of the broad market, index - GURU.Markets
As a growth tech company, Backblaze often follows the broader market, particularly the NASDAQ. Investor appetite for growth stocks is the general wind that inflates the sails of the entire tech sector. This chart allows you to compare how much Backblaze is influenced by this general sentiment.
Market capitalization of the company, segment and market as a whole
BLZE - Market capitalization of the company Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze's valuation is a story about simplifying and reducing the cost of cloud storage. The company offers affordable backup and storage services for individuals and businesses. Its valuation reflects how investors view its ability to compete with giants Amazon and Google through simplicity and low cost.
BLZE - Share of the company's market capitalization Backblaze Inc. within the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze provides cloud storage and data backup services for businesses and individuals, positioning itself as a simple and affordable alternative to the giants. Its share of the market capitalization of its IT segment reflects its weight in this niche. The graph below demonstrates its ability to compete on price and quality with AWS, Google, and Microsoft.
Market capitalization of the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud storage and backup services. The chart below shows the market capitalization of the cloud software sector. Against giants like Amazon and Google, Backblaze competes on the basis of simplicity and low price.
Market capitalization of all companies included in a broad market index - GURU.Markets
Backblaze provides cloud storage and backup services at very low prices. Its market cap reflects its success in a competitive but rapidly growing niche. Within the cloud industry, its valuation reflects the strength of its model, which makes storing massive amounts of data accessible to small businesses and individuals.
Book value capitalization of the company, segment and market as a whole
BLZE - Book value capitalization of the company Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze is built on physical cloud storage infrastructure. The company's book value reflects its own data centers, tens of thousands of hard drives (Storage Pods) that it designs itself, and server hardware. The chart below tells the story of how the company built its efficient and affordable infrastructure for storing exabytes of data.
BLZE - Share of the company's book capitalization Backblaze Inc. within the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze provides cloud storage services by owning and managing its own data centers with thousands of Storage Pods. This physical infrastructure is its key advantage. The S_BCap_Seg chart shows its share of physical assets in the cloud sector.
Market segment balance sheet capitalization - Software cloud
Backblaze occupies a unique position in the IT industry. Its cloud storage business requires massive and expensive data centers, making its model capital-intensive. The graph depicts a world in which Backblaze is one of the physical custodians of our data.
Book value of all companies included in the broad market index - GURU.Markets
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud storage. The company's assets are its own data centers filled with tens of thousands of hard drives, a physical "library" for our digital lives. The chart below shows the company's material weight in the data storage world.
The ratio of market capitalization to book capitalization of a company, segment, and the market as a whole
Market capitalization to book capitalization ratio - Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze's balance sheet is made up of its data centers filled with hard drives. But the market values ββit at a premium, seeing it as more than just a "data warehouse"βit's a beloved brand that has made cloud storage simple and accessible. The chart will show the price investors are paying for this simplicity and loyalty.
Market to book capitalization ratio in a market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. provides simple and affordable cloud storage and backup services. Its value lies in its technology and large, loyal customer base. This chart shows how its market valuation, based on its subscription model, compares to its tangible assets, such as data centers.
Market to book capitalization ratio for the market as a whole
Backblaze is a cloud storage and backup company known for its simplicity and affordable pricing. Its value lies in its software platform, brand, and growing loyal customer base. The chart shows that investors value it as a SaaS company, whose market capitalization is based on subscription revenue rather than server costs.
Debts of the company, segment and market as a whole
BLZE - Company debts Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze, a cloud storage provider, uses debt financing to expand its data centers. As its customer base grows, the company must continually purchase new hard drives and servers. This chart shows how the company is investing in its infrastructure to compete with cloud giants.
Market segment debts - Software cloud
Backblaze provides cloud storage and backup services focused on simplicity and affordability. The company builds and manages its own data center infrastructure, which requires significant capital investment. This chart shows how the company's debt position reflects its investments in expanding capacity to compete with cloud giants.
Market debt in general
Debt to book value of the company, segment and market as a whole
The company's debt to book capitalization ratio Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze provides cloud storage services, competing with giants like Amazon and Google. This business requires constant investment in data centers and hard drives. This chart shows how much the company relies on debt to finance its infrastructure and compete on price in this market.
Market segment debt to market segment book capitalization - Software cloud
Backblaze, a cloud storage and backup provider known for its simplicity and affordable pricing, compares its debt to the overall market capitalization of the software sector. It shows how a company that competes with giants like Amazon S3 finances its capital-intensive data centers.
Debt to book value of all companies in the market
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage services focused on simplicity and affordability. In the competitive cloud sector, growth requires ongoing investment in data centers. This chart shows overall debt usage trends, helping to assess how Backblaze finances its infrastructure to compete with tech giants.
P/E of the company, segment and market as a whole
P/E - Backblaze Inc.
This chart from Backblaze, Inc., a cloud storage and backup provider, shows the valuation of its simple and affordable product. The company competes with giants but is attractive due to its price. The high valuation reflects investors' confidence in its ability to grow in the vast cloud services market despite fierce competition.
P/E of the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze provides cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. The company is known for its simplicity, accessibility, and transparent pricing. This chart shows the average valuation in the cloud software sector, where investors value subscriber growth, low churn, and scalable infrastructure.
P/E of the market as a whole
Backblaze provides cloud storage and backup services focused on simplicity and accessibility for individuals and small businesses. This chart reflects the overall sentiment in the IT sector. Comparisons with it help understand how the market views Backblaze's position in the competitive landscape among cloud giants: as a successful niche player or an underdog.
Future P/E of the company, segment and market as a whole
Future (projected) P/E of the company Backblaze Inc.
For Backblaze, Inc., a cloud storage provider, this chart reflects analysts' expectations for subscriber growth and data storage volumes. It demonstrates the market's confidence in the company's ability to compete with market giants through the simplicity and affordability of its solutions.
Future (projected) P/E of the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. This chart reflects average expectations for the cloud software sector. BLZE's position may indicate how much investors believe it can compete with tech giants through the simplicity and affordability of its services.
Future (projected) P/E of the market as a whole
Backblaze provides cloud storage services, competing with market giants. Its growth depends on the continued explosive growth of data volumes. General market optimism, reflected in this chart, is driving IT investment, but for Backblaze, proving its cost advantage is more important.
Profit of the company, segment and market as a whole
Company profit Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage and data backup services for individuals and businesses. This chart demonstrates the growth of the data economy. The company operates on a simple and affordable subscription model, and its revenue growth is directly related to the growing volume of information that people and businesses want to securely store in the cloud.
Profit of companies in the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage services for businesses and individuals, positioning itself as a simple and affordable solution. Profitability in the cloud services sector, as this chart shows, is driven by the exponential growth of global data volumes. For BLZE, this global trend is a powerful tailwind, creating continued demand for its storage services.
Overall market profit
Backblaze, a cloud storage provider, is at the center of a long-term trend of data growth. Its business is resilient to economic cycles, as data storage is a critical need. However, during periods of growth, as in this chart, companies actively migrate to the cloud and launch new projects, accelerating Backblaze's growth.
Future (predicted) profit of the company, segment and market as a whole
Future (projected) profit of the company Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud data storage. This chart shows analysts' forecasts for future revenue, which depend on subscriber growth and data storage volumes. This is an assessment of the company's ability to compete with tech giants through simplicity and low price.
Future (predicted) profit of companies in the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. The company competes with the giants by focusing on the simplicity and accessibility of its solutions. This chart shows the revenue forecast for the cloud software sector, reflecting expectations of exponential data growth and the need for reliable storage.
Future (predicted) profit of the market as a whole
Backblaze offers cloud storage and data backup services. Demand for its services is supported by a long-term trend of data growth. However, during periods of economic downturn, predicted by the negative forecast, small and medium-sized businesses (its key customers) may cut IT budgets, which can slow the rate of new subscriber acquisition.
P/S of the company, segment and market as a whole
P/S - Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud storage for individuals and businesses. Its revenue comes from a stable subscription. This chart shows how highly investors value each dollar of its sales. This reflects its belief in the long-term growth of data volumes and the company's ability to compete with tech giants through simplicity and low price.
P/S market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze offers cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses, positioning itself as a simple and accessible solution. The chart shows the average revenue estimate in the cloud services sector, helping to understand how investors view its competitive strategy in a market dominated by tech giants.
P/S of the market as a whole
Backblaze, Inc. offers simple and affordable cloud storage for data and backup. The company competes with giants by focusing on low prices. This chart shows how the market values ββthe cloud industry's "challenger" revenue compared to the average for companies, including market leaders.
Future P/S of the company, segment and market as a whole
Future (projected) P/S of the company Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. This chart demonstrates how the market views the company's prospects in the growing cloud services sector, shaping its value based on projected future subscription revenue for its storage services.
Future (projected) P/S of the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze provides cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses, positioning itself as a simple and affordable solution. This chart shows the average future revenue estimates for companies in the cloud software sector. It helps understand how the market views Backblaze's competitiveness and pricing strategy against cloud industry giants.
Future (projected) P/S of the market as a whole
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage services focused on simplicity and accessibility. Its growth is part of the megatrend of increasing data volumes. This graph of overall revenue expectations reflects a belief in the digital economy, in which Backblaze is a key player. The more data is created, the greater the demand for its services.
Sales of the company, segment and market as a whole
Company sales Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud storage for individuals and businesses. The company's revenue, as shown in this graph, is generated through a subscription model. Steady sales growth reflects the growing demand for data backup and successful acquisition of new subscribers to its platform.
Sales of companies in the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. The company is known for its simple and accessible approach to storing large amounts of information. This chart shows total revenue in the cloud software sector, reflecting the exponential growth of data and the growing need for reliable, affordable storage solutions.
Overall market sales
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage services to businesses and individuals. This graph reflects overall economic growth, which is accompanied by exponential growth in data volumes. The need for reliable and accessible information storage is a fundamental trend of the digital age, creating a strong demand for BLZE's services.
Future sales volume of the company, segment and market as a whole
Future (projected) sales of the company Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze provides cloud storage services for businesses and individuals, positioning itself as a simple and accessible solution. The company's growth is driven by the exponential growth of global data volumes. This chart shows projected growth of the subscriber base and data volumes stored on the Backblaze platform.
Future (projected) sales of companies in the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze provides cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. The company competes with giants by focusing on the simplicity and accessibility of its solutions. The chart shows forecasts for the cloud software sector. Backblaze's growth depends on its ability to attract customers in a highly competitive environment.
Future (projected) sales of the market as a whole
Backblaze provides cloud storage and data backup services for businesses and individuals. Demand for its services is growing as the volume of data generated increases. This graph, reflecting overall business activity, shows how aggressively companies will expand their digital infrastructure. Economic growth is driving demand for reliable and affordable cloud storage.
Marginality of the company, segment and market as a whole
Company marginality Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud storage and data backup services. As a SaaS company, its profitability depends on attracting a large number of subscribers and effectively managing its storage infrastructure. This chart shows how the company is turning its low-price model into a profitable business.
Market segment marginality - Software cloud
Backblaze provides cloud storage and backup services for individuals and businesses. This chart shows the average profitability in the cloud services sector. A focus on ease of use and affordable pricing allows the company to successfully compete with the giants and strive to achieve profitability above the industry average.
Market marginality as a whole
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage services to businesses and individuals, positioning itself as a simple and affordable solution. Its subscription model ensures recurring revenue. With overall market profitability, Backblaze demonstrates how to find a niche and achieve profitability in the highly competitive cloud space.
Employees in the company, segment and market as a whole
Number of employees in the company Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze provides cloud storage services. Despite a high degree of automation, managing the massive storage infrastructure and maintaining data centers requires a team of engineers and technicians. This graph illustrates the human component necessary to ensure the reliability and low cost of the cloud service.
Share of the company's employees Backblaze Inc. within the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud storage and data backup services. Unlike giants like Amazon AWS, the company focuses on a narrow niche and efficiency. This chart shows the share of engineers and support specialists in the cloud services sector that Backblaze attracts, reflecting its strategy to remain flexible and customer-focused.
Number of employees in the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage and backup services to individuals and businesses. The rapid growth of engineers and data center staff, visible in this graph, directly reflects the exponential increase in the volume of stored information. The company is actively hiring to support its growing infrastructure.
Number of employees in the market as a whole
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage services. This overall employment chart indirectly reflects the exponential growth of its market. Each new job, especially in knowledge-based fields, creates massive amounts of digital data that needs to be stored. Backblaze offers a simple and affordable solution to this ever-growing need.
Market capitalization per employee (in thousands of dollars) of the company, segment, and market as a whole
Market capitalization per employee (in thousands of dollars) of the company Backblaze Inc. (BLZE)
Backblaze, Inc. is a cloud storage service. It's a business built on automation and scalable infrastructure. This chart demonstrates the efficiency of this model. A minimal number of employees can serve millions of clients, resulting in a very high return on investment per employee.
Market capitalization per employee (in thousands of dollars) in the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage services focused on simplicity and accessibility. Cloud businesses are inherently scalable: adding new clients doesn't require a proportional increase in staff. This graph shows a high market valuation per employee, a hallmark of successful SaaS companies.
Market capitalization per employee (in thousands of dollars) for the overall market
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud storage and data backup services. The chart illustrates the SaaS company's valuation. A high cost per employee is typical for this business, where an automated platform built by a team of engineers serves hundreds of thousands of clients with minimal intervention.
Profit per employee (in thousands of dollars) for the company, segment, and market as a whole
Profit per employee (in thousands of dollars) of the company Backblaze Inc. (BLZE)
Backblaze provides cloud storage and backup services. They compete with giants like Amazon S3, focusing on simplicity and low cost. This chart demonstrates how effective their model is. It measures how much net profit each engineer and support employee generates. This is an indicator of their ability to manage massive amounts of data with a lean team.
Profit per employee (in thousands of dollars) in the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze (BLZE) is a cloud-based SaaS (data storage). This chart shows the benchmark for cloud software. The average revenue per employee in this sector (B2C/B2B SaaS) is high. This benchmark reflects the product's stickiness: software written once is sold via subscription to thousands of customers, generating scalable revenue.
Profit per employee (in thousands of dollars) for the market as a whole
Backblaze (BLZE) is a cloud storage company that competes with Amazon S3. Their business consists of data centers and software. Their model is highly scalable, using SaaS/IaaS. This chart shows how effectively BLZE monetizes their infrastructure: how much revenue each employee generates by supporting exabytes of data.
Sales to employees of the company, segment and market as a whole
Sales per company employee Backblaze Inc. (BLZE)
Backblaze, Inc. provides cloud storage services. This chart perfectly illustrates its scalable business model. The growth in revenue per employee shows that the company is successfully attracting more users to its platform, while personnel costs are growing significantly slower than subscription revenue.
Sales per employee in the market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze (BLZE) is a cloud storage and backup company. They compete with giants like Amazon S3, but focus on simplicity and low cost. They are a SaaS/IaaS business. This chart demonstrates their scalability. Automated data centers allow BLZE to grow its customer base and data storage volumes with minimal staffing.
Sales per employee for the market as a whole
Backblaze offers cloud data storageβa classic SaaS business. This metric demonstrates the fundamental scalability of their model. As customers upload more data (generating a subscription), the company doesn't need to proportionally hire engineers to support the infrastructure. This graph demonstrates the efficiency of their cloud architecture.
Short shares by company, segment and market as a whole
Shares shorted by company Backblaze Inc. (BLZE)
Backblaze (BLZE) is a cloud storage company known for its simplicity and low prices. They offer two products: desktop backup and object storage (B2 Cloud Storage), which competes with Amazon S3. This metric measures skepticism. Do the bears believe that a price war with hyperscalers (Amazon, Google) will prevent them from becoming profitable?
Shares shorted by market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze (BLZE) is a cloud provider specializing in simple and affordable data storage (a competitor to Amazon S3 B2). This chart shows the odds against the cloud software sector. The rising odds against the industry reflect investors' fears that in the cloud storage price war, giants like Amazon and Google will strangle niche players like Backblaze.
Shares shorted by the overall market
Backblaze (BLZE) is a company that provides cloud storage services (B2C and B2B) at very low prices. It's a competitive market. This chart reflects the overall market pessimism. When investors are fearful (the indicator is rising), they may fear that in a recession, customers will reduce their data storage or switch to larger providers, escalating the price war.
RSI 14 indicator for a company, segment, and market as a whole
The company's RSI 14 indicator Backblaze Inc. (BLZE)
Backblaze provides simple and affordable cloud storage. It competes with giants like AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage. A chart above 70 may reflect strong customer growth. Oversold territory (<30) often reflects concerns about price wars, slowing growth, or an unprofitable model.
RSI 14 Market Segment - Software cloud
Backblaze offers simple and affordable cloud storage and backup solutions, competing with giants like AWS and Google in the B2 storage niche. This chart measures the overall momentum across the entire cloud software (SaaS) sector. It helps us understand whether Backblaze's growth is a unique story or a general overheating of the cloud industry.
RSI 14 for the overall market
Backblaze (BLZE), a "cheap" cloud storage provider, uses this chart as an indicator of IT budgets. In times of euphoria, companies invest in "big" clouds (Amazon, Google). In times of panic and recession, they desperately seek savings. Backblaze's "protective" data (backups) and low price may attract customers during a crisis.
Analyst consensus forecast for the company's share price, the segment, and the market as a whole
Analyst consensus stock price forecast BLZE (Backblaze Inc.)
Backblaze is a company that provides cloud data storage (B2C backup) and high-performance object storage (B2B, B2) at very low prices. This chart shows the average analyst forecast. Their targets are based on revenue growth from B2B storage (competing with Amazon S3) and retention of backup subscribers.
The difference between the consensus estimate and the actual stock price BLZE (Backblaze Inc.)
Backblaze is a cloud provider that specializes in *only* one thing: cheap and simple data storage (B2 Cloud Storage) and backup (B2 Backup). They compete with giants (Amazon S3), but win thanks to their low price. This chart shows how much analysts believe in their niche strategy as a price leader in the cloud.
Analyst consensus forecast for stock prices by market segment - Software cloud
Backblaze (BLZE) is a cloud provider focused on simple and affordable data storage (B2 Cloud Storage) and backup (Backblaze Backup). This chart shows analysts' overall expectations for the cloud software sector. It reflects whether experts believe niche storage providers can compete with Amazon S3.
Analysts' consensus forecast for the overall market share price
Backblaze is a cloud storage (B2) and backup company known for its simplicity and low prices. This chart shows the overall market sentiment. For Backblaze, a SaaS company that competes with giants like Amazon and Google, overall optimism (risk appetite) is important for supporting its valuation and funding growth.
AKIMA index of the company, segment and market as a whole
AKiMA Company Index Backblaze Inc.
Backblaze (BLZE) is a boutique cloud provider specializing in two things: simple, ultra-low-cost cloud storage (B2 Cloud Storage, an S3 competitor) and PC backup (Computer Backup). This chart is an assessment of their niche strategy. It reflects their ability to grow from the bottom up (from developers and freelancers) in the shadow of giants (Amazon, Microsoft).
AKIMA Market Segment Index - Software cloud
Backblaze (BLZE) is the anti-Amazon of cloud storage; the company offers incredibly cheap (and simple) cloud storage (B2 β a competitor to S3) and a backup service (for B2C and B2B). This aggregate metric measures companies. The graph shows the average value for the software segment. This is the benchmark: how does this discount model (cheap cloud) differentiate Backblaze from the average competitor?
The AKIM Index for the overall market
Backblaze is a cloud storage and backup provider positioning itself as an affordable alternative to the giants. This chart, reflecting the market average, is just the background. It helps assess how this IT infrastructure business stacks up against the backdrop of overall macroeconomic fluctuations and data growth.