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Backblaze vs Microsoft 365: which is more reliable? (2026)

Microsoft 365 is more reliable than Backblaze, scoring 100.0 vs 62.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Backblaze reported 2 incidents and Microsoft 365 reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.48% and 100% respectively.

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

MetricBackblazeMicrosoft 365
Reliability score62.0100.0
Rank (cloud storage & office suites)#8—
Uptime (90 days)99.48%100%
Incidents (90 days)20
Partial / major outages00
Avg time to resolve19h 55m—
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Backblaze and Microsoft 365 differ

  • Microsoft 365 reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Backblaze reported 2.

90-day uptime

Backblaze

Aug 5, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026: no incidentsOct 30, 2026: 85.61% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 31, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Nov 1, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Nov 2, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)
90 days ago99.340% average daily uptimeToday

Microsoft 365

Aug 5, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago100% average daily uptimeToday

Recent Backblaze incidents

  • Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · ongoing

    New incident: "Customers in the US east region might be facing issues with downloads"

  • Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 19h 55m

    New incident: "EU Region High Upload Failures"

  • MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)

    Scheduled Maintenance: US West Network Maintenance, October 28, 2026

  • MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)

    Scheduled Maintenance: EU Central Network Maintenance October 28, 2026

  • MaintenanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)

    Scheduled Maintenance: US West Network Maintenance, October 21, 2026

  • MaintenanceOct 8, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)

    Scheduled Maintenance: US East Region Network Maintenance Oct 14, 2026

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Recent Microsoft 365 incidents

No incidents reported by Microsoft 365 in the last 90 days.

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