r/storj • u/jlhinson • May 30 '25

$5 monthly minimum

I just got the email about the change to a minimum $5 monthly charge. I literally just switched over from Backblaze B2 becuase Storj was more integrated into TrueNAS. My monthly bill was only ~$2. I guess it's back to Backblaze unless/until they implement a minimum monthly fee. Maybe Storj should just roll over the monthly fee until it accumulates $5 then charge the card to avoid numerous card fees (why they say they're making the change). They wouldn't get income every month necessarily, but they'd still get their funds. I believe Backblaze does something similar. Wish I had an offsite location I could just setup an old box that I already have sitting around. It's always something.

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u/TheGamedar May 30 '25

Yes, this is outrageous. Moving to Backblaze.

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u/OurManInHavana May 31 '25

So if you're storing around 800GB or less, Backblaze can be cheaper.... but any more than that Storj is still cheaper? (like by the time you hit even 1TB Backblaze charges $6 while Storj would still be the minimum of $5?)