When comparing Backblaze vs Divvy, the Slant community recommends Backblaze for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for macOS?” Backblaze is ranked 10th while Divvy is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose Backblaze is:
The default configuration includes everything except for system files to be backed up. That also includes external USB drives. This will work for most people. It can, of course, be customized to each person's liking.
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Pros
Pro Beginner-friendly defaults
The default configuration includes everything except for system files to be backed up. That also includes external USB drives. This will work for most people. It can, of course, be customized to each person's liking.
Pro No file size or traffic restrictions
There are no limitations of file size or amount of data you can upload. The $5/mo plan gets you unlimited cloud storage.
Pro Excellent restoration performance
Backblaze creates a zip file of all your files for you to download, thus decreasing the amount of data you need to download and increasing the speed of the download since it's one connection instead of multiple that need to be opened and closed for a list of files.
Pro Secure
AES encrypted files are transferred over a secure SSL connection.
Pro Download any backed-up files from any web browser
Some backup services like Carbonite require a client to be installed to restore files. Backblaze allows you to login and download any or all files from a web browser, meaning it also serves as an ad-hoc cloud storage platform.
Pro Users can order a physical copy of their data
You can have a flash drive or an external hard drive delivered to you. They cost $99 and $189 respectively.
Pro Has keyboard shortcuts
Although it's not in the same level as something like bug.n, Divvy does support the use of keyboard shortcuts to move windows about. You can even create custom shortcuts.
Pro Requires virtually no configuration & is very easy to use
Divvy uses a drop and drag style UI that's simple to use and doesn't require any setup or configuration to get started.
Pro Reasonably configurable
You can change the grid dimensions and a very other visual settings to suit your needs.
Pro Super-fast access by defining your own hot key (mine Win+S)
Cons
Con No Linux support
There's no Linux client for Backblaze.
Con Pay extra to keep deleted files permanently
Additional $2/Month plus $0.005/GB/Month for files updated, changed, or deleted more than one year ago.
Con Backblaze does not support network (NAS) drives
If you use a thing like Drobo, Backblaze will not back it up.
Con Buggy
Con Quite inconvenient to assign windows
You always have to use the mouse instead of having proper keyboard shortcuts.
Con No longer updated
While this may work for current machines, the last beta version (to be found on the site) is from January 2016.
Developer's twitter account has stopped being active as well, on November '16.
Con Windows 10 buggy
Not all keyboard shortcuts work. Support is non existent.
Con Installer requires admin rights, installs itself to AppData of the used account
Something to consider if would be used in a restricted environment.
Con Not free
Costs $14.