# Gleb Budman on Reddit (u/glebbudman)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/gleb-budman

Gleb Budman: Co-founder and CEO of Backblaze.

- Reddit account: [u/glebbudman](https://www.reddit.com/user/glebbudman/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [Backblaze's 2012 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/rhrt4/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (27), r/sysadmin (3), r/technology (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2012 to 2019
- Wikipedia: 

## Moments

### u/glebbudman in r/sysadmin, Sep 22, 2015 · The why

Replying to the post "Backblaze takes on Amazon S3 with dirt-cheap data storage for developers".

> 3 years ago we did an AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/rhrt4/we_are_the_team_that_runs_online_backup_service/?
>
> That conversation was part of the motivation to open up our cloud storage to everyone. Thank you for you help and thoughts, and we've love to know how you might use Backblaze B2 cloud storage.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/3ly8zw/backblaze_takes_on_amazon_s3_with_dirtcheap_data/cvac31t/ · 93 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/glebbudman in r/IAmA, Mar 28, 2012 · Early days

Replying to a redditor:

> Been using your service for about 2 years now (I think) and absolutely love it! That being said... What would you say is the biggest weakness of your service?

> Glad you love it! I think it's a strength, but one of the things we get most often commented on as being a weakness is the inability to pick and choose files and folders for backup.
>
> When we started the company, basically no one was backing up data, despite solutions existing for over a decade. (Some for multiple decades.)
>
> Talking with people we heard everyone say the reason they weren't backing up was that it was too hard...and figuring out what to backup was the hardest part. Thus, we came up with the "enter your email/password and you're done" approach where we backup all data.
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> However, some users...typically those who've been accustomed to existing solutions...beg us to add the ability to pick files and folders. They see this as a huge weakness. We continue to not do this because it would make the product more complicated for the other 99% of people who don't want to manage their backups every day.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/rhrt4/comment/c45x5gk/ · 13 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/glebbudman in r/IAmA, Mar 28, 2019 · Behind the scenes

Replying to a redditor:

> Any plans to add an SSD tier? Obviously the cost per GB is much higher but it's getting lower and lower all the time. Would save a bunch on electricity but I am sure that's not enough to justify the cost yet.

> When we started 12 yrs ago we thought "SSDs should be a viable replacement for HDDs in a couple years." Recently we were again saying the same thing again. SSDs are still 10x more expensive on a per-GB basis. They save some on electricity, but unfortunately they don't come even close to paying for themselves. We've thought about creating an SSD tier for performance, but the limits to latency is the Internet, not the HDD.
>
> gleb @ backblaze
>
> ​

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/b6lbew/were_the_backblaze_cloud_team_managing_750/ejlc7po/ · 17 points as of Nov 7, 2026