Watch your Backblaze bill before it surprises you
Every Monday, WebRun signs in to Backblaze, reads stored data and download usage per bucket along with the running charges on your account, saves a dated report into a Google Drive folder, and sends you a WhatsApp line whenever the week-over-week spend jumps past your threshold.
- No credit card
- Under $0.01 per run
- Cancel anytime
How do I monitor my Backblaze B2 storage costs each week?
WebRun signs in to Backblaze every Monday and reads stored data, download and transaction usage per bucket, plus the running charges for the billing period. It files a dated report into Google Drive next to previous weeks and sends a WhatsApp alert whenever spend rises past your threshold.
- A cost spike is spotted the Monday after it starts, not on the invoice
- Every week's usage is filed by date, so the growth curve is right there
- The bucket driving the increase is named in the alert
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What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
secure.backblaze.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Backblaze - read usage and charges
backblaze.com
WebRun opens Backblaze to read usage and charges. - Sign in to Backblaze and open the account usage and billing views
- Capture stored data per bucket and the total stored across the account
- Capture download and transaction usage for the last 7 days
- Read the running charges to date for the current billing period
- Note which bucket grew the most since last week
Done when This week's storage, download, transaction, and charge figures are captured per bucket.
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Google Drive - file the weekly report
drive.google.com How to Automate Google Drive
WebRun opens Google Drive to file the weekly report. - Open your cloud costs folder in Google Drive
- Save a dated report with the per-bucket table and the account totals
- Add a short comparison against the previous week's report
- Keep the file naming consistent so the folder sorts by date
Done when This week's dated usage report is filed in Drive alongside the previous ones.
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WhatsApp - warn you when spend jumps
whatsapp.com How to Automate WhatsApp
WebRun opens WhatsApp to warn you when spend jumps. - Send a one-line summary of total stored data and charges to date
- Raise a flag when spend or download usage rises more than your set percentage
- Name the bucket responsible for the biggest increase
- Include the link to the report in Drive
Done when You have this week's usage line on your phone, with a flag if spend jumped.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Can it delete data or change my caps to cut the bill?
No. WebRun only reads the usage and billing views. It never deletes a bucket or a file, never changes a spending cap, and never alters your plan. Every cost decision stays yours.
Where does the report live?
In a Google Drive folder you choose, one dated file per week, so the folder itself becomes the history. The WhatsApp message links straight to the latest one.
When does it actually alert me?
Only when spend or download usage rises past the percentage you set against last week. Ordinary weeks get the report in Drive and a single quiet summary line.
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