Last checked October 29, 2026
Ceph
Ceph is a distributed store. The RADOS Gateway speaks S3. It is the right shape for a large cluster, and a poor shape for a one-container dev stack. The code uses LGPL and GPL. Read COPYING in the repo.
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Free plan
The software is free. The cluster needs several machines and someone who will run it.
They host it
No hosted price on file.
Run it yourself
You put the app on a computer you control. Hard. Plan on several servers, disks, and an operator. Do not use it as the replacement for a single MinIO container.
Who it is for
For enterprises. It runs on Linux and a computer you control. License: LGPL-2.1 and GPL-2.0. It is in the Object storage group.
What you pay
Free plan: The software is free. The cluster needs several machines and someone who will run it. There is no hosted price on file. Run it yourself: Hard. Plan on several servers, disks, and an operator. Do not use it as the replacement for a single MinIO container.
How to switch
Compared with MinIO. Its price on file: The community repo is no longer maintained. New community builds are source only. AIStor is the product MinIO points to.
What you give up: a single node for a dev stack.
How close is it?
A full score means it matches our checklist. It is not a drop-in replacement.
Related alternatives
- Free alternatives to MinIO
- Garage: A small S3-compatible store for files you host yourself.
- SeaweedFS: An S3-compatible store that can start on one machine.
Free apps in this group
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