# Amazon S3 vs JuiceFS

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Amazon S3

| Attribute | Amazon S3 | JuiceFS |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.5 (73% (medium)) | 50 (6% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Amazon S3 is a distributed cloud storage platform that allows organizations to store, retrieve, and manage any volume of data. It offers multiple storage classes optimized for different access patterns and use cases, along with built-in analytics, compliance controls, and security features. It is indexed under File Storage.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","question":"What is Amazon S3?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon S3 offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.03. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","question":"Is Amazon S3 free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon S3 supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","question":"What platforms does Amazon S3 support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon S3, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_hub","question":"Can Amazon S3 be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 19 integrations for Amazon S3, including Apache Iceberg, Dremio, DuckDB, HighByte Intelligence Hub, Ryft, AWS CloudFront, AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway, plus 11 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","question":"What does Amazon S3 integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon S3. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon S3 not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/trust-center/?nc1=f_cc","question":"What security certifications does Amazon S3 have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source file system enabling thousands of clients to read and write shared cloud storage with local-like performance, storing data in object storage and metadata in compatible databases. It is indexed under File Storage.","source":"https://juicefs.com/","question":"What is JuiceFS?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"JuiceFS is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Paid editions are also offered: Professional and Enterprise, priced on request. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://juicefs.com/","question":"Is JuiceFS free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"JuiceFS supports Windows, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://juicefs.com/","question":"What platforms does JuiceFS support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. JuiceFS can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://juicefs.com/","question":"Can JuiceFS be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 24 integrations for JuiceFS, including AWS, Google Cloud Storage, Alibaba Cloud OSS, Tencent Cloud COS, Redis, PostgreSQL, TiKV and MySQL, plus 16 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://juicefs.com/","question":"What does JuiceFS integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"JuiceFS is available worldwide. Its primary markets are China and the United States. The vendor is headquartered in China.","source":"https://juicefs.com/","question":"Where is JuiceFS available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Amazon S3 is a distributed cloud storage platform that allows organizations to store, retrieve, and manage any volume of data. It offers multiple storage classes optimized for different access patterns and use cases, along with built-in analytics, compliance controls, and security features. | A distributed file system for cloud environments that presents object storage to applications as a standard file system with POSIX, Hadoop, Kubernetes, and S3 interfaces, supporting thousands of concurrent clients. |
| features.capabilities | `{"versioning":true,"storage_tiering":true,"object_lock_worm":true,"object_versioning":true,"s3_api_compatible":true,"encryption_at_rest":true,"lifecycle_policies":true,"event_notifications":true,"customer_managed_keys":true,"cross_region_replication":true,"multi_region_replication":true,"object_lock_immutability":true,"free_or_discounted_egress":true}` | `{"open_source":true,"storage_tiering":true,"s3_api_compatible":true,"encryption_at_rest":true,"lifecycle_policies":true}` |
| integrations.count | 19 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"Dremio"},{"name":"DuckDB"},{"name":"HighByte Intelligence Hub"},{"name":"Ryft"},{"name":"AWS CloudFront"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS API Gateway"},{"name":"AWS Analytics Services"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"Brave Search API"},{"name":"Pokee AI"},{"name":"Tailscale"},{"name":"TrendAI Vision One"},{"name":"Orca Security"},{"name":"Cast AI"},{"name":"LucidLink"},{"name":"Vanta"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Alibaba Cloud OSS"},{"name":"Tencent Cloud COS"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"TiKV"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"SQLite"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Podman"},{"name":"Hadoop"},{"name":"AWS Marketplace"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Pyroscope"},{"name":"Graphite"},{"name":"BadgerDB","native":true},{"name":"S3","native":true},{"name":"HDFS","native":true},{"name":"Qiniu Cloud Kodo","native":true},{"name":"WebDAV","native":true},{"name":"FUSE","native":true},{"name":"POSIX","native":true},{"name":"Amazon S3","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"CN","primaryMarkets":["CN","US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"S3 Standard","features":["Full availability and durability guarantees"],"description":"General-purpose storage with frequent access","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Intelligent-Tiering","features":["Automatic tiering between access tiers","No retrieval charges","Up to 80% cost reduction"],"description":"Automatic cost optimization through access pattern monitoring","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Tables","features":["Native Apache Iceberg support","Automatic table compaction","Higher transaction throughput"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","note":"first 50 TB per month","amount":0.0265,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Optimized for Apache Iceberg analytics","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval","features":["Cost-effective archival storage"],"description":"Long-term archival with retrieval fees","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Glacier Deep Archive","features":["Deep archival for compliance and long-term retention"],"description":"Lowest-cost archival storage with longer retrieval times","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Express One Zone","features":["Fastest cloud object storage","Single availability zone"],"description":"Highest-performance storage class","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Management & Insights"},{"name":"Data Transfer"},{"name":"API Requests"}],"summary":"Usage-based pricing with metered storage (per GB), request charges (per 1,000 operations), and data transfer costs. Free tier includes $200 in AWS Free Tier credits for 6 months.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T09:05:23.304Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"gb","amount":0.0265,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","description":"Free tier with storage quota limits","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","commitment":"monthly","description":"Paid subscription with increased quotas","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"Custom contract-based enterprise deployment","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available; Professional and Enterprise plans with pricing on request","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://juicefs.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T09:06:22.281Z","freeTrialDays":30}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.0265,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp | - |

## Capabilities (File Storage)

| Capability | Amazon S3 | JuiceFS |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| S3 API compatible | ✓ | ✓ |
| Storage tiering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi region replication | ✓ | - |
| Erasure coding | - | - |
| Object versioning | ✓ | - |
| Object lock immutability | ✓ | - |
| Encryption at rest | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customer managed keys | ✓ | - |
| Free or discounted egress | ✓ | - |
| Open source | - | ✓ |
| CDN integration | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:05:24.113Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*