Comparison

JuiceFS vs MinIO

On the evidence we track, MinIO leads this comparison with a composite score of 49/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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JuiceFS44

★MinIO49

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	JuiceFS	MinIOLeader
Vioscale score	44 / 100low · 26%	49 / 100low · 43%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	18	12
Security
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in CN, US · HQ CN	Available worldwide · Popular in US

Score

Vioscale score

JuiceFS44 / 100low · 26%

MinIO49 / 100low · 43%

Pricing

Free tier

JuiceFS✓

MinIO✓

Model

JuiceFSfreemium

MinIOfreemium

Price level

JuiceFSlow

MinIOlow

Transparent

JuiceFS✗

MinIO✗

Integrations

Count

JuiceFS18

MinIO12

Security

Iso27001

JuiceFS–

MinIO✓

Soc2

JuiceFS–

MinIO✓

Market

Availability

JuiceFSAvailable worldwide · Popular in CN, US · HQ CN

MinIOAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for file storage. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for File Storage
Capability	JuiceFS	MinIO
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	-	-

Capabilities

S3 API compatible

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

Storage tiering

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

Multi region replication

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

Erasure coding

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

Object versioning

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

Object lock immutability

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

Encryption at rest

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

Customer managed keys

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

Free or discounted egress

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

Open source

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

CDN integration

JuiceFS-

MinIO-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

JuiceFS

A high-performance file system that separates metadata from data storage, enabling scalable access to cloud object storage with POSIX, HDFS, and S3 protocol compatibility. Designed for AI, big data, and cloud-native applications.

Independently observed

MinIO

Leader

A self-hosted, scalable object storage platform built for enterprise AI applications, offering S3-compatible access with data governance, security, and deployment flexibility across edge, on-premises, and cloud environments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

JuiceFS

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free tier available; Professional and Enterprise plans with pricing on request

FreeFree
Professional-
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

MinIO

Leader

HybridFree tier60-day trial

Free single-node tier; enterprise tiers via custom quote. 60-day trial available.

FreeFree
- Full-featured single-node deployment
- Community Slack and documentation support
Enterprise LiteContact sales
- Horizontally scalable multi-node architecture
- Lite SUBNET subscription with health diagnostics and security reporting
- Optional direct-to-engineer support (<5 day SLA)
EnterpriseContact sales
- Dedicated virtual onboarding
- Enterprise SUBNET with team governance
- 24/7/365 direct-to-engineer support (<4 hour SLA)
- Panic Button support

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	JuiceFS	MinIO
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✗
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

JuiceFS✓

MinIO✗

Windows

JuiceFS✓

MinIO✗

Linux

JuiceFS✓

MinIO✓

CLI

JuiceFS✓

MinIO✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

JuiceFS✓

MinIO✓

Self-hosted

JuiceFS✓

MinIO✓

On-premise

JuiceFS✓

MinIO✓

Hybrid

JuiceFS✓

MinIO✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

Kubernetes

JuiceFS

18 total - 17 not shared

AWS
Google Cloud Storage
Alibaba Cloud OSS
Tencent Cloud COS
Redis
PostgreSQL
TiKV
MySQL
SQLite
Docker
Podman
Hadoop
AWS Marketplace
Prometheus
Grafana
Pyroscope
Graphite

Independently observed

MinIO

Leader

12 total - 11 not shared

S3
S3 Express
SFTP
Apache Iceberg
Delta Lake
Databricks OpenSharing
Delta Sharing
Unity Catalog
Spark
NVIDIA STX
Ray

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.