Comparison

MinIO vs SeaweedFS

On the evidence we track, SeaweedFS leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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MinIO49

★SeaweedFS63

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	MinIO	SeaweedFSLeader
Vioscale score	49 / 100low · 43%updating	63 / 100low · 35%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	12	6
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fseaweedfs%2Fseaweedfs&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	1
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	34,292
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	3
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

MinIO49 / 100low · 43%updating

SeaweedFS63 / 100low · 35%updating

Pricing

Free tier

MinIO✓

SeaweedFS✓

Model

MinIOfreemium

SeaweedFScommercial

Price level

MinIOlow

SeaweedFSfree

Transparent

MinIO✗

SeaweedFS✓

Integrations

Count

MinIO12

SeaweedFS6

Security

Disclosure policy

MinIO–

SeaweedFS✓

Iso27001

MinIO✓

SeaweedFS–

Soc2

MinIO✓

SeaweedFS–

Vulnerabilities

MinIO–

SeaweedFSCount: 3 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fseaweedfs%2Fseaweedfs&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Adoption

Dependent repos

MinIO–

SeaweedFS1

Github stars

MinIO–

SeaweedFS34,292

Activity

Commits last 30d

MinIO–

SeaweedFS100

Release

Cadence days

MinIO–

SeaweedFS3

History

MinIO–

SeaweedFS20 items

License

Spdx

MinIO–

SeaweedFSApache-2.0

Language

Primary

MinIO–

SeaweedFSGo

Market

Availability

MinIOAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

SeaweedFSAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for File Storage
Capability	MinIO	SeaweedFS
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

MinIO-

SeaweedFS✓

Storage tiering

MinIO-

SeaweedFS✓

Multi region replication

MinIO-

SeaweedFS✓

Erasure coding

MinIO-

SeaweedFS✓

Object versioning

MinIO-

SeaweedFS-

Object lock immutability

MinIO-

SeaweedFS✓

Encryption at rest

MinIO-

SeaweedFS-

Customer managed keys

MinIO-

SeaweedFS-

Free or discounted egress

MinIO-

SeaweedFS-

Open source

MinIO-

SeaweedFS✓

CDN integration

MinIO-

SeaweedFS-

What each one is

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

MinIO

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

SeaweedFS

Leader

SeaweedFS is an open-source distributed storage system supporting S3-compatible object access, file systems, and analytics table formats. It combines tiered storage across local clusters and cloud providers, designed to efficiently handle billions of files with consistent O(1) access performance.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

MinIO

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 ↗

SeaweedFS

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source (Apache license)

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	MinIO	SeaweedFS
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Linux

MinIO✓

SeaweedFS✓

CLI

MinIO✓

SeaweedFS✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

MinIO✓

SeaweedFS✓

Self-hosted

MinIO✓

SeaweedFS✓

On-premise

MinIO✓

SeaweedFS✓

Hybrid

MinIO✓

SeaweedFS✓

Integrations

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

MinIO

12 total

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

Independently observed

SeaweedFS

Leader

5 total

DuckDB
Apache Spark
Trino
Dremio
RisingWave

Independently observed

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