# JuiceFS vs MinIO

**Leader by Vioscale score:** MinIO

| Attribute | JuiceFS | MinIO |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 43.9 (26% (low)) | 49.3 (43% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 18 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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":"S3"},{"name":"S3 Express"},{"name":"SFTP"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"Delta Lake"},{"name":"Databricks OpenSharing"},{"name":"Delta Sharing"},{"name":"Unity Catalog"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Spark"},{"name":"NVIDIA STX"},{"name":"Ray"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"CN","primaryMarkets":["CN","US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free, single-node, community-supported","features":["Full-featured single-node deployment","Community Slack and documentation support"],"description":"Single-node deployment with community support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Lite","features":["Horizontally scalable multi-node architecture","Lite SUBNET subscription with health diagnostics and security reporting","Optional direct-to-engineer support (<5 day SLA)"],"description":"Multi-node deployment for teams with capacity requirements under 400 TiB","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"max_capacity":"400 TiB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Dedicated virtual onboarding","Enterprise SUBNET with team governance","24/7/365 direct-to-engineer support (<4 hour SLA)","Panic Button support"],"description":"Full-featured enterprise deployment with dedicated support and governance","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"MinIO MemKV"}],"summary":"Free single-node tier; enterprise tiers via custom quote. 60-day trial available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.min.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T09:06:22.833Z","freeTrialDays":60}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:07:00.374Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*