# MinIO vs SeaweedFS

**Leader by Vioscale score:** SeaweedFS

| Attribute | MinIO | SeaweedFS |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 49.3 (43% (low)) | 63.1 (35% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 34,292 |
| 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 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"open_source":true,"erasure_coding":true,"storage_tiering":true,"s3_api_compatible":true,"multi_region_replication":true,"object_lock_immutability":true}` |
| integrations.count | 12 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"name":"DuckDB"},{"name":"Apache Spark"},{"name":"Trino"},{"name":"Dremio"},{"name":"RisingWave"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source (Apache license)","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T12:42:19.339Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 3 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.44","date":"2026-08-22T07:41:07Z","type":"stable","version":"4.44"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.43","date":"2026-08-21T07:19:10Z","type":"stable","version":"4.43"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.42","date":"2026-08-17T07:22:27Z","type":"stable","version":"4.42"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.41","date":"2026-08-06T07:52:24Z","type":"stable","version":"4.41"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.40","date":"2026-07-20T04:02:17Z","type":"stable","version":"4.40"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.39","date":"2026-07-10T04:30:04Z","type":"stable","version":"4.39"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.38","date":"2026-07-06T05:56:04Z","type":"stable","version":"4.38"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.37","date":"2026-06-29T06:48:06Z","type":"stable","version":"4.37"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.36","date":"2026-06-25T05:13:25Z","type":"stable","version":"4.36"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.35","date":"2026-06-22T07:32:15Z","type":"stable","version":"4.35"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.34","date":"2026-06-15T05:46:35Z","type":"stable","version":"4.34"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.33","date":"2026-06-11T07:59:39Z","type":"stable","version":"4.33"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.32","date":"2026-06-08T06:46:49Z","type":"stable","version":"4.32"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.31","date":"2026-06-02T06:36:45Z","type":"stable","version":"4.31"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.30","date":"2026-05-30T17:59:05Z","type":"stable","version":"4.30"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.29","date":"2026-05-26T05:57:10Z","type":"stable","version":"4.29"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.28","date":"2026-05-22T00:27:28Z","type":"stable","version":"4.28"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.27","date":"2026-05-20T08:40:46Z","type":"stable","version":"4.27"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.26","date":"2026-05-18T06:26:32Z","type":"stable","version":"4.26"},{"url":"https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/releases/tag/4.25","date":"2026-05-14T19:20:55Z","type":"stable","version":"4.25"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.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"}` |

## Capabilities (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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T14:31:46.253Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*