Comparison
Garage vs Ceph
Overview
Garage is an open-source, S3-compatible object storage service by Deuxfleurs, designed to run on modest, geographically distributed hardware. It prioritises simplicity, resilience and self-hosting, making it a lightweight alternative to heavier distributed storage systems.
Ceph is an open-source, software-defined storage platform that provides object, block and file storage from a single cluster. Highly scalable and self-healing, it is widely used for private clouds and large-scale infrastructure, with an S3-compatible object gateway (RGW).
Which should you choose?
Garage is a lightweight, single-binary, self-hosted object store built to run resiliently on low-power, geographically distributed nodes, aimed at solo operators, startups, and SMBs. Ceph is a unified, massively scalable distributed storage system (object, block, and file) with self-healing and no single point of failure, but its operational complexity fits SMB/enterprise better. Choose Garage for the simplest possible self-hosted setup on modest hardware; choose Ceph if you need to scale to exabytes across object, block, and file storage.
TLDR
- —If you want the simplest possible self-hosted setup on modest hardware, choose Garage.
- —If you need to scale to exabytes across object, block, and file storage, choose Ceph.
Features
- —S3-compatible API
- —Runs on low-power, distributed nodes
- —Multi-datacenter replication
- —No single point of failure
- —Simple single-binary deployment
- —Written in Rust
- —Unified object, block and file storage
- —S3-compatible RADOS Gateway
- —Self-healing and self-managing
- —Massively scalable (exabyte)
- —No single point of failure
- —CRUSH data placement algorithm
Pricing
Garage
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Free | Self-hosted AGPL. |
Ceph
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Free | Self-hosted. |
Company Fit
Garage
Ceph