MinIO

High-performance, S3-compatible object storage.

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Overview

MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage system designed for private clouds and on-prem deployments. It is lightweight, Kubernetes-native and used for AI/ML data, backups and data lakes where teams want full control of their storage.

Features

—Full Amazon S3 API compatibility
—High-throughput performance
—Kubernetes-native deployment
—Erasure coding and bitrot protection
—Encryption and identity management
—Multi-site active-active replication

Pricing

open sourceFree plan available

Plan	Price	Notes
Open Source	Free	Self-hosted AGPL.
Enterprise	Contact sales	Commercial license and support.

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Comparisons

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