Best OrangeFS Alternatives in 2026

Updated October 2026

20 apps from distributed file system software ranked against OrangeFS on the same published basis.

1
SeaweedFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $1.67/mo7.3
OrangeFS vs SeaweedFS
2
MooseFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
OrangeFS vs MooseFS
3
Hadoop Distributed File System Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
OrangeFS vs Hadoop Distributed File System
4
JuiceFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
OrangeFS vs JuiceFS
5
OpenAFS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.1
OrangeFS vs OpenAFS
6
Quobyte Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.1
OrangeFS vs Quobyte
7
Ceph Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free7.0
OrangeFS vs Ceph
8
Google Cloud Managed Lustre apiLinuxWeb 6.9
OrangeFS vs Google Cloud Managed Lustre
9
XtreemFS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
OrangeFS vs XtreemFS
10
BeeGFS Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.8
OrangeFS vs BeeGFS
11
Gluster Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.7
OrangeFS vs Gluster
12
LucidLink Free trial AndroidextensioniOSLinuxMac $7/mo6.7
OrangeFS vs LucidLink
13
LizardFS Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.5
OrangeFS vs LizardFS
14
Tahoe-LAFS apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.5
OrangeFS vs Tahoe-LAFS
15
Google Cloud Filestore Free trial apiLinuxWebWin $0.01/mo6.4
OrangeFS vs Google Cloud Filestore
16
Lustre Linuxself-hosted 6.4
OrangeFS vs Lustre
17
PanFS apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.4
OrangeFS vs PanFS
18
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.3
OrangeFS vs Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
19
DDN EXAScaler Cloud Linuxself-hosted 6.3
OrangeFS vs DDN EXAScaler Cloud
20
Dell APEX AIOps Incident Management apiWeb 6.3
OrangeFS vs Dell APEX AIOps Incident Management

OrangeFS alternatives compared

#	App	Score	Free plan	From	Runs on
1	SeaweedFS	7.3	Free plan	$1.67/mo	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2	MooseFS	7.2	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3	Hadoop Distributed File System	7.1	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4	JuiceFS	7.1	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5	OpenAFS	7.1	Free plan	Free	Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
6	Quobyte	7.1	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7	Ceph	7.0	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
8	Google Cloud Managed Lustre	6.9	No	—	API, Linux, Web
9	XtreemFS	6.9	Free plan	Free	Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10	BeeGFS	6.8	Free plan	Free	API, Linux, self-hosted
11	Gluster	6.7	Free plan	Free	Linux, self-hosted
12	LucidLink	6.7	No	$7/mo	Android, Browser, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
13	LizardFS	6.5	No	—	Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14	Tahoe-LAFS	6.5	No	—	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15	Google Cloud Filestore	6.4	No	$0.01/mo	API, Linux, Web, Windows
16	Lustre	6.4	No	—	Linux, self-hosted
17	PanFS	6.4	No	—	API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
18	Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP	6.3	No	—	API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19	DDN EXAScaler Cloud	6.3	No	—	Linux, self-hosted
20	Dell APEX AIOps Incident Management	6.3	No	—	API, Web

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Questions about OrangeFS alternatives

What is the best alternative to OrangeFS?

SeaweedFS, number 1 in distributed file system software with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: MooseFS, Hadoop Distributed File System, JuiceFS and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to OrangeFS?

SeaweedFS is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.