JuiceFS is an open-source, cloud-native distributed file system that supports POSIX, HDFS, and S3 protocols.
Alternatives to XtreemFS
Google Cloud Managed Lustre is a fully managed parallel file system for AI and high-performance computing workloads.
LucidLink streams files from cloud storage into a shared filespace, letting collaborators work with large files without downloading or syncing each entire file.
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MooseFS
MooseFS is distributed storage software that makes data held across multiple servers available as one resource.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.1€9 one-time - 5
Tahoe-LAFS
Tahoe-LAFS is free, open-source software for storing files across multiple servers.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS7.1Free plan - 6

SeaweedFS
SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system that serves S3 objects, Iceberg tables, and POSIX files from one cluster.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted7.0From $20 a year - 7

Ceph
Ceph is open-source distributed storage software that brings object, block, and file storage into one system.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hostedWindows6.6Free plan - 8
Google Cloud Filestore
Google Cloud Filestore is a fully managed shared NFS file service for applications requiring persistent storage.
WebAPILinuxWindows6.4From $0.01 a month - 9
ObjectiveFS
ObjectiveFS is a shared distributed POSIX file system for persistent storage across cloud instances, laptops, containers, and office servers.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.4From $99 a month - 10

Quobyte
Quobyte is a distributed parallel file system and unified storage platform for enterprise workloads.
Free planWebAPILinuxmacOS6.4Free plan - 11
OrangeFS
OrangeFS is a free, open-source scale-out parallel storage system for large workloads in HPC, Big Data, streaming video, genomics, and bioinformatics.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.3Free plan - 12
Hadoop Distributed File System
Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) is the primary distributed storage used by Hadoop applications.
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 13

BeeGFS
BeeGFS is a parallel file system for high-performance computing, AI, and other data-intensive workloads.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.1Free plan - 14
OpenAFS
OpenAFS is a free, open-source implementation of the AFS distributed filesystem.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.1Free plan - 15
LizardFS
LizardFS is an on-premises distributed file system that combines disk space from multiple servers into one namespace.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows5.9 - 16
Gluster
Gluster is a free, open-source distributed file system for Linux and self-hosted environments.
Free planLinuxSelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 17

Qumulo Cloud Data Platform
Qumulo Cloud Data Platform manages file data across on-premises, edge, and cloud environments.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.8 - 18
Nasuni File Data Platform
Nasuni File Data Platform is a hybrid platform for managing file data across sites.
WebLinuxmacOSWindows5.6 - 19
WEKA Data Platform
WEKA Data Platform provides shareable, scalable distributed filesystem storage for performance-intensive workloads such as AI/ML, life sciences,…
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.6 - 20
5.5 - 21
DDN EXAScaler Cloud
DDN EXAScaler Cloud is a parallel file system for data-intensive AI, high-performance computing, and cloud workloads, including AI training and simulations.
LinuxSelf-hosted5.5 - 22
PanFS
PanFS is the parallel file system foundation carried forward in VDURA Data Platform, a software-defined storage platform for AI and high-performance computing.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.5 - 23

Lustre
Lustre is a free, open-source parallel file system for Linux and self-hosted high-performance computing.
LinuxSelf-hosted5.4 - 24
GekkoFS
Free planLinux5.2Free plan - 25

Panzura CloudFS
Panzura CloudFS gives distributed sites access to one authoritative file dataset stored in object storage.
APISelf-hosted5.2 - 26

Azure Managed Lustre
WebLinux5.1 - 27
IBM Storage Scale
LinuxWindows4.8 - 28
Gfarm
LinuxmacOSWindows4.7 - 294.7
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