MinIO AIStor
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VisitMinIO AIStor vs OpenEBS
What both publish
| Fact | MinIO AIStor | OpenEBS |
|---|---|---|
| Encryption | AIStor supports TLS 1.2 or later and server-side encryption through SSE-KMS or SSE-S3 with customer-managed keys. | OpenEBS supports data-at-rest encryption for Mayastor disk pools using user-defined AES-XTS keys. |
| Observability | AIStor exposes audit trails, Prometheus metrics and error logs. | OpenEBS volumes expose IOPS, throughput, latency and data-pattern metrics for Prometheus and Grafana monitoring. |
| Purpose | AIStor combines persistent memory, tables, objects, and files in an enterprise AI data store. | OpenEBS provides local or distributed persistent volumes for Kubernetes stateful workloads. |
| Replication | Replication options include active-active, synchronous, asynchronous, multisite, bucket, batch and edge modes. | Replicated Storage can synchronously replicate volumes across Kubernetes zones for high availability. |
MinIO AIStor plans
- AIStor FreeFree
- AIStor EnterprisePriced on request
- AIStor Enterprise LitePriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Enterprise LitePriced on request
OpenEBS plans
- OpenEBS open sourceFree
Pick MinIO AIStor if…
AIStor suits teams building AI data stores that need object storage, agent memory, or Iceberg tables. The free tier fits single-node use cases that can be self-supported.
Pick OpenEBS if…
OpenEBS suits developers and platform SREs running stateful services on Kubernetes, including databases, observability stacks, CI/CD, object storage, websites, or ML pipelines. It is a free, open-source option for Kubernetes storage.