MinIO AIStor
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| Fact | MinIO AIStor | TrueNAS |
|---|---|---|
| Company founding | MinIO says it was founded in 2014 by Garima Kapoor, Anand Babu Periasamy and Harshavardhana. | iXsystems states that it was founded in Silicon Valley in 2002. |
| Founded | 2014 | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California, United States | Campbell, California, USA |
| Licence | AIStor is commercially licensed under MinIO's software licensing model; the former AGPLv3 MinIO community edition is frozen and no longer maintained. | TrueNAS is open source with GPLv3 code for the Web UI, while the product also contains separately licensed open-source components and proprietary extensions. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.5 out of 5 from 2 reviews | 4.8 out of 5 from 53 reviews |
| Rating on G2 | 4.3 out of 5 from 17 reviews | 4.8 out of 5 from 167 reviews |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 6.6 out of 10 from 3 reviews | 9.1 out of 10 from 50 reviews |
MinIO AIStor plans
- AIStor FreeFree
- AIStor EnterprisePriced on request
- AIStor Enterprise LitePriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Enterprise LitePriced on request
TrueNAS plans
- TrueNAS Community EditionFree
- TrueNAS EnterprisePriced on request
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 TrueNAS if…
TrueNAS Community Edition suits home lab users, individuals, and data centers seeking file, block, or object storage. Its listed workloads include virtualization, surveillance, backup, and AI-related data needs.