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Best MooseFS Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from software-defined storage software ranked against MooseFS on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Ceph Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free8.2
    MooseFS vs Ceph
  2. 2
    MinIO AIStor Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free8.0
    MooseFS vs MinIO AIStor
  3. 3
    SeaweedFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $1.67/mo8.0
    MooseFS vs SeaweedFS
  4. 4
    Gluster Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free7.3
    MooseFS vs Gluster
  5. 5
    StarWind Virtual SAN Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin Free7.3
    MooseFS vs StarWind Virtual SAN
  6. 6
    WEKA Data Platform apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 7.1
    MooseFS vs WEKA Data Platform
  7. 7
    NetApp ONTAP Select 7.0
    MooseFS vs NetApp ONTAP Select
  8. 9
    OpenEBS Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.9
    MooseFS vs OpenEBS
  9. 10
    VAST Data Platform apiself-hostedWeb 6.8
    MooseFS vs VAST Data Platform
  10. 11
    Longhorn Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.8
    MooseFS vs Longhorn
  11. 12
    JuiceFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.8
    MooseFS vs JuiceFS
  12. 13
    Scality RING 6.7
    MooseFS vs Scality RING
  13. 14
    Cloudian HyperStore Web 6.4
    MooseFS vs Cloudian HyperStore
  14. 15
    DataCore SANsymphony Free trial apiself-hostedWebWin 6.4
    MooseFS vs DataCore SANsymphony
  15. 16
    DAOS apiLinuxself-hosted 6.1
    MooseFS vs DAOS
  16. 17
    LINSTOR apiLinuxself-hosted $83.33/mo5.9
    MooseFS vs LINSTOR
  17. 18
    LizardFS Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.8
    MooseFS vs LizardFS
  18. 19
    Open-E JovianDSS Linux 5.6
    MooseFS vs Open-E JovianDSS
  19. 20
    VMware vSAN 5.3
    MooseFS vs VMware vSAN
  20. 21
    Scality ARTESCA Web 5.1
    MooseFS vs Scality ARTESCA

MooseFS alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Ceph8.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
2MinIO AIStor8.0Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3SeaweedFS8.0Free plan$1.67/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4Gluster7.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
5StarWind Virtual SAN7.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6WEKA Data Platform7.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
7NetApp ONTAP Select7.0No——
9OpenEBS6.9Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
10VAST Data Platform6.8No—API, self-hosted, Web
11Longhorn6.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12JuiceFS6.8Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13Scality RING6.7No——
14Cloudian HyperStore6.4No—Web
15DataCore SANsymphony6.4No—API, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16DAOS6.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted
17LINSTOR5.9No$83.33/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted
18LizardFS5.8No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
19Open-E JovianDSS5.6No—Linux
20VMware vSAN5.3No——
21Scality ARTESCA5.1No—Web
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Questions about MooseFS alternatives

What is the best alternative to MooseFS?

Ceph, number 1 in software-defined storage software with a score of 8.2 out of 10. The others here: MinIO AIStor, SeaweedFS, Gluster and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to MooseFS?

Ceph is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 8 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.