MinIO
The self-hosted S3 reference implementation, your hardware, your bandwidth, your SLA.
Overall in s3-compatible storage
1of 12 · score 86.9
Data coverage
89%
25 of 28 fields sourced
Best for
- •On-premises or air-gapped deployments where data cannot leave your control
- •Teams that need AWS-grade IAM semantics without AWS
- •A local development target that behaves like production S3
Strong on
- +IAM granularity 5 1/12
- +Official MCP server Yes 1/12
- +Event notifications Yes 1/12
- +S3 API coverage 98% 2/12
- +Replication model erasure-coded 3/12
Weak on
- −CDN integration diy 10/12Better: Cloudflare R2: free-bundled
- −GA year 2015 10/12Better: Tigris: 2024
vs AWS S3
- •Ahead on Class A $/M ops: $0/M ops vs $5/M ops
- •Ahead on Class B $/M ops: $0/M ops vs $0.4/M ops
- •Behind on CDN integration: diy vs first-party-paid
- •Behind on S3 API coverage: 98% vs 100%
How MinIO scores among 12 s3-compatible storage25 of 28 fields known
Pricing10
Class A $/M ops1st
$0/M ops
1/12
Class B $/M ops1st
$0/M ops
1/12
Min retention1st
0ms
1/12
Min billed object1st
0 B
1/12
Features & API11
S3 API coverage2nd
98%
2/12
Leader: AWS S3 · 100%
Presigned URLs1st
Yes
1/12
Multipart upload1st
Yes
1/12
Versioning1st
Yes
1/12
Lifecycle rules1st
Yes
1/12
Event notifications1st
Yes
1/12
CDN integration
diy
10/12
Leader: Cloudflare R2 · free-bundled
Max object size1st
5 TB
1/11
IAM granularity1st
5
1/12
Sydney region1st
Yes
1/11
TTFB from Sydney
—
Durability & Retention4
Durability (nines)
—
Uptime SLA
—
Object lock / WORM1st
Yes
1/11
Replication model3rd
erasure-coded
3/12
Leader: Tigris · multi-region
Agentic1
Official MCP server1st
Yes
1/12
Traction1
GA year
2015
10/12
Leader: Tigris · 2024
Positioning1
Positioning
The self-hosted S3 baseline, full API fidelity in exchange for operating it.
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