Best SUSE Enterprise Storage Alternatives in 2026
Taken from Software-Defined Storage Software, where SUSE Enterprise Storage is listed too, in the same order.
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8.3 Club scoreMinIO AIStor
MinIO AIStor is an enterprise AI data store that brings together persistent memory, tables, objects, and files.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 2 8.3 Club score
JuiceFS
JuiceFS is an open-source, cloud-native distributed file system that stores file data in object storage and metadata in a separate metadata engine.
- Free plan
- Open source
- Windows · macOS · Linux · API
- 3
8.2 Club scoreMooseFS
MooseFS is distributed storage software that combines data held across multiple servers into one resource.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 4 8.0 Club score
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN is software designed to replace physical shared SAN storage in SMB, ROBO and Edge environments.
- Free plan
- Windows · Linux · Web · API
- 5
7.6 Club scoreSeaweedFS
SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system that serves S3 objects, Iceberg tables, and POSIX files from a shared cluster.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · API
- 6
7.6 Club scoreCeph
Ceph is free, open-source distributed storage software that provides object, block, and file storage in a single system.
- Free plan
- Windows · Linux · API · Self-hosted
- 7
7.4 Club scoreCloudian HyperStore
Cloudian HyperStore is paid, enterprise-scale object storage software for capacity-intensive workflows and large volumes of unstructured data.
- Free trial
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 8
7.4 Club scoreOpenEBS
OpenEBS is open-source Kubernetes storage software for developers and platform SREs running stateful workloads.
- Free plan
- Linux · API · Self-hosted
- 9 7.4 Club score
LizardFS
LizardFS is an on-premises distributed file system that combines disk space from several servers in one namespace.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
- 10
7.3 Club scoreLINSTOR
LINSTOR is open-source software-defined storage management for Linux clusters using DRBD-replicated storage.
- Free plan
- Linux · API · Self-hosted
- 11 7.2 Club score
Portworx Enterprise
Portworx Enterprise is Kubernetes-native storage software for containers and virtual machines across data centers, cloud, edge, hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-premises…
- Free trial
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 12
7.1 Club scoreQumulo Cloud Data Platform
Qumulo Cloud Data Platform manages file data across on-premises, edge, and cloud environments.
- Free trial
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 13
7.1 Club scoreDataCore SANsymphony
DataCore SANsymphony is self-hosted, block-based software-defined storage for SAN and hyperconverged environments.
- Free trial
- Windows · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 14
7.1 Club scoreLonghorn
Longhorn is free, open-source distributed block storage for Kubernetes, replicating storage across nodes and data centers to support availability.
- Free plan
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 15
7.1 Club scoreDAOS
DAOS is a free, open-source, software-defined storage platform for AI and high-performance computing workloads.
- Free plan
- Linux · API · Self-hosted
- 16
7.1 Club scoreScality ARTESCA
Scality ARTESCA is backup-first S3 object storage designed to protect backup data and support recovery.
- Free trial
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted
- 17 6.9 Club score
Gluster
Gluster is a free, open-source distributed file system for Linux and self-hosted use.
- Free plan
- Linux · Self-hosted
- 18 6.9 Club score
Lightbits SDS
- Free trial
- Web · Self-hosted
- 19 6.9 Club score
Open-E JovianDSS
Open-E JovianDSS is Linux- and ZFS-based software-defined storage for NAS, SAN, backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
- Free trial
- Linux · Self-hosted
- 20 6.8 Club score
StorMagic SvHCI
- Linux · Web · API · Self-hosted