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Best Hadoop Distributed File System Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from distributed file system software ranked against Hadoop Distributed File System on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    SeaweedFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $1.67/mo7.4
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs SeaweedFS
  2. 2
    BeeGFS Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free7.3
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs BeeGFS
  3. 3
    Ceph Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free7.3
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Ceph
  4. 4
    Google Cloud Managed Lustre apiLinuxWeb 7.3
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Google Cloud Managed Lustre
  5. 6
    JuiceFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.3
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs JuiceFS
  6. 7
    MooseFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.3
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs MooseFS
  7. 8
    Quobyte Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Quobyte
  8. 9
    Dell APEX AIOps Incident Management apiWeb 6.9
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Dell APEX AIOps Incident Management
  9. 10
    PanFS apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.9
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs PanFS
  10. 11
    Google Cloud Filestore Free trial apiLinuxWebWin $0.01/mo6.8
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Google Cloud Filestore
  11. 12
    Panzura CloudFS apiself-hosted 6.8
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Panzura CloudFS
  12. 13
    Tahoe-LAFS apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.8
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Tahoe-LAFS
  13. 14
    WEKA Data Platform apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.8
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs WEKA Data Platform
  14. 15
    Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.7
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
  15. 16
    Qumulo Cloud Data Platform Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.6
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Qumulo Cloud Data Platform
  16. 17
    OpenAFS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.9
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs OpenAFS
  17. 18
    Gluster Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free5.8
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Gluster
  18. 19
    XtreemFS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free5.8
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs XtreemFS
  19. 20
    Lustre Linuxself-hosted 5.6
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs Lustre
  20. 21
    DDN EXAScaler Cloud Linuxself-hosted 5.5
    Hadoop Distributed File System vs DDN EXAScaler Cloud

Hadoop Distributed File System alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1SeaweedFS7.4Free plan$1.67/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2BeeGFS7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
3Ceph7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
4Google Cloud Managed Lustre7.3No—API, Linux, Web
6JuiceFS7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7MooseFS7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Quobyte7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Dell APEX AIOps Incident Management6.9No—API, Web
10PanFS6.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
11Google Cloud Filestore6.8No$0.01/moAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
12Panzura CloudFS6.8No—API, self-hosted
13Tahoe-LAFS6.8No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14WEKA Data Platform6.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP6.7No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16Qumulo Cloud Data Platform6.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
17OpenAFS5.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
18Gluster5.8Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
19XtreemFS5.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
20Lustre5.6No—Linux, self-hosted
21DDN EXAScaler Cloud5.5No—Linux, self-hosted
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Questions about Hadoop Distributed File System alternatives

What is the best alternative to Hadoop Distributed File System?

SeaweedFS, number 1 in distributed file system software with a score of 7.4 out of 10. The others here: BeeGFS, Ceph, Google Cloud Managed Lustre and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Hadoop Distributed File System?

SeaweedFS is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 9 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.