Cloudian HyperStore vs SeaweedFS
Cloudian HyperStore
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SeaweedFS
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| Figure | Cloudian HyperStore | SeaweedFS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $1.67/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 10 |
| Spec score · Software-Defined Storage Software | 8.8 (#3) | 8.0 (#9) |
| Spec score · Storage Replication Software | 8.7 (#3) | 7.9 (#10) |
| Data protection | Storage policies can use replication or erasure coding and can protect against drive, node, rack and complete-site failures. | Enterprise automatically repairs missing or corrupted erasure-coding shards and periodically checks shards against checksums for silent corruption. |
| Deployment | HyperStore runs on industry-standard hardware, including Cloudian appliances or a server selected by the customer. | The deployment guide offers an official repository binary and the container image chrislusf/seaweedfs-enterprise. |
| Integrations | The maker lists technology partners including AWS, Commvault, Cribl, CTERA, Dremio, HPE, Kasten by Veeam, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Rubrik, Snowflake, Splunk, Teradata, Veeam, Veritas, VMware, and others. | The built-in Iceberg catalog supports querying with Spark, Trino, Dremio, and DuckDB. |
| Scale | Its modular architecture supports non-disruptive expansion and management of storage across multiple sites as one system. | The product page says it scales linearly from gigabytes to petabytes and supports billions of files. |
| Support | Cloudian describes four service levels—HyperCare, Premier, Standard Support, and Basic Support—and says its global support and professional services teams are available 24×7. | Enterprise support is optional and purchased separately from the capacity license; published support channels and response targets vary by plan. |
| What it does | Cloudian HyperStore is enterprise S3-compatible object-storage software for large unstructured-data repositories across on-premises, hybrid-cloud and edge environments. | SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system serving S3 objects, Iceberg tables, and POSIX files from one cluster. |
Plans
Cloudian HyperStore
- HyperStore free trialFree
- Cloudian HyperStorePriced on request
- HyperStore enterprise deploymentPriced on request
SeaweedFS
- Community supportFree
- Development & testingFree
- Capacity license — Monthly$2 a month
- Capacity license — Yearly$20 a year
- Essential support$2,000 a year
- Small Production support$5,000 a year
- Growth support$15,000 a year
- Standard support$40,000 a year
- Critical support$85,000 a year
- Enterprise 5 PB+Priced on request
In their own words
Cloudian HyperStore
Cloudian HyperStore has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
SeaweedFS
SeaweedFS is a distributed storage system that serves S3 objects, Iceberg tables, and POSIX files from one cluster. It supports S3, POSIX mounts, HDFS-compatible access, an Iceberg REST catalog, and WebDAV. Its built-in Iceberg catalog supports queries with Spark, Trino, Dremio, and DuckDB. The product describes scaling from gigabytes to petabytes and supporting billions of files. Development and testing under 25 TB are free, but production deployments require a paid license regardless of size. Monthly capacity licensing is $2 a month, based on used storage including replication or erasure-coding overhead; yearly licensing is $20 a year. Enterprise features include deleted-file recovery within a configurable retention window, point-in-time restoration, repair of missing or corrupted erasure-coding shards, and OIDC sign-in with role mapping. The free 25 TB trial limits deleted-file recovery retention to one hour. Enterprise support is optional and priced separately from capacity licensing. Community support is free and has no guaranteed response time. SeaweedFS is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with API access and self-hosted deployment.