Google Cloud Filestore vs JuiceFS
Google Cloud Filestore
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| Figure | Google Cloud Filestore | JuiceFS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.01/mo | $0.02/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 3 |
| Spec score · Distributed File System Software | 8.2 (#8) | 9.1 (#2) |
| Encryption | Filestore encrypts customer content at rest by default and supports customer-managed Cloud KMS keys for instances and backups on zonal, regional, and enterprise tiers. | Documentation describes encryption in transit and client-side encryption at rest, while cached client data is not encrypted by default. |
| Scale | The product page lists capacity up to 100 TiB, throughput up to 26 GiB/s, and up to 920K IOPS. | Enterprise Edition is listed for up to 500 billion files, 4EB of data and horizontally scalable metadata throughput up to 10 million IOPS. |
Plans
Google Cloud Filestore
- Filestore Zonal - custom performance on (per IOPS)$0.01 a month
- Filestore Regional - custom performance on (per IOPS)$0.03 a month
- Filestore Zonal - custom performance on (instance capacity)$0.12 a month
- Filestore Regional - custom performance on (instance capacity)$0.21 a month
- Filestore Zonal - custom performance off$0.25 a month
- Filestore Regional - custom performance off$0.45 a month
- Filestore Zonal - custom performance on (per instance)$20 a month
- Filestore Regional - custom performance on (per instance)$40 a month
JuiceFS
- Community EditionFree
- Cloud Service$0.02 a month
- Enterprise EditionPriced on request
In their own words
Google Cloud Filestore
Google Cloud Filestore has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
JuiceFS
JuiceFS is an open-source, cloud-native distributed file system that stores file data in object storage and metadata separately in a metadata engine. It supports POSIX, HDFS, S3, and WebDAV protocols, with storage options including Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, MinIO, Ceph, and HDFS. Documented uses include big data, machine learning, Kubernetes, shared workspaces, and backup. Integrations cover Kubernetes CSI and Hadoop ecosystem components such as Spark, Presto, Hive, Flink, Trino, and StarRocks. JuiceFS offers a self-hosted Community Edition, a managed Cloud Service, and an Enterprise Edition with on-premises, BYOC, and other deployment options. Its downloadable client supports Linux, macOS, and Windows; WSL 2 is recommended for Windows. Encryption in transit and at rest is supported, but at-rest encryption must be enabled when creating a file system and does not cover client-side cached data or file metadata. Community Edition is free; paid plans start at $0.02/mo.