Lightbits SDS vs MooseFS
Lightbits SDS
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MooseFS
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| Figure | Lightbits SDS | MooseFS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $17.25/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · Software-Defined Storage Software | 7.9 (#11) | 8.5 (#5) |
| Founded | 2016 | 2005 |
| Product | Lightbits SDS is disaggregated, software-defined block storage designed to modernize infrastructure. | MooseFS is distributed storage software that spreads data across multiple servers while presenting it as one resource. |
| Security | The pricing page lists end-to-end encryption at rest, snapshot policies for ransomware protection, multi-tenancy with RBAC, and ADFS authentication integration. | MooseFS 5 adds cluster-wide authentication that gates data access through the master and prevents storage-layer bypass of export permissions. |
| Support | The private-cloud offering includes premium technical support and a dedicated customer success manager; the public-cloud offering includes Lightbits technical support. | Commercial Pro includes 24/7 support from the developers, while Community support is community-driven discussion and documentation. |
Plans
Lightbits SDS
- Private Cloud & Service Providers$17.25 a month
- Public cloud$17.25 a month
In their own words
Lightbits SDS
Lightbits SDS has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
MooseFS
MooseFS is distributed storage software that combines data held across multiple servers into one resource. It can be mounted as a POSIX filesystem, used as a block device, or accessed through the C API. Reads and writes run across multiple chunkservers, so adding servers can increase both storage capacity and bandwidth. MooseFS replicates data chunks and restores missing copies after disk or node loss. The Community edition is open source under GPLv2, with one active master and single-parity erasure coding. Personal provides the full Pro feature set for non-commercial use, free up to 20 TiB of used raw space; beyond that, the listed price is €9 as a one-time purchase for each TiB. Pro adds synchronized master failover and support for clusters spanning locations. MooseFS 5 adds cluster-wide authentication. Official packages are offered for Linux distributions, FreeBSD, Raspberry Pi OS, and macOS; macOS requires macFUSE and macOS 12 or later. The native Windows client is included with Pro.