MinIO AIStor vs Scality ARTESCA
MinIO AIStor
min.io
Scality ARTESCA
artesca.scality.comSide by side
| Figure | MinIO AIStor | Scality ARTESCA |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 2 |
| Spec score · Storage Management Software | 8.8 (#2) | 7.6 (#15) |
| Spec score · Software-Defined Storage Software | 8.7 (#4) | 7.6 (#18) |
| Compliance | MinIO says AIStor includes WORM storage for SEC 17a-4(f), FINRA, and CFTC requirements, as well as controls supporting HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001. | Scality says its organization operates under an ISO 27001-certified information security management system. |
| Founded | 2014 | 2009 |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California, United States | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Support | Enterprise includes SUBNET direct-to-engineer support 24/7/365 with a less-than-four-hour SLA and Panic Button; Enterprise Lite offers optional direct-to-engineer support with a less-than-five-day SLA. | Scality advertises 24/7/365 expert support and publishes response targets of 15 minutes for P1, 4 business hours for P2, and 3 business days for P3. |
| What it does | AIStor combines persistent AI-agent memory, Apache Iceberg tables, S3-compatible objects and files in one enterprise data store. | ARTESCA is backup-first S3 object storage designed to protect backup data and support recovery. |
Plans
MinIO AIStor
- AIStor FreeFree
- AIStor EnterprisePriced on request
- AIStor Enterprise LitePriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Enterprise LitePriced on request
Scality ARTESCA
- ARTESCA free trialFree
- ARTESCA subscriptionPriced on request
In their own words
MinIO AIStor
MinIO AIStor combines persistent memory, tables, objects, and files in an enterprise AI data store. AIStor Memory holds agent context, workspaces, secrets, artifacts, and telemetry. AIStor Tables provides native Apache Iceberg storage for analytics, feature stores, lakehouse architectures, and structured AI datasets. S3-compatible object storage covers models, checkpoints, training datasets, embeddings, documents, media, and logs. Access and integration options include S3, S3 Express, MCP, SFTP and Files, Iceberg Catalog, and OpenSharing. Management features include an admin console, QoS, lifecycle management, encryption, key management, a data firewall, and immutability. The product lists several replication modes, along with audit trails, Prometheus metrics, and error logs. Installation options include Linux, Windows, macOS, Kubernetes Helm, OpenShift, and Podman. AIStor Free costs nothing and includes the full feature set, but is intended for single-node, self-supported use without resilience beyond one node; redistribution is prohibited. Enterprise and Enterprise Lite pricing is available on request. Lite is for capacity requirements below 400 TiB; deployments exceeding that are upgraded to Enterprise. A 60-day trial is listed.
Scality ARTESCA
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