MinIO AIStor vs VAST Data Platform
MinIO AIStor
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VAST Data Platform
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| Figure | MinIO AIStor | VAST Data Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · Storage Management Software | 8.8 (#2) | 6.9 (#20) |
| Spec score · Software-Defined Storage Software | 8.7 (#4) | 6.9 (#22) |
| Founded | 2014 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California, United States | New York City, United States |
| Protocols | AIStor supports S3, S3 Express, SFTP, an Iceberg Catalog and Delta Sharing protocols. | VAST's documentation describes native support for NFS, S3, and Block protocols. |
| Purpose | AIStor combines persistent memory, tables, objects, and files in an enterprise AI data store. | The VAST AI Operating System unifies storage, database, and compute in one infrastructure layer. |
| 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. | VAST provides a customer support portal, documentation, and training resources through its Knowledge Base. |
Plans
MinIO AIStor
- AIStor FreeFree
- AIStor EnterprisePriced on request
- AIStor Enterprise LitePriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Enterprise LitePriced 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.
VAST Data Platform
VAST Data Platform has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.