What's the difference between Amazon S3 and MinIO?

Amazon S3 has 6 curated indie alternatives in our directory; MinIO has 0.

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Amazon S3 vs MinIO

Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.

Amazon S3

AWS object storage for the cloud.

Cloud File Storage

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MinIO

Self-hosted S3-compatible storage.

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Founded: Amazon S3—; MinIO—
Location: Amazon S3—; MinIO—
Bootstrapped: Amazon S3—; MinIO—
Open source: Amazon S3—; MinIO—
Category: Amazon S3Cloud File Storage; MinIO—
Indie alternatives: Amazon S36; MinIO0
Founders: Amazon S3—; MinIO—

Key differences

Indie alternatives
Amazon S3 has 6 curated indie alternatives in our directory; MinIO has 0.

Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.

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