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Best Longhorn Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 apps from software-defined storage software ranked against Longhorn on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    JuiceFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.6
    Longhorn vs JuiceFS
  2. 2
    MinIO AIStor Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Longhorn vs MinIO AIStor
  3. 3
    MooseFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Longhorn vs MooseFS
  4. 4
    SeaweedFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $1.67/mo6.6
    Longhorn vs SeaweedFS
  5. 5
    Ceph Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Longhorn vs Ceph
  6. 6
    StarWind Virtual SAN Free plan Linuxself-hostedWebWin Free6.5
    Longhorn vs StarWind Virtual SAN
  7. 7
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Longhorn vs VMware Workstation Pro
  8. 8
    Gluster Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.4
    Longhorn vs Gluster
  9. 10
    OpenEBS Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.4
    Longhorn vs OpenEBS
  10. 11
    LizardFS Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.6
    Longhorn vs LizardFS
  11. 12
    DAOS apiLinuxself-hosted 5.5
    Longhorn vs DAOS
  12. 13
    SUSE Multi-Linux Manager apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.5
    Longhorn vs SUSE Multi-Linux Manager
  13. 14
    Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G Web 5.4
    Longhorn vs Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G
  14. 15
    LINSTOR apiLinuxself-hosted $83.33/mo5.4
    Longhorn vs LINSTOR
  15. 16
    VAST Data Platform apiself-hostedWeb 5.4
    Longhorn vs VAST Data Platform
  16. 17
    WEKA Data Platform apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.4
    Longhorn vs WEKA Data Platform
  17. 18
    DataCore SANsymphony Free trial apiself-hostedWebWin 5.1
    Longhorn vs DataCore SANsymphony
  18. 19
    Portworx Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    Longhorn vs Portworx Enterprise
  19. 20
    Qumulo Cloud Data Platform Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.1
    Longhorn vs Qumulo Cloud Data Platform
  20. 21
    Scality RING 5.1
    Longhorn vs Scality RING

Longhorn alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1JuiceFS6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
2MinIO AIStor6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3MooseFS6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4SeaweedFS6.6Free plan$1.67/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5Ceph6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
6StarWind Virtual SAN6.5Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7VMware Workstation Pro6.5Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
8Gluster6.4Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
10OpenEBS6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
11LizardFS5.6No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
12DAOS5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted
13SUSE Multi-Linux Manager5.5No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
14Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G5.4No—Web
15LINSTOR5.4No$83.33/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted
16VAST Data Platform5.4No—API, self-hosted, Web
17WEKA Data Platform5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
18DataCore SANsymphony5.1No—API, self-hosted, Web, Windows
19Portworx Enterprise5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
20Qumulo Cloud Data Platform5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
21Scality RING5.1No——
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Questions about Longhorn alternatives

What is the best alternative to Longhorn?

JuiceFS, number 1 in software-defined storage software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: MinIO AIStor, MooseFS, SeaweedFS and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Longhorn?

JuiceFS is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 9 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.