MinIO AIStor is an enterprise data store for AI that brings together persistent memory, tables, object storage, and files. AIStor Memory holds agents’ context, workspaces, secrets, artifacts, and telemetry. AIStor Tables provides native Apache Iceberg storage for analytics, feature stores, lakehouse architectures, and structured AI datasets. Its 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 capabilities include an admin console, QoS, lifecycle management, encryption, key management, a data firewall, and immutability. MinIO reports WARP benchmark throughput of up to 23.5 TiB/s and describes scaling from edge deployments to exabyte-scale clusters. AIStor Free costs 0.00 USD per free and is intended for self-supported, single-node use without resiliency beyond one node; redistribution is prohibited. Enterprise and Enterprise Lite pricing is available on request. Lite is for capacities below 400 TiB; larger deployments move to Enterprise.
Who it is for
AIStor suits organizations building AI data infrastructure that need object storage, agent memory, or Iceberg tables. Its free plan is aimed at self-supported single-node deployments; larger capacity needs align with its enterprise plans.
What is good
- S3-compatible object storage supports varied AI data.
- Native Apache Iceberg storage for structured datasets.
- Free plan includes the full feature set.
- Lists encryption, immutability, and multiple replication options.
What to know first
- Free plan is intended for a single node.
- Free plan does not provide resiliency beyond one node.
- Redistribution of the free plan is prohibited.
- Enterprise Lite is limited to below 400 TiB.
Verdict
AIStor combines memory, tables, and object storage with enterprise management and replication capabilities. Check the single-node free-tier scope and capacity limits before choosing a plan.
MinIO AIStor plans and pricing
All plansCompared on software-defined storage software
- Free plan
- Yes
- S3 compatibility
- Yes
- Object versioning
- Yes
- Lifecycle rules
- Yes
- Object immutability
- Yes
- Replication scope
- cross-region
