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Best OpenAFS Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from distributed file system software ranked against OpenAFS on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    MooseFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    OpenAFS vs MooseFS
  2. 2
    SeaweedFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $1.67/mo6.6
    OpenAFS vs SeaweedFS
  3. 3
    Ceph Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free6.5
    OpenAFS vs Ceph
  4. 4
    Hadoop Distributed File System Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    OpenAFS vs Hadoop Distributed File System
  5. 5
    JuiceFS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    OpenAFS vs JuiceFS
  6. 7
    Quobyte Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.5
    OpenAFS vs Quobyte
  7. 8
    XtreemFS Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    OpenAFS vs XtreemFS
  8. 9
    BeeGFS Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.4
    OpenAFS vs BeeGFS
  9. 10
    Gluster Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    OpenAFS vs Gluster
  10. 11
    GekkoFS Free plan Linux Free6.2
    OpenAFS vs GekkoFS
  11. 12
    LizardFS Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.6
    OpenAFS vs LizardFS
  12. 13
    Lustre Linuxself-hosted 5.5
    OpenAFS vs Lustre
  13. 14
    LucidLink Free trial AndroidextensioniOSLinuxMac $7/mo5.4
    OpenAFS vs LucidLink
  14. 15
    WEKA Data Platform apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.4
    OpenAFS vs WEKA Data Platform
  15. 16
    Dell APEX AIOps Incident Management apiWeb 5.3
    OpenAFS vs Dell APEX AIOps Incident Management
  16. 17
    Gfarm LinuxMacWin 5.3
    OpenAFS vs Gfarm
  17. 18
    Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G Web 5.3
    OpenAFS vs Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G
  18. 19
    OrangeFS WinMacLinux 5.3
    OpenAFS vs OrangeFS
  19. 20
    PanFS LinuxWeb 5.3
    OpenAFS vs PanFS
  20. 21
    Panzura CloudFS apiself-hosted 5.3
    OpenAFS vs Panzura CloudFS

OpenAFS alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1MooseFS6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2SeaweedFS6.6Free plan$1.67/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
3Ceph6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
4Hadoop Distributed File System6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
5JuiceFS6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7Quobyte6.5Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8XtreemFS6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
9BeeGFS6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
10Gluster6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
11GekkoFS6.2Free planFreeLinux
12LizardFS5.6No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13Lustre5.5No—Linux, self-hosted
14LucidLink5.4No$7/moAndroid, Browser, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
15WEKA Data Platform5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16Dell APEX AIOps Incident Management5.3No—API, Web
17Gfarm5.3No—Linux, Mac, Windows
18Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G5.3No—Web
19OrangeFS5.3No—Windows, Mac, Linux
20PanFS5.3No—Linux, Web
21Panzura CloudFS5.3No—API, self-hosted
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Questions about OpenAFS alternatives

What is the best alternative to OpenAFS?

MooseFS, number 1 in distributed file system software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: SeaweedFS, Ceph, Hadoop Distributed File System and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to OpenAFS?

MooseFS is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 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. Paid placements never change a rank.