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IBM Storage Insights vs Quobyte

Both stand on storage management software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Choose Quobyte if your organization needs a unified storage platform for large-scale workloads, with broad storage interfaces and controls for policy, security, and monitoring. The Free Edition has a 150 TB ceiling; organizations considering Enterprise Edition need to contact the maker for commercial pricing.

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The facts

	IBM Storage Insights	Quobyte
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Free or on request
Plans published	2	1
Maker	IBM	Not published
Website	ibm.com	quobyte.com
On storage management software	#9 of 28	#5 of 28

IBM Storage Insights: what it does well

Quobyte: what it does well

Free Edition supports up to 150 TB of storage forever.
Supports POSIX, NFS, S3, HDFS, and MPI-IO access.
Policy engine manages redundancy, tiering, encryption, caching, and quality of service.
Provides Kubernetes CSI and Helm deployment options.
Exports Prometheus metrics and includes a Grafana dashboard.

What to know first

Free Edition is capped at 150 TB of storage.
Enterprise Edition pricing is custom and requires contacting storage experts for a demo.
The listed platform is designed for enterprise and research scale storage infrastructure.

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