Is Minio Turning Paid? 5 Free Distributed Storage Alternatives You Should Consider
The article explains Minio's recent licensing shift to AGPLv3, why it matters for SaaS and proprietary software vendors, and presents five open‑source distributed storage systems—SeaweedFS, Garage, Ceph, GlusterFS, and OpenStack Swift—detailing their licenses, deployment complexity, performance characteristics, and suitable use cases.
