Longhorn vs MinIO

Comprehensive side-by-side comparison of features, pricing, and metrics

Feature

Longhorn

Storage

MinIO

Storage

Side-by-side comparison of developer tools
Distributed block storage for Kubernetes
High performance object storage
GitHub Stars
⭐ 7,626
⭐ 60,612
Contributors
👥 155
👥 535
Pricing
✓ Free
Enterprise: Contact sales
✓ Free
Enterprise: Contact sales
Languages
Shell
Go
Features
  • Cncf
  • Distributed Systems
  • High Availability
  • K8s Sig Storage
  • Kubernetes
  • Amazon S3
  • Cloud
  • Cloudnative
  • Cloudstorage
  • Go
Integrations
  • • kubernetes
  • • kubernetes
  • • aws
Momentum Score
58/100 (stable)
10/100 (stable)
Community Health
16/100 (needs-attention)
65/100 (moderate)
Maturity Index
10/100 (experimental)
59/100 (growing)
Innovation Score
19/100 (traditional)
87/100 (pioneering)
Risk Score (higher is safer)
13/100 (high)
49/100 (medium)
Developer Experience
17/100 (poor)
65/100 (fair)
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Longhorn Strengths

MinIO Strengths

  • ✓ More popular (60,612 stars)
  • ✓ Larger community (535 contributors)

Data source: GitHub API

Last updated: 4/5/2026