Amazon S3 vs SeaweedFS
Is it time to switch? We break down the differences so you can stop bleeding money.
Choose SeaweedFS.
If you want to own your data, save money, and avoid vendor lock-in, SeaweedFS is open source and community-driven.
What Actually Matters
No fluff — just the differences that affect your decision
SeaweedFS is open source (Apache-2.0). Amazon S3 is closed. If vendor lock-in keeps you up at night, this is the deciding factor.
SeaweedFS has the bigger crowd: 35.5k stars vs 0. More contributors, more integrations, more momentum.
SeaweedFS is built in Go — you can read the source, contribute, or fork it. Amazon S3 is closed-source, so you're trusting their engineering.
Try both — most offer free tiers. The right pick depends on your stack size, team, and tolerance for DevOps.
Amazon S3
Object storage built to retrieve any amount of data from anywhere.
Why Choose Amazon S3
- ✓99.999999999% durability (11 nines)
- ✓Scales to virtually unlimited storage
- ✓Pay only for what you use
Drawbacks
- ×Egress costs can surprise you
- ×Complex IAM/bucket policy configuration
SeaweedFS
SeaweedFS is a fast distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files, and data lake, for billions of files!
Why Choose SeaweedFS
- ✓Extremely fast for small files
- ✓Highly scalable distributed architecture
- ✓S3 compatible API
Drawbacks
- ×More complex to configure than some alternatives