MinIO (Self-Hosted) Pricing
Last verified: 2026-04-10 · Official pricing page ↗
Pricing Tiers
Storage (per GB/month)
| Unlimited | $0.0000 |
Egress (per GB)
Free — $0.00/GB
Class A Requests (PUT/POST)
$Free
Class B Requests (GET/HEAD)
$Free
Estimated Monthly Cost by Scenario
Small Project
Personal site, small app, or hobby project
$0.00/mo
$0/year
Mid-size SaaS
Growing product with moderate traffic
$0.00/mo
$0/year
Large Scale
High-traffic platform or enterprise workload
$0.00/mo
$0/year
Compliance & Security
GDPRHIPAASOC 2Encrypted at RestBYOKSensitive Data OK
Data Residency
US, EU, AP, SA, AF
Sensitive Data
Suitable for sensitive/regulated data (PII, financial, healthcare)
Pros & Cons
Strengths
- +Completely free (open source, AGPL v3)
- +Full data sovereignty — you control everything
- +S3-compatible API
- +All compliance possible (you manage it)
Weaknesses
- −You manage infrastructure (servers, disks, networking)
- −Hardware and operational costs not included
- −Requires DevOps expertise
- −No managed support without enterprise license
Best For
- Organizations needing full data control
- Air-gapped environments
- On-premise requirements
- Avoiding cloud vendor lock-in
Avoid For
- Teams without infra/DevOps capacity
- Projects needing managed service
- Quick prototyping
Available Regions
| Region | Location | Price Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| self-hosted | Your infrastructure | 1× |
Compatibility
S3 Compatible
Yes
Native SDKs
js, python, go, java, dotnet, rust, haskell
CDN Integration
cloudflare, nginx, any-reverse-proxy