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Tools · storage systems · Alternatives

NFS alternatives

As of 4 November 2026, 39 storage systems are named by companies instead of NFS: Amazon S3 by 4,518 companies, Azure Data Lake Storage by 839, Google Cloud Storage by 775.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

NFS, companies in postings
382
Most used alternative
Amazon S3 · 4,518
Fastest hiring, 90 days
Amazon S3
Alternatives ranked
39
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
01Ranked by evidence

storage systems companies choose instead of NFS

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs NFSpostings, 90 dCompare
1
Amazon S3Amazon
4,5181183%12,902NFS vs Amazon S3 →
2
Azure Data Lake StorageMicrosoft
839220%2,328NFS vs Azure Data Lake Storage →
3
Google Cloud StorageGoogle
775203%2,348NFS vs Google Cloud Storage →
4
Azure StorageMicrosoft
558146%1,328NFS vs Azure Storage →
5
NetAppNetApp
558146%2,240NFS vs NetApp →
6
CephCeph Foundation
390102%886NFS vs Ceph →
7
Hadoop Distributed File SystemApache Software Foundation
32385%781NFS vs Hadoop Distributed File System →
8
Dell EMCDell Technologies
30379%707NFS vs Dell EMC →
9
Azure Blob StorageMicrosoft
28274%649NFS vs Azure Blob Storage →
10
iSCSIIETF
26469%593NFS vs iSCSI →
11
Pure StoragePure Storage
22960%665NFS vs Pure Storage →
12
NVMeNVM Express
19351%1,159NFS vs NVMe →
13
Microsoft DFSMicrosoft
18749%375NFS vs Microsoft DFS →
14
MinIOMinIO
16543%320NFS vs MinIO →
15
Fibre ChannelINCITS
14438%308NFS vs Fibre Channel →
16
LustreOpenSFS
13535%391NFS vs Lustre →
17
VAST DataVAST Data
12132%378NFS vs VAST Data →
18
IBM Spectrum ScaleIBM
10628%320soon
19
ZFSOpenZFS
10527%192soon
20
NTFSMicrosoft
9024%148soon
21
Dell PowerScaleDell Technologies
8723%242soon
22
WEKAWekaIO
8723%236soon
23
LVMLinux
7921%226soon
24
SynologySynology
7820%132soon
25
NetApp ONTAPNetApp
7720%353soon
26
Nimble StorageHPE
7319%167soon
27
SATASerial ATA International Organization
7319%448soon
28
SambaSamba Team
5915%99soon
29
Dell PowerStoreDell Technologies
5715%112soon
30
eMMCJEDEC
5514%154soon
31
Amazon S3 GlacierAmazon Web Services
5013%99soon
32
BeeGFSThinkParallel
4111%71soon
33
Universal Flash Storage (UFS)JEDEC
4111%241soon
34
Azure FilesMicrosoft
4010%86soon
35
RookCNCF
4010%51soon
36
Cisco MDSCisco
3910%72soon
37
LonghornCNCF
369%72soon
38
Dell PowerMaxDell Technologies
359%83soon
39
DDNDataDirect Networks
318%123soon
11,745 companies name a storage system in their postings.

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39 storage systems are named by companies instead of NFS: Amazon S3 by 4,518 companies, Azure Data Lake Storage by 839, Google Cloud Storage by 775, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/nfs/alternatives)
How we know

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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
FAQ

NFS alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to NFS?

Amazon S3: 4,518 companies name it in their own job postings, against 382 for NFS.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.

Does this say which is better?

No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.

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