# MinIO AIStor alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 215 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where MinIO AIStor holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/minio-aistor/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Backblaze B2: 63
- Cloudflare R2: 34
- Amazon S3: 33
- Wasabi Object Storage: 27
- Azure Blob Storage: 5
- Google Cloud Storage: 4

## Object storage

**Small business**: 76 of 84 answers did not name MinIO AIStor (MinIO AIStor is #8 of 9 at 0%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 41 of those 76
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 19 of those 76
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 11 of those 76
- Amazon S3: first choice in 2 of those 76
- DigitalOcean Spaces: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Backblaze Cloud Storage: first choice in 1 of those 76

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name MinIO AIStor (MinIO AIStor is #9 of 9 at 0%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 22 of those 74
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 13 of those 74
- Amazon S3: first choice in 12 of those 74
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Azure Blob Storage: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Cloudian HyperStore: first choice in 1 of those 74
- DigitalOcean Spaces: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 65 of 84 answers did not name MinIO AIStor (MinIO AIStor is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- Amazon S3: first choice in 19 of those 65
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 11 of those 65
- Azure Blob Storage: first choice in 4 of those 65
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Internxt S3: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Amazon Simple Storage Service S3: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Cloudian HyperStore: first choice in 1 of those 65

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