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JuiceFS vs Mountpoint for Amazon S3: catalog facts
JuiceFS	Mountpoint for Amazon S3
Freemium Community Edition is free and open source; the Cloud Service and Enterprise Edition are…	Free Free and open source; normal Amazon S3 storage and request charges apply.
Windows, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Linux, Command line
Presents object storage as a normal POSIX file system Keeps metadata separate from data for faster metadata operations	Exposes S3 buckets as a local directory Lets existing file-based tools work with S3 data
Needs both an object store and a metadata database to run Aimed at infrastructure teams rather than desktop users	Tied to Amazon S3 Requires an AWS account and incurs S3 charges
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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