Best Software-Defined Storage (SDS) for Kubernetes

Compare the Top Software-Defined Storage (SDS) that integrates with Kubernetes as of July 2025

This a list of Software-Defined Storage (SDS) that integrates with Kubernetes. Use the filters on the left to add additional filters for products that have integrations with Kubernetes. View the products that work with Kubernetes in the table below.

What is Software-Defined Storage (SDS) for Kubernetes?

Software-defined storage (SDS) is a data storage solution architecture whereby the hardware that handles the data storage is independent of the software layer of the storage system. Compare and read user reviews of the best Software-Defined Storage (SDS) for Kubernetes currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    MooseFS

    MooseFS

    Saglabs SA

    MooseFS is a breakthrough concept in the Big Data storage industry. It allows us to combine data storage and data processing in a single unit using commodity hardware thereby providing an extremely high ROI. Through this innovative approach, we provide professional services and expert advisory for storage solutions as well as implementation and support for all your operations. MooseFS, which was introduced in 2008 as a spin-off of Gemius (a leading European company which measures internet in over 20 countries), went on to become one of the most sought after Data storage software for companies worldwide. It is still being used to store huge amounts of data for Gemius core operations, where over 300 000 events are gathered and processed per second, for 24 hours and 7 days a week. Therefore, any solution we present to our customers has been tested in real-life work environment involving Big Data Analytics.
    Starting Price: $/TiB based on scale
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    SUSE Enterprise Storage
    Unified, infinitely scalable and simple to manage storage solution designed for modern data centers. It seamlessly transforms enterprise storage infrastructure into a powerful vehicle to accelerate innovation. SUSE Enterprise Storage is a flexible, reliable, cost-efficient and intelligent storage solution. Powered by Ceph, a cloud-native solution is engineered for a wide range of demanding workloads–from archival to high performance computing (HPC). Available for x86 and Arm architecture, it is deployed on generally available off-the-shelve hardware, allowing businesses to store and efficiently process data in order to get competitive edge–optimize business operations, develop deeper customer insights and business intelligence delivering better products and services. SUSE Enterprise Storage supports Kubernetes and seamlessly integrates with ML/AI, EDGE, IoT and embedded architecture.
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    QxStor
    Cloud native technology has been highlighted in modern cloud infrastructure design for its light weight and high portability. It also achieves efficient development and operation (DevOps), thereby facilitating agile service deployment and business innovation. To accelerate cloud-native transformation at minimized expenses, QCT validated the Red Hat® OpenShift Container Platform and Kubernetes Platform to ensure high-quality service and performance. QCT QxStack with Cloud-Native Platform is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution built on the Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform and strengthened by Intel Enhanced Platform Awareness (EPA) technology. The production-ready performance-optimized solution features a Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) architecture that supports VMs and container coexistence and allows resource sharing. Furthermore, with exceptional network performance and stability, the solution achieves ideal CAPEX and OPEX in all stages of new technology implementation.
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    IBM Elastic Storage System
    IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS) is a modern implementation of software-defined storage, making it easier for you to deploy fast, highly scalable storage for AI and big data. With the low latency and high performance NVMe storage technology and 8YB global file system and global data services of IBM Spectrum Scale, the ESS 3200 and ESS 5000 nodes can grow to YB configurations in a single federated global storage system from edge to core data center to the public cloud. By consolidating storage requirements and eliminating silos across multiple platforms — including Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift — IBM ESS can reduce inefficiency, lower acquisition costs, simplify storage management and support multiple demanding workloads, delivering high performance throughout your organization.
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    Lightbits

    Lightbits

    Lightbits Labs

    We help our customers achieve hyperscale efficiency and cost savings for their own private cloud or public cloud storage as a service offering. With our software-defined block storage solution, Lightbits, customers scale their business effortlessly, accelerate IT operations, and reduce cost – at the speed of local flash. Break the dependency between compute and storage to allocate resources independently to bring the flexibility and efficiency of the cloud on-premises. Deliver low latency and high performance while guaranteeing high availability for your distributed databases and cloud native applications such as SQL, NoSQL, and “in memory”. With the constant growth of data in the forever available data center, one of the critical challenges is that applications and services running at scale must stay stateful as they migrate around the data center in order to keep services available and efficient in the presence of constant failures.
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