openebs
The premium Open Source alternative to Portworx
🎯 Best for:Teams running stateful applications like Postgres or Kafka on Kubernetes.
What is openebs?
A storage orchestrator that converts local or network-attached storage into persistent volumes for Kubernetes workloads. It uses a Microservices-based Storage Architecture (MASA) to provide granular control over data replication and performance.
Tech Stack
UnknownDatabase & Storage
Why openebs?
- • Cloud-native data management
- • Dynamic volume provisioning
- • Strong community support
Limitations
- • High K8s expertise required
- • Performance overhead on NVMe
- • Complex troubleshooting
2/2/2026
Last Update
978
Forks
32
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Portworx)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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