COMPARISON
Need object storage, not a larger storage platform?Need object storage, not a larger storage platform?
Keldra brings object storage, search and permissions into one server binary. Ceph covers block, file and object workloads with separate service roles managed by cephadm.
Different goals. Both give you full control over deployment and operations. Choose the work your team needs to own.
Store. Find. Control.
Object storage for real work.
How Keldra and Ceph compare
Start with the services you actually need. Keldra is a proprietary object-storage product with a free self-hosted offer; Ceph is an open-source storage platform. Neither choice removes your responsibility for capacity, upgrades and recovery.
Feature
Keldra
Ceph
Server licence
Proprietary; free and paid self-hosted licences
Open source
Primary focus
Object storage, indexed queries and relationship permissions
Block, file and object storage
Core deployment
One server binary or container
Monitor, manager, OSD and object-gateway roles
Getting started
Docker server and CLI provisioning
cephadm automates daemon deployment and management
Object access
Supported S3 operations and native API
RADOS Gateway object interface
Application search
Configured JSON, text, vector and other index types
Evaluate the gateway and search integrations you require
Application permissions
Zanzibar-style checks and authorised indexed results
Evaluate the object-gateway access model and integrations
Block storage
Not a block-device service
Supported
Shared filesystem
Not a shared-filesystem service
Supported
Deployment and operational control
Full control on your infrastructure
Full control on your infrastructure
Comparison checked against official documentation on 14 October 2026. Optional Keldra Git hosting also requires the Git executable. Fewer service roles do not remove your operating responsibilities or prove better performance.