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Other apps are [Bolt](https://bolt.holdings/), a wallet that is very secure with air-gapped 2FA split-key protocol to prevent hacks from compromising your digital assets, and it enables you to stake and earn from the storage providers; [Atlus](https://atlus.cloud/), a blockchain explorer and [Chimney](https://demo.chimney.software/), which allows anyone to join the network and earn using their server or by just renting one, with no prior knowledge required.

We’ve built the first **S3-compatible storage platform** that is both **ACID-compliant** and runs on a **zero-knowledge network** — eliminating the need for additional services like AWS Athena or GuardDuty to secure or query your data.
- **5x better performance** – Real-world tests (see benchmark from s3compare.io) showed up to 5x gains versus AWS.
- **2x lower costs** – Thanks to zero egress and zero API fees, you save more as your usage scales.
- **2x lower carbon footprint** – Our erasure-coded architecture minimizes redundancy-related overhead (see below for architectural breakdown).
- **Bulletproof security** – Split-key security, zero-knowledge design, and erasure coding ensure unmatched internal breach resistance.
- **No vendor lock-in** – Easily add, remove, or swap providers with no disruption or central dependency.

One of our enterprise customers benchmarked Züs against AWS using [s3compare.io](https://s3compare.io) and saw **5x performance improvements** across common S3 operations — validating our edge in real-time workloads and data transfer scenarios.

We also fill security and vendor neutrality gaps that MinIO and AWS have in their solution. Check the table below for comparison.

Beyond backup and datalake storage, our platform is ideal for storing AI data, where integrity and verifiability matter such as for MCP workflows.

### Core Features – Züs vs AWS S3 vs MinIO

| **Feature** | **AWS S3** | **MinIO** | **Züs** |
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Managed Infrastructure** | Fully managed with strong global uptime | Self-hosted; requires manual setup and scaling | Fully managed decentralized infrastructure with flexible scaling |
| **Split-key Internal Breach Security** | Not available; single-party access control | Not available | Built-in split-key security prevents internal breaches by decentralizing key control |
| **Zero Egress Fees** | Charges apply for all outbound data | No egress fees | No egress fees on outbound traffic across providers |
| **Zero API Fees** | Charges per API call | Free API access | Free unlimited API requests; ideal for high-frequency apps |
| **Encrypted Data Sharing** | Requires external tools or complex configuration | Not supported natively | Native proxy re-encryption enables secure, private sharing of encrypted files |
| **Zero Knowledge Network** | Not supported | Not supported | Zero-knowledge architecture ensures providers can't access file contents or user identity |
| **ACID Compliant (Data Integrity)** | Eventual consistency; not ACID compliant | No built-in ACID guarantees | Fully ACID compliant to ensure consistent reads/writes and verifiable storage behavior |
| **Add/Swap Infrastructure (No Lock-in)**| Vendor lock-in with no real-time provider switching | Tied to fixed infrastructure | Add, remove, or swap storage providers dynamically with no lock-in |


## Architecture

![Main-architecture](./assets/main-struture.png)
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