# Ubiquiti Enterprise NAS

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Ubiquiti Enterprise NAS and 15 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised for solid hardware with ECC RAM and a vendor-built, ready-to-use NAS for small businesses. Common caveat: proprietary firmware, cloud linking and an untested first release.

## Why people recommend it

- Solid hardware with ECC RAM (2 comments): "I like the hardware, cannot stand needing to run another machine just for management." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588280)) "The ENAS looks like fairly nice hardware. It even has ECC RAM." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588025))
- Fits small and medium businesses (2 comments): "I think this product will do particularly well in small-medium businesses." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588610)) "Seems like a nice, basic, affordable platform for workgroup/SME stuff." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48586923))

## What people warn about

- Costs more than DIY or streaming (5 comments): "I belive you can roll your own appliance like this for considerably less money, and have far more control over it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48591217)) "Overpriced piece of hardware that you will never own because it runs proprietary firmware" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48594304)) "Not exactly sure this would be cheaper or easier than just paying for streaming services" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48587506))
- Proprietary firmware and cloud linking (2 comments): "Overpriced piece of hardware that you will never own because it runs proprietary firmware" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48594304)) "You cant accept freaking EULA without linking your own network to some cloud in the US." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48608423))
- Untested first release (2 comments): "there is little more regrettable than placing Ubiquitis latest test-it-in-prod release in to an Enterprise setting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590859)) "don't bet the farm on this product until they release a second version" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48589390))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [UGREEN NAS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ugreen-nas.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Ubiquiti+UNAS+Enterprise+NAS&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.ui.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ubiquiti Enterprise NAS", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ubiquiti-enterprise-nas/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).