Ubiquiti Enterprise NAS
Network storage device in Computers
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.
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.
27 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 12
- criticize it
- 15
- approval share
- 44%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 12 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Solid hardware with ECC RAM
“I like the hardware, cannot stand needing to run another machine just for management.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS” “The ENAS looks like fairly nice hardware. It even has ECC RAM.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS” Fits small and medium businesses
“I think this product will do particularly well in small-medium businesses.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS” “Seems like a nice, basic, affordable platform for workgroup/SME stuff.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Costs more than DIY or streaming
“I belive you can roll your own appliance like this for considerably less money, and have far more control over it.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS” “Overpriced piece of hardware that you will never own because it runs proprietary firmware”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS” “Not exactly sure this would be cheaper or easier than just paying for streaming services”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS” - Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS”
- Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS”
Proprietary firmware and cloud linking
“Overpriced piece of hardware that you will never own because it runs proprietary firmware”
Comment from 19 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS” “You cant accept freaking EULA without linking your own network to some cloud in the US.”
Comment from 20 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS” Untested first release
“there is little more regrettable than placing Ubiquitis latest test-it-in-prod release in to an Enterprise setting”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS” “don't bet the farm on this product until they release a second version”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubiquiti Enterprise NASThis page | 12 | 15 | 44% | 2 | — | — |
| UGREEN NAS | 8 | 4 | 67% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
25 of the 28 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You cant accept freaking EULA without linking your own network to some cloud in the US.”
“Tons of those are pretty basic web security stuff.”
“Overpriced piece of hardware that you will never own because it runs proprietary firmware”
“They should put enough CPU to make the advertised features usable in tandem.”
“I'm surprised this is required. Agreed that's shady.”
“Ubiquiti is famous for abandoning products and entire product lines”
“Isn't this massively overpriced?”
“The price looks kinda rough.”
“trusting a vendor for an out-the-door NAS is nice from a usability perspective”
“I belive you can roll your own appliance like this for considerably less money, and have far more control over it.”
“there is little more regrettable than placing Ubiquitis latest test-it-in-prod release in to an Enterprise setting”
“don't bet the farm on this product until they release a second version”
“I think this product will do particularly well in small-medium businesses.”
“I only wish UNAS support ZFS.”
“I like the hardware, cannot stand needing to run another machine just for management.”
“The ENAS looks like fairly nice hardware. It even has ECC RAM.”
“Not exactly sure this would be cheaper or easier than just paying for streaming services”
“It could surely use something more beefy than a Neoverse N2.”
“without being held hostage by on particular switch IC vendor like many brands”
“Pays for itself in ~40 months of not paying $100/month for streaming services.”
“Seems like a nice, basic, affordable platform for workgroup/SME stuff.”
“no firmware restrictions on drive models, organizations can scale capacity”
“likely lacks FIPS support which makes it an issue for companies that work with the government”
“this might actually be one product that I can be enthusiastic about”
“will easily perform as well as the NAS in question”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.