# Umbrel Personal Cloud

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Umbrel Personal Cloud and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for pairing open source self-hosting software with a polished interface on pre-installed hardware. Critics say the price is high for the hardware and storage offered.

## Why people recommend it

- Open source software sold with hardware (2 comments): "I quite like this business model of sharing open source software and selling hardware with software pre-installed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281858)) "The software is both well-designed (from UX / UI pov) AND it's OSS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281317))

## What people warn about

- Poor value for the price (3 comments): "$500 for an N150 mini PC pre-loaded with a 4tb nas and a custom OS is a terrible value proposition." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46283103)) "looks like you're paying almost twice the price for the NAS-type software" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279566)) "when you click to purchase, you'll find that $499 only gets you 1TB." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46283842))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Umbrel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/umbrel.md): 20 recommend
- [Zo Computer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zo-computer.md): 15 recommend
- [Cloud in a Bottle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloud-in-a-bottle.md): 14 recommend
- [Sandstorm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sandstorm.md): 10 recommend
- [Cloudron](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudron.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Umbrel+Home+personal+cloud+server&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://umbrel.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Umbrel Personal Cloud", https://hackerapproved.com/p/umbrel-personal-cloud/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).