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    FreeNAS

    Score5.4 out of 10
    		N/AFreeNAS is an open source operating system that allows nearly any hardware serve as a network-attached storage device. It was developed by iXsystems.N/A
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    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    FreeNAS
    Considered Both Products
    iXsystems
    Verified User
    Chose FreeNAS
    Before swapping to FreeNAS, we'd been using plan old Linux servers running Samba and NFS with ZFS storage underneath. This worked really well for our requirements at the time but required a lot of administration when new versions came along, or new users had to be added or …
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    eldhose k shibu
    Chief Technology Officer (Consulting) in Engineering at RightVows Job Store (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
    Chose FreeNAS
    FreeNAS effectively uses all resources really well and it is highly recommended for in premises NAS. It has unlimited ROI as it is really free and open-source. The only payment we need to pay is when we need any support from those guys. FreeNAS helps us to effectively do our …
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    Pranay Jain
    Senior Consultant in Information Technology at GeeksRadar (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
    Chose FreeNAS
    OpenMediaVault, XigmaNAS
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    Verified User
    Chose FreeNAS
    We were recommended to use FreeNAS by our peers because of its cost effectiveness and better GUI. We later moved on from it as the scope of the server changed from being a simple file server to a Configuration Management repository. As far as issues, there were issues with …
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    Chris Thibeau
    Technical Support Analyst in Information Technology at Nova Scotia Provincial Gov (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose FreeNAS
    Nas4Free, Windows File share, Unaid, OpenFiler

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    Verified User
    Chose FreeNAS
    One alternative to FreeNAS is NAS4Free. FreeNAS tends to be a bit more cutting-edge, which is good for us technical enthusiasts. By contrast, NAS4Free sticks with the core NAS functionality and doesn't provide a fancy interface. NAS4Free is opensource, but enterprise support …
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    Tommy Boucher
    IT Director in Information Technology at Coveo (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)
    Chose FreeNAS
    If you are ready to build it yourself, FreeNAS is the best. I tried so many alternatives, including paid versions, and nothing compares to the power of FreeNAS. If you need an enterprise-grade NAS, you would go with an HPE or Dell because of the support, not the features. If …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    FreeNAS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)