Buurst SoftNAS vs FreeNAS comparison

Buurst and FreeNAS are both solutions in the NAS category. Buurst is ranked #20, while FreeNAS is ranked #10 with an average rating of 9.0. Buurst holds a 0.3% mindshare in N, compared to FreeNAS’s 3.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of FreeNAS users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Buurst SoftNAS and FreeNAS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Buurst SoftNAS

Ranking in NAS

20th

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

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FreeNAS

Ranking in NAS

10th

Average Rating

8.4

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Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the NAS category, the mindshare of Buurst SoftNAS is 0.3%, down from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of FreeNAS is 3.0%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Vincenzo D'Aniello

Software developer at TREXON S.R.L.

Jul 31, 2023

Open-source with great disk management and task synchronization

We mainly use the 'jail' service. In our company we develop javaEE software with deployment on a Tomcat server, then some nodejs services, relational databases such as Mysql and NoSQL such as Mongo, a GitLab environment like corporate code repository, corporate chat with rocketChat, and a Maven…

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"Its price is okay. It suits our needs."

"We use the free version of the program."

"For our configuration, we pay a little bit less than €10,000 ($12,000 USD) per year."

"Its licensing cost is based on the hardware capacity."

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Computer Software Company

22%

Government

10%

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What do you like most about FreeNAS?

The ease of use of the 'jail', the management of backups, and copies to easily create test and pre-production scenarios have speeded up the development and distribution of business apps.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FreeNAS?

The core version is free and open-source.

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What needs improvement with FreeNAS?

The system itself allows you to add any feature. The only bad thing is that this maybe depends on FreeBSD, and sometimes finding documentation is difficult. For example, we knew that previous versi...

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SoftNAS Cloud Enterprise

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Overview

SoftNAS Cloud NAS is a software-defined, full-featured enterprise cloud NAS filer for primary data storage that enables existing applications securely migrate to the cloud without re-engineering. With enterprise-class NAS features like: high-availability, deduplication, compression, thin-provisioning, snapshots, replication, cloning, encryption (at rest and in transit), LDAP and Active Directory integration, and support for NFS, CIFS, iSCSI or AFP storage protocols, SoftNAS Cloud NAS protects mission-critical and primary, active/hot data.

FreeNAS is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. FreeNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data. Use FreeNAS with ZFS to protect, store, backup, all of your data. FreeNAS is used everywhere, for the home, small business, and the enterprise.

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Netflix, Boeing, Nike, Coca Cola, Hearst, Ndemand, Carbon Media Group, Atypon, The Street, MagHub, CenturyLink, InfoSys

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