Buurst SoftNAS vs FreeNAS comparison

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  • "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 price is okay. It suits our needs."
  • "Its licensing cost is based on the hardware capacity."
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    18th
    out of 27 in NAS
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    217
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    9th
    out of 27 in NAS
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    1,170
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    3
    Average Words per Review
    346
    Rating
    8.7
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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.
    Sample Customers
    Netflix, Boeing, Nike, Coca Cola, Hearst, Ndemand, Carbon Media Group, Atypon, The Street, MagHub, CenturyLink, InfoSys
    Morroni Technologies Inc., Creative Integrations
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    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company38%
    Media Company25%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    University13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Educational Organization8%
    University8%
    Government8%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business78%
    Large Enterprise22%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Buurst SoftNAS is ranked 18th in NAS while FreeNAS is ranked 9th in NAS with 9 reviews. Buurst SoftNAS is rated 0.0, while FreeNAS is rated 8.4. On the other hand, the top reviewer of FreeNAS writes "Open-source with great disk management and task synchronization". Buurst SoftNAS is most compared with NetApp FAS Series, whereas FreeNAS is most compared with StarWind Storage Appliance, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), HPE StoreEasy, Qumulo and HPE 3PAR StoreServ.

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