Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Synology
The 20 closest network-attached storage alternatives to Synology, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 9 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Synology? The closest matches are QNAP Systems, ugnas.com and QuickConnect. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About Synology
Synology synology.com
Synology Inc.
Synology uniquely enables you to manage, secure, and protect your data - at the scale needed to accommodate the exponential data growth of the digital world.
Wikidata: Taiwanese IT company specialized in NAS servers
Summary by Claude
Synology makes network-attached storage (NAS) appliances running its DSM operating system. It also sells backup appliances, surveillance video recorders (NVR) and private cloud storage for businesses and home users.
- Who it’s for
- Businesses, IT administrators and home users
- Business model
- Hardware sales and software licenses
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Synology’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Synology
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Synology, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
QNAP (US) | Secure, Intelligent Data & Storage Solutions
Accelerate workflows, protect data, and strengthen IT/OT resilience—powered by integrated NAS, High Availability, networking, Edge AI servers, video surveillance, and myQNAPcloud One.
Very close cos 0.916 - 02
绿联NAS私有云官网 - 更懂你的数据中心 - 绿联云
绿联NAS私有云, 搭载自研的UGOS Pro系统, 倾力打造更懂用户的数据中心AI NAS产品。绿联NAS支持大容量存储池, 绿联云自带高速远程访问, 满足高效同步备份传输需求。丰富的应用下载,涵盖影视中心, 相册备份, 音乐库, Docker, 迅雷, 在线协同办公等应用一应俱全
Very close cos 0.913 - 03
Synology QuickConnect
Synology QuickConnect allows you to access your Synology NAS anytime, anywhere, from any device and browser, without having to set up port forwarding and firewalls.
Very close cos 0.896 - 04
American data storage company
Close cos 0.886 - 05
Dropbox: Secure cloud storage, file sharing, and more
Discover Dropbox – secure, easy cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration. With Dash, save time and organize all your company content in one place.
Close cos 0.880 - 06
AI-Powered Cybersecurity, Data Protection & IT Automation | Acronis
We deliver deeply integrated AI-powered features across our backup, cybersecurity, endpoint management and automation solutions to protect and manage workloads for MSPs and businesses. Protect your business and simplify IT operations today.
Close cos 0.877 - 07
Samsung Cloud
See what's synced and backed up across your Samsung devices.
Close cos 0.875 - 08
myQNAPcloud
myQNAPcloud is a cloud service provided by QNAP for you to remotely connect to your QNAP devices and to share your files securely. You can have your own Internet hostname for your QNAP devices and also access your data remotely without the need to manually configure your router.
Close cos 0.876 - 09
Syncthing
open source continuous file synchronization software
Close cos 0.873 - 10
NinjaOne Unified IT Operations Platform | Unify & Modernize IT
NinjaOne is the unified IT operations platform for endpoint management, autonomous patching, backup, and remote access. Trusted by IT teams and MSPs worldwide.
Close cos 0.872 - 11
cybersecurity company
Close cos 0.872 - 12
Security check | Network Solutions
American-based technology company and a subsidiary of Web.com
Close cos 0.874 - 13
Snapcraft - Snaps are universal Linux packages
Snaps are containerised software packages that are simple to create and install. They auto-update and are safe to run. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux systems without modification.
Close cos 0.870 - 14
Snowflake AI Data Cloud
Snowflake powers AI, data engineering, applications, and analytics on a trusted, scalable AI Data Cloud—eliminating silos and accelerating innovation.
Close cos 0.869 - 15
Vulnerability and exposure management | Cloud and AI security | Tenable®
The leader in exposure management and AI security, Tenable cybersecurity solutions reduce cyber risk across IT, OT, cloud, identity & hybrid attack surfaces.
Close cos 0.870 - 16
NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.
Close cos 0.870 - 17
Dashlane: Password management & credential security platform
Top-rated password manager and credential protection solution for enterprises, businesses, and individuals.
Close cos 0.868 - 18
iCloud
Log in to iCloud to access your photos, mail, notes, documents and more. Sign in with your Apple Account or create a new account to start using Apple services.
Close cos 0.868 - 19
Netgate | Firewall, VPN and Routing Solutions
Netgate is an open-source driven secure networking company that provides appliance and software-based firewall, VPN and routing solutions including pfSense
Close cos 0.867 - 20
Free DNS hosting, Cloud DNS hosting and Domain names | ClouDNS
ClouDNS provides Free DNS, Cloud DNS, Managed DNS, GeoDNS and DDoS Protected DNS hosting with included web redirects, mail forwards and Round-Robin load balancing. Instant updates in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.
Close cos 0.868
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to synology.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Synology uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Synology is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Vue.js asset https://www.synology.com/js/vendor/vue.global.js
- JavaScript libraries
- jQuery asset https://www.synology.com/js/vendor/jquery.js
- CDN
- Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: XgaEuD0whZTJGpaCWaMciyRx88IUC33TR5WQ8MXHpFSddfMwqnfVIQ==
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms48619058
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 mx:synology.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:amazonses.…
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 mx:synology.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:amazonses.…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-498.awsdns-62.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=yye3FPh6LcNp7ErWXUcEB7XEMehHrKd3ThjBMmsV7mc
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 mx:synology.com include:_spf.salesforce.com include:amazonses.…
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Synology adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Microsoft 365 11/20
- Atlassian · not on synology.com 9/20
- Cloudflare · not on synology.com 9/20
- OpenAI · not on synology.com 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on synology.com 7/20
- Google Workspace · not on synology.com 7/20
- jQuery 6/20
- Salesforce 6/20
- Marketo · not on synology.com 6/20
- Apple Business · not on synology.com 5/20
- DocuSign · not on synology.com 5/20
- nginx · not on synology.com 5/20
- Adobe · not on synology.com 5/20
- Google Analytics · not on synology.com 4/20