NAS Devices under $250

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5 NAS devices under $250 from Buffalo, Synology, QNAP and more. Most cost $186 to $247, and half cost less than $239.

QNAPSpec score 7.4

2 Bays, ARM, 2GB, Diskless

+Two drive bays for mirrored or expanded storage

+Desktop form factor for home or office

+ARM Cortex-A55 quad-core processor

−Ships diskless, so drives must be bought separately

−Only 2GB of memory is listed

$239.00

as of 11/04/2026 03:05 PST - Details

Synology

2 Bays, Diskless, Desktop

+Two drive bays for a compact storage setup

+Desktop NAS form factor for home or office use

+Diskless, so drives are bought separately

$209.99

as of 11/04/2026 10:09 PST - Details

LincPlusSpec score 8.6

4 Bays, ARM, 4GB, 2.5GbE

+4 drive bays

+2.5GbE network port

+4K HDMI 2.0 output

−Ships diskless, drives must be bought separately

−Uses an ARM processor

$185.99-15%List: ~~$219.99~~

as of 11/04/2026 10:10 PST - Details

UGREENSpec score 8.1

2 Bays, 4GB, 1GbE, Diskless

+Two drive bays for a basic storage setup

+Docker support for running extra apps

+Desktop form factor

−Diskless, drives must be bought separately

−Only 4 GB RAM

$239.06

as of 11/04/2026 03:05 PST - Details

SynologySpec score 7.5

2 Bays, ARM, 1GB, 1GbE

+2 bays: only 2 of 13 here have more bays

−1GB memory: 5 of the 8 here have a higher memory

$247.23

as of 11/04/2026 10:11 PST - Details

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Bays	Memory	Drives	Spec score	Price
2	2GB	Diskless	7.4	$239.00 as of 11/04/2026 03:05 PST - Details
2		Diskless	n/a	$209.99 as of 11/04/2026 10:09 PST - Details
4	4GB	Diskless	8.6	$185.99 as of 11/04/2026 10:10 PST - Details
2	4GB	Diskless	8.1	$239.06 as of 11/04/2026 03:05 PST - Details
2	1GB		7.5	$247.23 as of 11/04/2026 10:11 PST - Details

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