Best Unraid Alternatives

Unraid is described as 'An operating system for personal and small business use that brings enterprise-class features letting you configure your computer systems to maximize performance and capacity using any combination of applications, VMs, storage devices, and hardware' and is a NAS system in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Unraid for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Self-Hosted, BSD and NVIDIA vGPU apps. The best Unraid alternative is Proxmox Virtual Environment, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Unraid are TrueNAS, OpenMediaVault, VMware vSphere Hypervisor and Microsoft Hyper-V Server.

Unraid alternatives are mainly NAS Systems but may also be Virtualization Tools or File Managers. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Unraid.

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Proxmox Virtual Environment
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Freemium • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Windows
Linux
Android
Android Tablet
42 Proxmox Virtual Environment alternatives
Proxmox Virtual Environment is a complete and easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. Proxmox VE tightly integrates KVM hypervisor and LXC containers, software-defined storage and networking functionality on a single...
- - Proxmox Virtual Environment is the most popular Windows, Android, Linux & Android Tablet alternative to Unraid.
- - Proxmox Virtual Environment is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Unraid.
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Proxmox Virtual Environment Features
1. Two-factor AuthenticationProxmox Virtual Environment supports two-factor authentication (2FA).
2. Container VirtualizationProxmox Virtual Environment can make use of isolated user spaces called "containers" to run applications.
3. LightweightProxmox Virtual Environment consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. PortableProxmox Virtual Environment can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
5. Dark ModeProxmox Virtual Environment supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
WebUI Management
High Availability
Clustering
Live migration
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Some users think Proxmox Virtual Environment is a great Unraid alternative, some don't.
and a virtualization platform, not an operating system for nas.
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TrueNAS
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Free • Open Source
NAS System
Linux
BSD
Self-Hosted
23 TrueNAS alternatives
TrueNAS (formerly FreeNAS) is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. TrueNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data.
- - TrueNAS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Unraid.
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TrueNAS Features
1. LightweightTrueNAS consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Two-factor AuthenticationTrueNAS supports two-factor authentication (2FA).
3. Dark ModeTrueNAS supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
4. Support for RsyncTrueNAS supports rsync, a free and open source file synchronization software.
5. Container VirtualizationTrueNAS can make use of isolated user spaces called "containers" to run applications.
6. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
7. Encrypted BackupTrueNAS uses encryption algorithms to keep your files safe as well as prevent unauthorized access.
8. Incremental BackupTrueNAS supports incremental backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last backup).
Security focused
Filesystem
Linux-based
WebUI Management
Comments about TrueNAS as a Alternative to Unraid
Most users think TrueNAS is a great Unraid alternative.
Since the previous comment, FreeNAS, now called TrueNAS has added support for VMs and Docker apps (though to setup a Docker environment, you must do so manually.) It has support for a plethora of things that competitors such as unraid does, such as plugins (for instance Plex, Nextcloud, Jenkins, and many others), ZFS, NAS, SMB, iSCSI, etc., and a very nice web GUI.
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Does not have built in functionality of virtual machines and "Docker" apps.
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OpenMediaVault
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Free • Open Source
NAS System
Linux
Self-Hosted
16 OpenMediaVault alternatives
OpenMediaVault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. It can be enhanced via plugins.
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OpenMediaVault Features
1. Support for RsyncOpenMediaVault supports rsync, a free and open source file synchronization software.
Support for SFTP
Support for Docker
Google Drive integration
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
SSH
Notifications
TFTP
HTTP Web seeding
Comments about OpenMediaVault as a Alternative to Unraid
Most users think OpenMediaVault is a great Unraid alternative.
OpenMediaVault lacks support for VM orchestration, among probably other things.
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VMware vSphere Hypervisor
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Paid • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Windows
Linux
NVIDIA vGPU
AMD MxGPU
40 VMware vSphere Hypervisor alternatives
VMware vSphere Hypervisor ( based on ESXi ) is a free bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers so you can consolidate your applications on less hardware.
- - VMware vSphere Hypervisor is the most popular commercial alternative to Unraid.
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VMware vSphere Hypervisor Features
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server
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Free • Proprietary
Virtualization Tool
Windows
47 Microsoft Hyper-V Server alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V Server is a free product that delivers enterprise-class virtualization for your datacenter and hybrid cloud. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 provides new and enhanced features that can help you deliver the scale and performance needs of your mission-critical...
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server Features
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VPS
XigmaNAS
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Free • Open Source
NAS System
BSD
Self-Hosted
14 XigmaNAS alternatives
XigmaNAS (formerly NAS4Free) is an embedded Open Source Storage NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD. This project is a continuation of TrueNAS 7 series project.
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XigmaNAS Features
1. Support for RsyncXigmaNAS supports rsync, a free and open source file synchronization software.
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Citrix Hypervisor
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Freemium • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Windows
Linux
RadeonPro
NVIDIA vGPU
AMD MxGPU
36 Citrix Hypervisor alternatives
(formerly XenServer) Citrix Hypervisor is a leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures.
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Citrix Hypervisor Features
Hypervisor
btrfs
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Free • Open Source
Linux
6 btrfs alternatives
Btrfs is a modern copy on write (CoW) filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while also focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration.
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btrfs Features
Parity Drives
Filesystem
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pros, cons and recent comments
unraid is an operating system. btrfs is only a (presumably very good) file system.
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OpenZFS
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Free • Open Source
Linux
BSD
FreeBSD
9 OpenZFS alternatives
OpenZFS is an advanced file system and volume manager which was originally developed for Solaris and is now maintained by the OpenZFS community. This repository contains the code for running OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD.
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OpenZFS Features
Filesystem
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Harvester
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Free • Open Source
Virtualization Tool
Self-Hosted
7 Harvester alternatives
Harvester is a modern Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution built for bare metal servers using enterprise-grade open source technologies including Kubernetes, Kubevirt and Longhorn.
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Harvester Features
Hypervisor
StableBit DrivePool
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Paid • Proprietary
File Manager
Windows
10 StableBit DrivePool alternatives
State of the art, file based drive pooling software.
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StableBit DrivePool Features
File Storage
SnapRAID
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
10 SnapRAID alternatives
Disk array backup with snapshot raid.
- - SnapRAID is the most popular Mac alternative to Unraid.
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