Best NAS under £300 (2026)
The NAS we've reviewed that cost £300 or less, best first. Each is scored against products at a similar price, so a high score here means good for the money. Where we don't have today's price, we use the typical UK price we found when researching it.
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- #1
TERRAMASTER F2-425
5.6/10verdict: good, not the bestThe TerraMaster F2-425 is for people who want a two-bay NAS with 2.5GbE for file storage, backups and light media serving. It suits buyers who will add their own SATA drives and run a few containers or a Plex server. It is less suited to anyone who needs more than two bays, M.2 cache or a lot of memory headroom.
2Intel Celeron N5095, quad-core, x86 64-bit, 2.0 GHz base, up to 2.9 GHz burst4 GB DDR4 non-ECC SODIMM pre-installed, 1 SODIMM slot, 16 GB maximum1 x RJ-45 2.5GbE port11.5W idle · £26.51/year to run · £331.54 over three years, all in
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- #2
Synology DiskStation DS124
5.0/10verdict: good, not the bestThe DS124 is for people who want a very simple, single-drive NAS running full Synology DSM. It suits a home or small office that needs network file storage, Btrfs snapshots or Surveillance Station. It does not suit anyone who needs RAID, redundancy or heavy workloads.
1 x 3.5" SATA HDD or 2.5" SATA SSD (2.5" needs an optional holder sold separately)Realtek RTD1619B, 4 cores, 4 threads, 64-bit, 1.7 GHz, with hardware encryption engine1 GB DDR4 non-ECC1 x RJ-45 1GbE LAN port3.44W idle · £7.93/year to run · £163.79 over three years, all in
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- #3
Synology DiskStation DS223j
5.0/10verdict: good, not the bestThe DS223j is for people who want a simple two-bay NAS for file storage and backup. It suits anyone who values easy DSM setup, quiet running and low power draw over raw performance. It is a poor fit for memory-hungry workloads or anyone who needs more than a single 1GbE connection.
2 x 3.5" SATA HDD or 2.5" SATA SSD (2.5" drives need optional Type C drive holder)Realtek RTD1619B, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads, 64-bit, 1.7 GHz, with hardware encryption engine1 GB DDR4 non-ECC1 x 1GbE RJ-45 LAN port, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports4W idle · £9.22/year to run · £194.67 over three years, all in
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- #4
UGREEN NASync DH2300
4.4/10verdict: skipThe UGREEN NASync DH2300 is for people who want a simple, low-power two-bay box for backups, photos and file storage. It suits a first NAS buyer who will use UGREEN's own UGOS Pro apps and doesn't need containers or virtual machines. Homelabbers who want Docker, more memory or faster than 1GbE networking should look at something else.
2 SATA bays (3.5"/2.5"), up to 64TB (2× 32TB)Rockchip RK3576, 8 cores 2.2GHz (4× Cortex-A72 2.2GHz + 4× Cortex-A53 1.8GHz)4GB LPDDR4X (fixed, not upgradeable)1× 1GbE10W idle · £23.06/year to run · £244.12 over three years, all in
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