StorONE vs TrueNAS
StorONE
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TrueNAS
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| Figure | StorONE | TrueNAS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Storage Management Software | 7.2 (#17) | 8.3 (#4) |
| Founded | 2012 | 2002 |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, USA | Campbell, California, USA |
| Integrations | StorONE lists support from backup vendors including HYCU, Commvault, Veeam, and IBM. | The platform lists TrueNAS Connect, TrueCommand, CloudSync, Veeam, vCenter, OpenStack Cinder, Syncthing, Rsync and Fibre Channel integrations. |
| Product | StorONE is a software-defined enterprise storage platform designed to unify storage services, protocols, media types, and workloads. | TrueNAS Community Edition is a free, open storage platform offering file, block, and object storage through one interface. |
| Security | The platform offers encryption at the drive level with self-encrypting drives or at the volume level in software. | The feature table lists self-encrypted drives, dataset encryption, encrypted replication, WireGuard, OpenVPN, ACLs, and IP filtering. |
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In their own words
TrueNAS
TrueNAS Community Edition is free storage software that provides file, block, and object storage through one interface. It uses ZFS capabilities including snapshots, replication, RAID-Z, and self-healing checksums. Listed services include SMB, NFS, iSCSI, S3 API compatibility, apps, Docker containers, and virtual machines. Administrators can manage it through a web UI or CLI and use SNMP, syslog, reporting, and the TrueNAS API. Security options include self-encrypted drives, dataset encryption, encrypted replication, WireGuard, OpenVPN, ACLs, and IP filtering. The maker lists integrations or certifications involving Kubernetes CSI, Proxmox, VMware, Veeam, Red Hat OpenShift, and others. The Community Edition is a free software download for x86 hardware, with support through forums, documentation, release notes, and bug ticketing. Professional support is described for Enterprise customers. TrueNAS publishes security advisories and recommends configuring systems according to its security best practices. Moving from TrueNAS CORE to Community Edition is a one-way upgrade.