--- description: Review of TrueNAS CORE Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: TrueNAS CORE | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Backup Software](/directory/4294/backup/software) > [TrueNAS CORE](/software/261793/truenas-core) # TrueNAS CORE Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/261793/truenas-core Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/261793/truenas-core?page=2) > TrueNAS, the world's most deployed storage software, is a universal data platform that allows users to easily adopt a modern, open source approach to store and protect their growing data. TrueNAS harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide unified storage (File, Block Object, and Apps) with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy needs for your organization. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 53 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 53 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: iXsystems ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Backup Scheduling - Backup and Recovery - Cloud Backup - Compression - Data Recovery - Data Replication - Data Storage Management - Disaster Recovery - Local Server Options - Remote Access/Control - Remote Server Options - Reporting & Statistics - Two-Factor Authentication ## Category - [Backup Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4294/backup/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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This requires more planning. ----- ### "BSD-based WebUI-using storage appliance" — 4.0/5 > **Marcin** | *16 August 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: ZFS has been implemeted great - its stable and performant in the BSD variant (Core), but it has issues in its linux based variant (Scale) due to how ZFS dataset is used as storage filesystem for Docker/Kubernetes functionalities. It's also rather resource prudent. > > **Cons**: It is BSD-based in the Core guise, so any BSD issues or support apply here as well. In its linux-based variant (Scale), the ZFS datatset for applications results in thousands of snapshots reported in the UI, due to each layer of each container in use, plus a history of those for rollbacking purposes is saved and shown without any useful filtering option in the snapshots pane/page of the UI and by extension in the CLI. By default, SMB/NFS shares do not expose snapshots of the filesystem in the shares for ease of data recovery upon accidental deletes etc. > > Basically fulfills all its core goals pretty well, can be had for free for own deployments or can be a paid solution for supported enterprise/business customers. ----- ### "TrueNAS review" — 5.0/5 > **M** | *29 September 2024* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 3.0/10 > > **Pros**: Really good NAS OS, have the control over everything. ZFS pool is great for our usage and the capabilities of creating docker within TrueNAS is a plus > > **Cons**: Can be hard to understand how TrueNAS works at the beginning. You have to prepare yourself before starring with it ----- ### "\\" — 4.0/5 > **Nicholas** | *21 July 2022* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I have used TrueNAS to solve a host of issues. We use TrueNAS as an iSCSI target for workloads such as video surveillance and VDI. For this workload we have been able to bring new life to existing hardware we already own in order to extend it's useful life longer than we otherwise would be able to. TrueNAS, both CORE and SCALE, have a wide breadth of hardware support. This is something becoming decreasingly common, with major hypervisor players end-of-lifing hardware long before it's useful life has ended. We also use TrueNAS for it's filesharing capabilities. With immutable snapshots and replication, we are able to have warm backups on multiple hardware nodes for important datasets. This is an very easily implemented layer in our backup and DR policies. TrueNAS leverages ZFS which is a COW file system, making snapshots simple and TrueNAS layers on an easy to expose Volume Shadow Copy feature in Windows. > > **Cons**: ZFS's implementation of deduplication leaves alot to be desired. TrueNAS CORE and SCALE do not natively support Fibre Channel. TrueNAS SCALE's UI for managing VMs needs maturity and improvement. TrueNAS SCALE's hypervisor needs clustering, HA and "DRS" like feature sets to be competitive at "scale". > > In the past 8 years I have deployed dozens of systems running FreeNAS and TrueNAS core. With the use of periodic SMART test schedules, ZFS scrubs, built in alerting, TrueCommand monitoring, and a whole host of maturity in the ZFS filesystem itself, I have never lost data because of a flaw in the product. It does exactly what it is designed to do, stops you from making poor decisions and keeps your data safe and uncorrupted. ----- ### "Powerful NAS but simple to manage" — 5.0/5 > **Andy** | *24 August 2023* | Photography | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Open source software that is designed to do the job whilst making it easy to install and maintain. Prior to installing this software I had no experience of setting up a NAS system. The extra ability to run VMs with in it makes it ever better. > > **Cons**: Very little to dislike. TrueNAS core is based on FreeBSD, which is a little different to the Linux which I am very comfortable with but in day to day use it makes no difference. > > Very happy with my TrueNAS setup. The only down time has been a major powercut\!Day to day the system is "invisible" - it just works and I feel confident my data is safe. ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/261793/truenas-core?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/261793/truenas-core) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data