Independent Australian Storage & Infrastructure Authority

Find My NAS

Answer 6 quick questions about your use case, storage needs, and budget, get 2-3 ranked NAS models with plain-English reasoning for why each one fits.

This tool runs an organic, needs-based scoring model only, in Phase 1. No vendor pays for placement. If that ever changes, any sponsored result will appear as a separately labelled "Featured Partner" card, never blended into the ranking below. See how we recommend.

Find My NAS recommends 2-3 specific NAS models based on your use case, number of users, storage needs, expansion plans, budget, and special requirements like RAID redundancy, remote access, or security camera recording. Every recommendation includes the specific reasons it was matched to your answers.

Question 1 of 6

What will you mainly use this for?

How many people or devices will use it?

Roughly how much storage do you need now?

Not sure? A phone's photo library is usually 20-100GB. An hour of 4K video is roughly 15-30GB. Security camera footage adds up fast, budget for weeks of continuous recording, not days.

Do you want room to expand later, or is this a fixed setup?

What's your budget range for the NAS unit itself?

Drives are sold separately and aren't included in this budget.

Any specific requirements?

How this works: every model is scored the same way against your answers, use case fit, storage capacity, expandability, budget, and any special requirements you selected. No vendor pays for a higher score. Full criteria: How We Evaluate.

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Every candidate model is scored the same way against your answers: use case fit, storage capacity, expandability, budget fit, and any special requirements you selected. No vendor pays for a higher score in this version of the tool.