TaiwanQNAP (Quality Network Appliance Provider) is a Taiwanese company that designs network attached storage, switches, routers and smart video hardware, and builds it in its own ISO certified factory. Its NAS ship with the QTS operating system and can be switched to QuTS hero, which replaces EXT4 with ZFS and adds WORM storage against data tampering. The App Center distributes the add-ons that turn a QNAP NAS into a Plex server, a QVR surveillance recorder or a Docker and virtual machine host.
View QNAPUbiquiti is a US networking company whose smart home relevance comes from its UniFi platform, spanning Wi-Fi routers, mesh systems, switches, security cameras (UniFi Protect), video doorbells and access control. Its gear is prized by enthusiasts for high performance, a unified local-first UniFi OS interface and no mandatory subscriptions. A fast, reliable UniFi network is a popular backbone for larger smart homes, though the ecosystem leans prosumer rather than plug-and-play.
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Camera G6 Edge Turret
$699.00 - NAS
Enterprise NAS
$3999.00 - NAS
UNAS 2
1.9(4)$275.99 - NAS
UNAS 4
$574.99 - NAS
UNAS Pro 4
$549.00 - NAS
UNAS Pro 8
5.0(1)$960.00 - NAS
UNAS Pro
5.0(15) - Routers
Cloud Gateway Ultra
4.5(1.1K)£110.06 - Routers
UniFi Dream Router 5G Max
$684.99 - Routers
UniFi Dream Router 7
4.6(308)£285.46 - Routers
UniFi Express 7
4.6(119) - UPS Battery Backups
UniFi UPS Tower
£199.99