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Tools · storage systems · Alternatives

Synology alternatives

As of 4 November 2026, 39 storage systems are named by companies instead of Synology: Amazon S3 by 4,518 companies, Azure Data Lake Storage by 839, Google Cloud Storage by 775.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Synology, companies in postings
78
Most used alternative
Amazon S3 · 4,518
Fastest hiring, 90 days
Amazon S3
Alternatives ranked
39
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
01Ranked by evidence

storage systems companies choose instead of Synology

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs Synologypostings, 90 dCompare
1
Amazon S3Amazon
4,5185792%12,902soon
2
Azure Data Lake StorageMicrosoft
8391076%2,328soon
3
Google Cloud StorageGoogle
775994%2,348soon
4
Azure StorageMicrosoft
558715%1,328soon
5
NetAppNetApp
558715%2,240soon
6
CephCeph Foundation
390500%886soon
7
NFSIETF
382490%1,073soon
8
Hadoop Distributed File SystemApache Software Foundation
323414%781soon
9
Dell EMCDell Technologies
303388%707soon
10
Azure Blob StorageMicrosoft
282362%649soon
11
iSCSIIETF
264338%593soon
12
Pure StoragePure Storage
229294%665soon
13
NVMeNVM Express
193247%1,159soon
14
Microsoft DFSMicrosoft
187240%375soon
15
MinIOMinIO
165212%320soon
16
Fibre ChannelINCITS
144185%308soon
17
LustreOpenSFS
135173%391soon
18
VAST DataVAST Data
121155%378soon
19
IBM Spectrum ScaleIBM
106136%320soon
20
ZFSOpenZFS
105135%192soon
21
NTFSMicrosoft
90115%148soon
22
Dell PowerScaleDell Technologies
87112%242soon
23
WEKAWekaIO
87112%236soon
24
LVMLinux
79101%226soon
25
NetApp ONTAPNetApp
7799%353soon
26
Nimble StorageHPE
7394%167soon
27
SATASerial ATA International Organization
7394%448soon
28
SambaSamba Team
5976%99soon
29
Dell PowerStoreDell Technologies
5773%112soon
30
eMMCJEDEC
5571%154soon
31
Amazon S3 GlacierAmazon Web Services
5064%99soon
32
BeeGFSThinkParallel
4153%71soon
33
Universal Flash Storage (UFS)JEDEC
4153%241soon
34
Azure FilesMicrosoft
4051%86soon
35
RookCNCF
4051%51soon
36
Cisco MDSCisco
3950%72soon
37
LonghornCNCF
3646%72soon
38
Dell PowerMaxDell Technologies
3545%83soon
39
DDNDataDirect Networks
3140%123soon
11,745 companies name a storage system in their postings.

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39 storage systems are named by companies instead of Synology: Amazon S3 by 4,518 companies, Azure Data Lake Storage by 839, Google Cloud Storage by 775, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/synology/alternatives)
How we know

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  • RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
FAQ

Synology alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to Synology?

Amazon S3: 4,518 companies name it in their own job postings, against 78 for Synology.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.

Does this say which is better?

No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.

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