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TrueNAS CORE

Free, open storage operating system (OS) for enterprises

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TrueNAS CORE - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: September 2026

TrueNAS CORE overview

What is TrueNAS CORE?

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 workloads.

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TrueNAS CORE’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

4.8

(53)

TrueNAS CORE reviews

Overall rating

4.8

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown

Value for money
Ease of use
Features
Customer support
Likelihood to recommend0.89/10

Rating distribution

Pros

“The fact that TRUENAS uses ZFS as a base filesytems means that it includes a lot of great features out of the box”

Henrik P.

Boardmember

“As a community-driven, FOSS, ZFS supporting storage and backup solution (though RAID is not a backup), iXsystems has done a great job in educating me in the ways of NAS/SAN solutions and boy do I appreciate them for it!”

Ajay S.

Student

“ZFS, is a core technology that I use to build flexible arrays. When we tested drive failures we found that we needed to plan for additional time in when resilvering the array. ”

Brian O.

Sr. Linux System Administrator

Cons

“For us, the main drawback of TrueNAS is that it is lacking a built in software firewall, in our client infrastructure's, which are mostly based on cloud providers such as OVH, private networking isn't always available which can make TrueNAS insecure and therefor in these environments we're unable to use it.”

James H.

Director

“the ecosystem is somewhat than for example Linux, meaning That there may not always be a convenient way to install the application you need”

Henrik P.

Boardmember

“The lack of a home usage design, and the complexity and not so intuitive arrangement of menu functions.”

Gheorghe I.

Who uses TrueNAS CORE?

Based on 53 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Information Technology and Services

Computer & Network Security

Computer Software

Photography

Others

Use cases

Backup

TrueNAS CORE's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from TrueNAS CORE users:

Backup and recovery

4.9

(37)

All TrueNAS CORE features

Features rating:

4.7

(53)

Activity dashboard

3.5

(2)

Activity tracking

2.0

(1)

Backup and recovery

4.9

(37)

Backup scheduling

4.9

(31)

Cloud backup

4.1

(29)

Compression

3.5

(2)

Data recovery

4.6

(30)

Data replication

4.5

(10)

Data storage management

4.8

(29)

Disaster recovery

4.6

(31)

Encryption

4.7

(27)

Local Server Options

4.6

(8)

Real time synchronization

(0)

Remote access/control

4.5

(2)

Remote Server Options

4.5

(2)

Reporting & statistics

2.0

(1)

Two-Factor authentication

4.5

(15)

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TrueNAS CORE pricing

Value for money rating:

4.9

(53)

Starting from

Free

Pricing details

Subscription

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Free plan

Pricing range

User opinions about TrueNAS CORE price and value

Value for money rating:

4.9

(53)

To see what individual users think of TrueNAS CORE's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“The fact that TRUENAS uses ZFS as a base filesytems means that it includes a lot of great features out of the box”

Henrik P.

Boardmember

Ajay S.

Student

TrueNAS CORE integrations (0)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 53 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as TrueNAS CORE integrations and how users feel about them.

Nextcloud

Integration rating: 4.5 (2)

vCenter Server

Integration rating: 5.0 (2)

“The vCenter Server integration is important because it provides centralized access to multiple ESXi hosts and virtual machines through a single management point. This makes backup configuration, VM discovery, monitoring, and recovery operations much”

Chamindu G.

Systems Engineer Datacenter

Ubuntu

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

“all of our signage is ran with linux”

Jonathan E.

IT Manager

vSphere

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

“The vSphere integration is important because it allows Vinchin to discover and protect virtual machines directly from the VMware environment. This simplifies VM backup management, reduces manual configuration, and gives administrators centralized vis”

Chamindu G.

Systems Engineer Datacenter

TrueNAS CORE support options

Typical customers

Freelancers

Small businesses

Mid size businesses

Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web

Android

iPhone/iPad

TrueNAS CORE FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of TrueNAS CORE?

TrueNAS CORE has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Mid-size Business, Large Enterprises, Freelancers

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