Synology Drive 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Synology Drive

4.7

(23)

Pricing

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About Synology Drive

Synology Drive is a cloud storage system that can manage files and folders, shared team folders, and other items in one centralized location. Easily view files shared in an intuitive user interface and sync files on demand across all connected devices. Synology can restore previous file or folder versions with advanced data backup capabilities and Synology's intelligent versioning (intelliversioning).

With centralized admin tools, users can obtain real-time insights into server status, bandwidth usage, and connected devices and analyze consumption trends of different file versions and Office files. Built-in audit log enables users to monitor user actions and perform security audits to pinpoint malicious activities. Synology also provides Drive ShareSync, which is a point-to-point file sharing solution that enables users to sync data between different office spaces.

Synology Drive easily integrates with Synology Office, allowing users to edit and create spreadsheets, documents, and slides in one place. Synology Drive is available for mobile devices via Android and iOS apps.

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Synology Drive Features

Popular features found in File Sharing
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Content Management
Document Storage
Drag & Drop
Encryption
Mobile Access
Real Time Synchronization
Search/Filter
User Management
Version Control
More features of Synology Drive
Archiving & Retention
Audit Trail
Automatic Backup
Backup and Recovery
Commenting/Notes
Data Import/Export
Data Storage Management
Data Synchronization
Document Management
File Management
File Sharing
File Transfer
Monitoring
Real-Time Data
Remote Access/Control
Role-Based Permissions
Secure Data Storage
SSL Security

Synology Drive User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

65%

35%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.5

Functionality

4.6

Daniele Z.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2023

Very good solution for self storage

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Simply interface for end user, high security

Cons:

Cost per Gigabyte compared to full self hosted solution

Amjad J.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2023

Free Storage Drive

Synology Drive is great for small and medium businesses, with unlimited capacity and with an unlimited number of users, all that on-premise and one-time pay.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

when you buy a Synology appliance you can take advantage of the features for free, one of them is Synology Drive and you can create an unlimited number of Synology Drive accounts, and the Drive Server setup is amazing and very friendly.

Cons:

I see that sometimes there is some lag in data transferring and after the diagnostic, we found that the CPU and the RAm on the Synology appliance are full of use. we cant update the CPU so we have to replace the device with an upper series.

Reasons for choosing Synology Drive

Ability to set up on-premise for Synology Drive On contrary to Google Drive and Dropbox.

Reasons for switching to Synology Drive

save money.

Caleb S.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

Synology Drive - constantly improving

For the most part, this offers you a good option to host your own data, allow it to sync to your preferences and not need to pay another cloud solution provider or trust them with your data.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Synology drive allows us to access our files on the go and is similar to other offerings like Google Drive and the like. The services have gotten better over the years, but often leave room for improvements or have syncing issues, less now than in previous years.

Cons:

Reliability is not always there, granted things have gotten better over the past year or so. Sometimes it appears as though it's syncing, but it is not.

Reasons for choosing Synology Drive

It's one of our companies many offerings. We typically use this option for small business or places that do not have great funding for more pricey options.

Hammam A.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

The best cloud storage and file sharing application

we have been using Synology Drive for more than 5 years without any problems. We have many Synology devices that are used as servers and we use Synology to backup our data to the C2 storage cloud, we use Synology Drive to share files.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

In my company, we use Synology devices in each location and each project as a server, I like all the features in Synology Drive, it is fast and secure with great backup and sharing features. I like the mobile application it is very easy to use and user-friendly.

Cons:

There is nothing to dislike about Synology Drive

Reasons for switching to Synology Drive

Synology Drive is much cheaper and has many more features that cover our needs as a construction company.

Ahmad K.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

The Best Tool for All Types of Business

We have used Synology Drive for more than two years on daily bases (24/7) and everything is great, it is working perfectly with more than 50 users.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Synology Drive is the best tool for all business types, the data storage, sharing, and security are great. It is cheap and practical with great performance and synchronization. You can control the permissions easily. And you can use it on any operating system Windows, MAC, IOS, or Android without any high requirements.

Cons:

Synology Drive is great software and there is nothing I dislike, we don't have any problems or bugs and everything is working perfectly.

Reasons for choosing Synology Drive

Synology Drive is cheaper, more practical, and fulfills our needs

Davide B.

Verified reviewer

Legal Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed June 2024

Excellent - powerful but simple to setup and use

An app that just works, is free and easy to setup and use day by day, and looks good too. The users can access it from mobile and desktop apps or a nice and intuitive WebUI, so the migration from other similar platforms is pretty easy and straightforward. The added privacy comes at the cost of the time needed to properly set up your own environment and especially security, but this shouldn’t sto you from using this solution instead of free products that do not respect your privacy as much.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

This is a great piece of software. It’s quick and easy to set up and deploy, but at the same time it’s not lacking on features and it has a pretty UI too. User-side, it’s easy to use and with an intuitive and familiar UI so it’s easy to navigate and learn without the need for much assistance. I’m using it in a simple environment but it’s easy to see its robustness. This of course provided that the admin can navigate the more complex NAS and network setup, but if you’re considering Synology Drive you probably have already it in place or have at least a grasp of what you are doing.

Cons:

I am sometimes experiencing a bug/glitch with “team folders” not being properly accessible from the web, but it could be very well an user error. “Team folders” is the only small part of the UI which isn’t as intuitive as the others, despite it being clearly named the setup is not as simple and clear as it could have been. However this is a very small issue, and that confirms that the app is solid enough, at least for a simple environment.

Reasons for choosing Synology Drive

I didn’t consider switching after 10+ years with Synology

Verified

Reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2021

Great for smaller businesses

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

You don't have to pay monthly subscriptions for all users. Everything is always being backup by local drives so you have full control of that data.

Cons:

We had a black outage on the Synology in a case that all of our harddisks crashed completely. Resulting in a loss of all data. Synology told us that this was a rare case using older harddisks, but that doesn't bring back our data...

Verified

Reviewer

Non-Profit Organization Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

Synology Drive Private Cloud storage for Business

well, previously I use google drive to store the data, but later on, we find out we are difficult to share big files such as movies with the customer, and finally, we find out that Synology drive can solve these solutions, and we purchase one to set up with 8bays NAS and now it works well, its solve our problem, 60TB of file storage in the organization using cross-department and store big file such as movie production too.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

the performance is very stable, can share external, and be accessed by the public properly with a few steps of setup. compatible with all platforms mobile, windows, web access, mobile, macOS. remote management from the cloud is very secure. dashboard and report management, log, system performance, and health are easy to check and troubleshoot.

Cons:

that is powerful drive storage for personal use already, I have no comment about this.

Verified

Reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

10000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

Easy to use!

Overall, I'm happy with it's performance.. reliable, accessible. Now I can keep all my files in a well organised way.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I mainly bought this drive for cloud storage and file sharing and syncing the file the same time. It works as It's aims for. The most useful for me is I can even use at work. Some of the cloud storage like Dropbox is restricted to use at our workplace for safety reasons. It didn't allow me to reach to the site. But with synology, I can easily access my file from anywhere. The mobile drive is also user friendly and I am happy with my purchase.

Cons:

It would be better if they allow all types of file to view and edit without downloading. Another thing is I think it should be simpler means of viewing the file by double clicking it. When you use computer for so long, I am sure most agree with me.. double clicking the left button of the mouse mean opening the file. But with synology files, it means downloading! It happened so many times with me. Such a painful and waste my time.

Verified

Reviewer

Computer Software

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Simple but gets the job done

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

I really like the setup process for Synology Drive. Users simply enter the QuickConnect ID and Synology Drive does the magic to find the server. Configuring the sync/backup folders is straightforward and intuitive.

Cons:

The client seems a bit CPU-intensive and causes my laptop fans to spin up when syncing large quantities of files (a new folder or relinked task, for example). The client also just seems laggy, taking several seconds to display menus at times. I also wish the client did a better job of resolving locked or unreadable files; the Drive client says there is an error but doesn't give any option to find out how to resolve the problem or what may be causing it.

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