Testseek.com have collected 28 expert reviews of the Synology BeeStation Single HDD and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Synology BeeStation Single HDD.
April 2025
(81%)
28 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Auto-syncing of cloud accounts and USB drives removes grunt export/copy work, Inoffensive black box is relatively quiet, BeeFiles works fine as a self-controlled file sync tool, BeePhotos, once set up, can save phone space and organize photos
BeePhotos' face tagging and object recognition lag far behind bigger cloud services (if understandably)
Before I embarked on this review, I had my reservations about the usefulness of the BeeStation. After all I have been in the Synology camp for well over a decade and take advantage of many of the features and add-ons provided by DSM. How is a dedicated cu...
Very easy to set up and use,Does a good job backing up photos and videos from all devices,Integration with Google Drive, OneDrive, and more,Easy to back up external drives,Comes with a 4TB NAS HDD built-in,Good value
Doesn't have the ability to stream media,Single HDD
The BeeStation is a centralized storage server that's designed to make it easy to back up files, photos, and videos from various connected devices in your home. It is extremely easy to set up and use, you get 4TB of storage, and Synology took two of its b...
Overall, there is something less than enthralling about the BeeStation.While the WD My Cloud Duo is painfully slow, it is at least possible to swap the drives out for larger ones, and it does support Plex for video streaming. The BeeStation is only good f...
Final Verdict For anyone tired of paying increasing cloud storage fees, the Synology BeeStation is a no-brainer. It's a personal cloud that just works, and that too, without the headaches of traditional NAS setups. It's a one-time investment that gives y...
Very easy to set up and use,BeeStation can be used solely with a phone,BeeFiles and BeePhotos apps are intuitive,Reliable backup and restoration
Limited expandability,Not as feature-rich as a regular NAS,Not for anyone beyond a home user
The Synology BeeStation is the perfect non-NAS NAS for regular home users who simply want to backup and store their data. The fact that you can set it up and use it easily from just your phone as well as have dedicated easy-to-use mobile apps for data sto...
