Synology

Synology BeeStation BST150-4T — 4TB Personal Cloud

Plug-and-play 1-bay NAS with a 4TB drive pre-installed. BeeFiles and BeePhotos replace cloud subscriptions — no DSM, no second drive bay.

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3.9/ 5
Our score
01

What we liked

  • Genuinely plug-and-play — connect, scan QR code, done in under 10 minutes
  • One-time cost compared with £8–10/month cloud storage subscriptions
  • Photo library auto-backup from iPhone and Android with AI-based search and people grouping
  • Up to eight separate users, each with private storage
  • Two-year warranty plus the 4TB Synology HAT3300 HDD included
02

What we didn't

  • Single drive bay with no RAID or SHR redundancy — a drive failure means data loss unless you also back up elsewhere
  • Locked to BeeFiles and BeePhotos — no DSM, no Docker, no third-party packages, no Plex
  • Cannot mix with existing Synology DiskStations — separate ecosystem from DSM
  • Drive is not officially user-replaceable, so end-of-life equals replace-the-unit
  • Modest hardware (Realtek RTD1619B, 1GB RAM) caps how much it can grow with you
Form factor
1-bay desktop NAS
Pre-installed drive
Synology HAT3300 4TB HDD
Processor
Realtek RTD1619B (quad-core ARM)
Memory
1GB DDR4 (non-upgradeable)
Network
1× Gigabit Ethernet
USB
2× USB-A 2.0 (external backup target only)
Software
BeeStation Manager (BeeFiles + BeePhotos), separate from DSM
Max users
8
Warranty
2 years
Launched
January 2024