The best UGREEN NAS in Canada
By Ryan Fournier · Reviewed by Claire Bergeron · Updated For most Canadians the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus is the one to buy — a four-bay Intel box with 10-gigabit networking and up to 64 GB of RAM, priced live below the equivalent Synology. Want to spend less? The two-bay DXP2800 is the entry into UGREEN's x86 line and still transcodes Plex in 4K. Buying a NAS purely as a backup target? The ARM DH-series is honest for that and nothing more — direct-play and file storage, no heavy containers, soldered RAM you cannot grow.
UGREEN NASync line, by capability and live CAD price
| DXP4800 Plus | DXP2800 | DXP4800 | DH4300 Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live price (Amazon.ca) | CA$950 | CA$555 | Not in stock | US$374US |
| CPU | Intel Pentium Gold 8505 (5 cores, 6 threads) | Intel N100 (4 cores) | Intel N100 (4 cores) | ARM 8-core (Cortex-A76 and A55, 2.4 GHz) |
| Bays | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| RAM | 64 GB max | 16 GB max | 16 GB max | 8 GB soldered |
| M.2 NVMe | 2 × M.2 | 2 × M.2 | 2 × M.2 | — |
| Network | 1 × 10GbE and 1 × 2.5GbE | 1 × 2.5GbE | 2 × 2.5GbE (link-aggregable to 5 Gbit/s) | 1 × 2.5GbE |
| Plex transcode | 4K HDR via Intel Quick Sync | 4K HDR via Intel Quick Sync | 4K HDR via Intel Quick Sync | Direct-play only (no HW transcode) |
| Third-party drives | Any NAS drive | Any NAS drive | Any NAS drive | Any NAS drive |
Rows marked US are not currently stocked on Amazon.ca — the price shown is the live Amazon.com (US) listing in US dollars. It ships to Canada, but budget for the exchange rate, any duty and brokerage, and a cross-border return path before comparing it with a Canadian price.
The verdict: which should you buy?
The one distinction that decides a NASync: ARM or Intel
UGREEN's line splits cleanly, and it is the split most listings blur. The DXP models run Intel (N100 or Pentium Gold 8505) with Quick Sync, so they transcode 4K HDR in Plex or Jellyfin and run Docker and virtual machines comfortably. The DH models run ARM with soldered LPDDR4X: they serve files and back up devices well, they direct-play media, but they do not hardware-transcode and you cannot add RAM later. Decide which of those two machines you are buying before you compare bays or price.
The second UGREEN-specific fact: UGOS Pro has no SHR equivalent. Synology's SHR lets you mix drive sizes and expand painlessly; on a NASync, RAID is classic RAID, so mixed sizes waste the difference and your capacity is fixed by your smallest drive. Plan the array once, at purchase.
Drive policy: genuinely open
This is UGREEN's quiet advantage over 2025 Synology. UGREEN mandates no drive brand — in its own words, "UGREEN NAS does not require branded drives" — and the compatibility list is a recommendation, not a lock. Any CMR NAS drive initialises, pools and reports health normally. UGREEN's one real caution is the right one: do not use SMR drives in the array. Pick your capacity by CA$/TB in the live table and fit it without asking permission.
Then size and fit the drives
The enclosure is half the spend; the drives are the other half and the part that sets your usable capacity. Size the array with the drive-count calculator, then open the per-model drive guide — for the DXP4800 Plus or the DXP2800 — for the capacities that hit the best CA$/TB in each bay count.
What this costs in Canada
The prices in the table above are live from Amazon.ca in Canadian dollars, so there is no exchange-rate guesswork. That matters more than usual for NAS boxes: the same model carries a wide, moving spread across Amazon.ca, Best Buy, Canada Computers, Newegg.ca and Memory Express — a two-minute cross-check before you buy is worth real money on a $600–$1,600 purchase.
Importing the enclosure from Amazon.com rarely wins once you add exchange, duty, brokerage and a harder warranty path. The honest metric is total landed cost plus how easy an RMA is — and a NAS you will run for years is exactly the device where local warranty support pays for itself.
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Frequently asked questions
Which UGREEN NAS is best in Canada?
The DXP4800 Plus for most people — four bays, 10GbE, 4K transcoding and 64 GB RAM headroom, at a live Amazon.ca price usually under the comparable Synology. Step down to the two-bay DXP2800 to save money while keeping x86 and Quick Sync, or the ARM DH4300 Plus if the box is only a backup target.
Do UGREEN NAS boxes lock you to specific drives?
No. UGREEN requires no drive brand and the compatibility list is advisory. Any CMR NAS drive works; UGREEN only warns against SMR drives, which is correct for any NAS.
Can a UGREEN NAS transcode Plex in 4K?
The Intel DXP models can — the N100 and Pentium Gold 8505 both have Quick Sync for 4K HDR hardware transcoding. The ARM DH models cannot hardware-transcode; they are for direct-play and file serving.
Does UGREEN have anything like Synology SHR?
No. UGOS Pro uses classic RAID, so you cannot mix drive sizes without wasting capacity and expansion is not as flexible. Plan the array size at purchase. TerraMaster's TRAID is the closest SHR alternative among the brands sold here.
Ryan Fournier covers home-server hardware and efficiency at nasdrives.ca: the right power supply, the UPS, and what a NAS actually draws running around the clock, priced against Canadian hydro rates.
Reviewed by Claire Bergeron, Editor-in-chief