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SnapRAID vs Unraid: catalog facts
SnapRAID	Unraid
Free Free and open source.	Paid Paid licence with a free trial.
Linux, Command line	Self-hosted
Works with mismatched drive sizes since it is not a true RAID striping system Can recover from multiple simultaneous disk failures depending on parity disk count	Mix and match drives of any size Large library of Community Apps Docker templates
Snapshot-based parity means changes since the last sync are not protected Command-line driven, so it has a steeper learning curve than turnkey NAS software	Requires a paid licence after the trial Not open source
Downloadable app	Operating system
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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