Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is $200.99 dearer. They are different kinds of product — wi-fi 6 access point against network attached storage — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
Ubiquiti
Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point
$99.00
The advertised 3 Gbps is both radios added together, which no single client ever sees -- a laptop on the 5 GHz radio negotiates up to 2,402 Mbps and gets rather less through a wall.
Full details →Synology
Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
$299.99
Sold without drives, which is the first thing to budget for -- two 8 TB NAS drives cost more than the enclosure does.
Full details →Who the Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point is for
Buy it if: Offices replacing consumer routers with managed access points, where client count matters more than peak speed.
Avoid it if: High-density halls and anyone who needs the uplink to carry more than a gigabit.
Who the Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is for
Buy it if: Small offices wanting file shares, backup targets and Synology Drive on hardware they own.
Avoid it if: Anyone treating RAID as a backup, or expecting 4K transcoding for media serving.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Ubiquiti UniFi U6+ Wi-Fi 6 Access Point | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99.00 | $299.99 |
| Annual energy use | About 83 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $14 at $0.17 per kWh | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Rated power | About 9.5 W maximum | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation |
| Warranty | 1-year limited hardware warranty | 2-year limited warranty |
| Capacity | not published | 2 bay |
| Concurrent clients | About 300 stated, far fewer at usable throughput | not published |
| Drive bays | not published | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless |
| Memory | not published | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB |
| Mounting | Ceiling or wall, bracket included | not published |
| Network ports | not published | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation |
| Power method | 802.3af PoE, no injector supplied | not published |
| Processor | not published | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz |
| Radio configuration | 2x2 MIMO on both bands | not published |
| RAID levels | not published | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 |
| Rated throughput | 573.5 Mbps at 2.4 GHz, 2,402 Mbps at 5 GHz | not published |
| Uplink port | 1 x Gigabit Ethernet | not published |
| USB ports | not published | 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
| Wireless standard | Wi-Fi 6, 802.11ax | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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