These are the Prime Day NAS deals I’d actually buy during Prime Big Deal Days 2026 (October 6-7, Prime members only). The UGREEN DXP4800 Plus is the one most people should buy, and the other seven cover more bays, TrueNAS, backups, a mini PC, travel, remote access and a UPS. With hardware costs where they are, these are generally the best Prime Day deals I can find. They’re not amazing, but they’re better than they are on an ordinary day.
I said the same about this event last October (there weren’t many great deals, but a few were going to sell out quickly), and October Prime Day 2026 looks the same. Drives, SSDs and RAM have been climbing since late 2025 as AI data centers buy up the supply. Western Digital’s CEO said in February 2026 that the company was “pretty much sold out for calendar 2026.”
Prices change by the hour, so every deal claim below is as of October 6, 2026, the first day of the event.
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| Pick | Best for | Prime Big Deal badge (Oct 6) |
|---|---|---|
| UGREEN DXP4800 Plus | Most people | Yes |
| UGREEN DXP8800 Plus | Heavy storage users | Yes |
| TerraMaster F4-424 Pro | TrueNAS or Unraid | Yes |
| WD Elements Desktop 20TB | A NAS backup target | Yes |
| GMKtec NucBox G3S | A first Proxmox or Docker box | Yes |
| GL.iNet Slate 7 (GL-BE3600) | Travel with several devices | Yes |
| GL.iNet Comet Pro (GL-RM10) | Headless servers | Yes |
| APC BX1500M | A NAS plus network gear | No (below list price) |
Prime Day NAS Deals Worth Buying
As I said last October, for most people the NAS deal to buy is UGREEN, unless you’ll 100% install TrueNAS or Unraid, in which case consider TerraMaster too. The DXP4800 Plus, DXP8800 Plus and F4-424 Pro are all diskless, so you’ll need drives for a NAS. They’re all x86 Intel boxes with an HDMI port, so TrueNAS or Unraid will run on them.
The DXP4800 Plus is the cheapest of the three, the F4-424 Pro sits just above it, and the DXP8800 Plus costs roughly twice the DXP4800 Plus. I also have every UGREEN NASync model compared.
Best NAS Deal
UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus
Intel Pentium Gold 8505 · 8GB DDR5 (up to 64GB) · 4 bays + 2 M.2 NVMe · 10GbE + 2.5GbE · diskless
In September 2026 I told most people to buy this or the newer DXP4800 Pro, which wasn’t a Prime Big Deal on October 6. It’s my on-site backup, running TrueNAS and pulling a ZFS replication from my main NAS every night. The 10GbE port, upgradeable RAM and Quick Sync (for Plex or Jellyfin transcoding) make it a great fit for Docker, VMs and media. UGOS Pro is good, not great, but it’s improved a lot since I first reviewed it. Skip it if you only want backups and photos with no apps, or if you’ll need more than four bays.
Best 8-Bay Deal
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
Intel Core i5-1235U · 8GB DDR5 (up to 64GB) · 8 bays + 2 M.2 NVMe · 2x 10GbE · 2x Thunderbolt 4 · PCIe x4 slot · diskless
I’m using a DXP8800 Plus as my off-site backup (it runs TrueNAS now), and it’s been rock solid for over a year. It isn’t my top 8-bay pick anymore: in September 2026 I told new 8-bay buyers to skip straight to the newer DXP8800 Ultra. This deal is for someone who wants eight bays for well under what the Ultra costs, and if four are enough, the DXP4800 Plus does the job for about half.
Best for TrueNAS or Unraid
TerraMaster F4-424 Pro
Intel Core i3-N305 (8 cores) · 32GB DDR5 (not upgradeable) · 4 bays + 2 M.2 NVMe · 2x 2.5GbE · HDMI · diskless
Against the DXP4800 Plus, it has four times the RAM and eight cores instead of five, but the RAM isn’t upgradeable and you get 2.5GbE instead of 10GbE. In 2024 my take was that the hardware is great for the price, but I wasn’t the biggest fan of TOS (though TOS 6 had gotten better). It’s the outgoing model (TerraMaster launched the F4-425 Pro in June 2026), and it had the biggest discount of the three NAS deals on October 6. If you’ll stay on the vendor’s OS, buy the UGREEN, and if you buy this one, here’s how to set up a TerraMaster NAS.
The Best Prime Day External Hard Drive Deal
RAID is not a backup, so every NAS needs a copy somewhere else. The simplest is an external hard drive like the 20TB WD Elements below, plugged into the NAS.
Best Backup Drive Deal
WD Elements Desktop 20TB
20TB · USB 3.0 (USB 3.2 Gen 1) · 2-year limited warranty
I’ve made a WD Elements my top pick at three of these sales, and this is the exact 20TB model I led with in October 2024. It’s an external drive, but as I’ve said before, there’s typically a white-label NAS drive inside. You can use it as a backup destination, or shuck it (take the drive out of the enclosure) and use it internally. For most people, internal NAS drives are easier, so I’d buy this as the backup target. WD does not publish which drive is in the enclosure, so treat the shuck as a bonus.
A Mini PC Deal for Your Home Lab
Budget Mini PC
GMKtec NucBox G3S
Intel N95 (4 cores) · 8GB DDR4 (16GB max) · 256GB SSD · 1x Gigabit Ethernet · Wi-Fi 5 · 2x HDMI
The deal is on the NucBox G3S, not the G3 Plus I picked last October (that one shows sold out on GMKtec’s US store). The N95 still supports VT-x, VT-d and Quick Sync, so it can run a small Proxmox node, a Docker host, Home Assistant or Jellyfin with hardware transcoding. Proxmox, Docker and Jellyfin are jobs I’ve run on the N100 NucBox G3, and GMKtec is one of the three mini PC brands I stick with. It’s only modestly below GMKtec’s own list price, so call it fair rather than a steal. If you want 2.5GbE or more than 16GB, spend more on an N150 box like those in the best mini PC for Proxmox.
Networking and Remote Access Deals
Neither of these is a NAS, but the KVM is something I’d put in just about any home lab.
Travel Router
GL.iNet Slate 7 (GL-BE3600)
Dual-band Wi-Fi 7 · 2x 2.5GbE · USB 3.0 · USB-C power · touchscreen
I started traveling with the Slate 7 in 2025, and as I said that September, it’s hard for me to travel without it. In a hotel, it connects to the hotel Wi-Fi (or the wired port) and puts all of your devices on your own network. It’s basically a router behind a router. The touchscreen joins Wi-Fi or toggles the VPN. WireGuard and OpenVPN are built in, and AdGuard Home comes preinstalled. Travel routers are fairly niche, so skip it if you don’t travel with several devices.
Remote KVM
GL.iNet Comet Pro (GL-RM10)
4K at 30 FPS · HDMI passthrough · touchscreen · Wi-Fi 6 or Ethernet · Tailscale built in · no PoE
I think just about everyone who runs a server headless should have a KVM. The one I use is the Comet PoE (GL-RM1PE), because power was the problem that kept me away from KVMs. If you want one cable from a PoE switch, get the Comet PoE. If you want a monitor at the server or have no Ethernet run to it, get this one. Remote power on and off needs GL.iNet’s ATX board or Fingerbot, sold separately. It’s remote access to the whole machine, so keep the firmware updated, and as with anything security related, things change and nothing is guaranteed.
A UPS Deal to Protect Your NAS
A UPS keeps the NAS running long enough to shut down cleanly. The one thing I check on any UPS is a USB data port, so the NAS (or a NUT server) can see the battery and shut itself down. Plug the NAS into a battery backup outlet, not the surge-only side, and if a network UPS server does the signaling, put the router and switch on the battery too. My NAS UPS guide covers the rest.
UPS
APC Back-UPS Pro BX1500M
1500VA / 900W · 5 battery + 5 surge-only outlets · USB data port · AVR · LCD · 3-year warranty
I’ve picked this exact UPS at two past Prime Day sales. Its USB data port works with TrueNAS through NUT (on UGOS Pro, check UGREEN’s UPS compatibility list first). A single NAS doesn’t need 1500VA, but it’s the size I’d suggest if you’re plugging in multiple devices. The trade-off is simulated sine wave output. If you’re willing to spend more, get a pure sine wave unit, but this is a great option and absolutely better than nothing. It was below Amazon’s list price on October 6 but carried no Prime Big Deal badge, so it is not a Prime-exclusive deal.
Prime Big Deal Days 2026 Dates and Who Gets the Deals
Prime Big Deal Days 2026 runs for 48 hours on October 6-7, starting at 12:01 AM PDT on October 6. The deals are exclusive to Prime members, and Amazon offers eligible customers a free 30-day trial. It runs in 22 countries (dates can vary by country), and new deals drop three times a day (midnight, 8 AM and 1 PM PDT).
Last October, my read on my picks was that Black Friday would bring the same price, or that the Prime Day price might even be slightly lower. With storage still getting more expensive, I’d say the same now, and if you need one of these, there’s not much to gain by waiting for November.
