# QNAP myQNAPcloud review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Remote access to a QNAP NAS, plus QNAP-hosted cloud storage Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. myQNAPcloud is the cloud side of QNAP's NAS products. It lets you reach a QNAP NAS from the internet through a personal SmartURL and share files by link, and QNAP also sells hosted storage under the same name, mainly as a backup destination for NAS owners. The hosted storage is sold as myQNAPcloud Storage, myQNAPcloud Object and the combined myQNAPcloud One plan. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** QNAP Systems, Inc. - **Website:** https://www.qnap.com/en/software/myqnapcloud - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you do not own a QNAP NAS, as it is not a standalone drive. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, QNAP myQNAPcloud has a free plan, and paid plans start at $8.39 per month and up (myQNAPcloud One list price; capacity not shown). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** MyQNAPcloud Storage offers 16 GB free, according to the product page. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | myQNAPcloud Storage free tier | $0 | 16 GB of QNAP-hosted file storage, mainly for backing up NAS data. | | myQNAPcloud One | $8.39 per month and up, capacity and billing basis not shown | Shared quota for myQNAPcloud Storage and myQNAPcloud Object. Charges are for storage only, with no fees for data transmission or API requests. | Read from https://www.qnap.com/en/software/myqnapcloud-one/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with QNAP myQNAPcloud before buying. ## Key features - **Remote NAS access:** Sign in to the myQNAPcloud website in a browser and connect to a QNAP NAS over the internet. - **SmartURL:** myQNAPcloud Link gives the NAS a unique domain name, so manual DDNS setup is not needed, and a relay connection sits between the internet and the device. - **Shared links:** A file or shared folder can be shared quickly by link from the NAS. - **Hosted backup storage:** myQNAPcloud Storage is described as a backup target for QNAP NAS tools such as Hybrid Backup Sync, with object-lock immutability and 13 data centers. - **S3-compatible object storage:** myQNAPcloud Object is QNAP's S3-compatible service, sharing a quota with Storage under the One plan. ## Good for - QNAP NAS owners who want remote access without configuring DDNS - People who want a QNAP-hosted offsite copy of their NAS backups ## Worth knowing - Remote access is built around owning a QNAP NAS; this is not a standalone consumer drive. - The plan page loads its capacity tiers with JavaScript, so only the 'starts from USD 8.39/month' figure could be read. - The page text we read does not state whether the remote-access feature itself is free; the free amount named is 16 GB of myQNAPcloud Storage. - The roster entry points to QNAP's regional site; the product pages were read on QNAP's global English site. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. myQNAPcloud lets you reach a QNAP NAS from the internet and sells hosted storage, mainly as a backup destination. It only makes sense with a QNAP NAS, and the plan page loads its capacity tiers with JavaScript so we only read a starting price. - **Value for money: C.** myQNAPcloud One starts from $8.39 a month, but capacity and billing basis are not shown, so it cannot be set against the category. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 16 GB of hosted storage free, mainly for NAS backup. It is not clear that remote access itself is free. - **Features: C.** Remote NAS access, a SmartURL, shared links, hosted backup and S3-compatible object storage. It depends on owning a QNAP NAS. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and a NAS has to be set up first. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only on record, with Hybrid Backup Sync and QuTScloud. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from QNAP myQNAPcloud's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - QNAP myQNAPcloud's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 13 of the 91 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 20. - Its paid plans start at $8.39 a month, against a middle price of $6.64 for the category: 44 of the 60 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 39 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/file-storage ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing QNAP myQNAPcloud does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 3 things listed below take a company. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 58 of the 91 other file storage and sync services grade higher. It costs $100.68 a year. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: A file manager working directly on your disk. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Hybrid Backup Sync, QuTScloud **Tags:** File sharing, File management ## Alternatives - [Synology Drive](https://toolgpa.com/tools/synology-drive): Private-cloud file sync and sharing that runs on a Synology NAS. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/qnap-myqnapcloud-vs-synology-drive) - [Synology C2](https://toolgpa.com/tools/synology-c2): Synology's cloud storage and backup for NAS and S3 workloads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/qnap-myqnapcloud-vs-synology-c2) - [Nextcloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nextcloud): Open source, self-hosted file sync and collaboration platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nextcloud-vs-qnap-myqnapcloud) - [Seafile](https://toolgpa.com/tools/seafile): Open-source file sync and share, self-hosted or in the cloud. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/qnap-myqnapcloud-vs-seafile) - [ownCloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/owncloud): Open-source file sync and share you can host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/owncloud-vs-qnap-myqnapcloud) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.qnap.com/en/software/myqnapcloud - https://www.qnap.com/en/software/myqnapcloud-one - https://www.qnap.com/en/software/myqnapcloud-one/pricing - https://www.qnap.com/en/software/myqnapcloud-storage Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/qnap-myqnapcloud Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).