# Asustor Drivestor 2 Gen2 (AS1202T)

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/nas-devices
- Placement: #13 of 22 in NAS Devices, D tier
- Brand: Asustor
- LP on this board: 347
- Last researched: 2026-09-23T21:54:24.563Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

Ranks fifth as the most affordable credible two-bay from Asustor, extending the value formula of its larger sibling.

## For

- Two-bay sibling of the AS1204T, which Medium named best overall in budget testing
- Same current-generation Drivestor Gen2 platform one bay down
- Clean interface with a solid feature set
- Gets the home NAS job done
- Carries an iCreate award for network Time Machine backups

## Against

- A basic enclosure

## Evidence

Consolidated from 10 cited sources across 5 outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PCMag | - | - | https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t | outlet blocks automated checks |
| Newtekreviews | - | - | https://www.newtekreviews.com/post/asustor-as1202t | outlet blocks automated checks |
| TechPowerUp | TheLostSwede (TPU) | S | https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t/3.html | fetched and confirmed |
| TechPowerUp | TheLostSwede (TPU) | S | https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t/ | fetched and confirmed |
| PCMag UK | uk.pcmag.com | B | https://uk.pcmag.com/network-attached-storage/164394/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t | fetched and confirmed |
| TechPowerUp | TheLostSwede (TPU) | S | https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t/7.html | fetched and confirmed |
| PCMag Middle East | me.pcmag.com | B | https://me.pcmag.com/en/network-attached-storage/36550/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t | fetched and confirmed |
| TechPowerUp | TheLostSwede (TPU) | S | https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t/9.html | fetched and confirmed |
| TechPowerUp | TheLostSwede (TPU) | S | https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t/4.html | fetched and confirmed |
| TechPowerUp | TheLostSwede (TPU) | S | https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asustor-drivestor-2-gen2-as1202t/10.html | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8 | QNAP TS-216G | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/qnap-ts-216g |
| 9 | Synology DiskStation DS925+ | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/synology-diskstation-ds925 |
| 10 | UGREEN NASync DH4300 Plus | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/ugreen-nasync-dh4300-plus |
| 11 | UGREEN DXP4800 Plus | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/ugreen-dxp4800-plus |
| 12 | UniFi UNAS 2 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/unifi-unas-2 |
| 14 | Synology DiskStation DS423+ | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/synology-diskstation-ds423 |
| 15 | TerraMaster F2-223 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/terramaster-f2-223 |
| 16 | Synology BeeStation | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/synology-beestation |
| 17 | Synology DiskStation DS224+ | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/synology-diskstation-ds224 |
| 18 | UnifyDrive UT2 | D | https://stierproducts.com/products/unifydrive-ut2 |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/nas-devices.

## What this tier means

- D: Weak. Hard to recommend when better options cost similar money.

## How to read this

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- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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