Best alternatives to NAS Download Manager (for Synology) (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to NAS Download Manager (for Synology), closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
NAS Download Manager (for Synology) today
NAS Download Manager (for Synology) alternatives, compared
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Free Download Manager
Free Download Manager integration with browser
≈3M users4.2★ from 4.8K ratingsUpdated 3 months ago14 permissions- About 150× more users than NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Rated 1.1 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (14 vs 6)
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Free Download Manager for Google Chrome™
Easily manage and accelerate your downloads up to 5 times!
≈40K users3.9★ from 224 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions- About 2.0× more users than NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 6)
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Download Station (client for Synology NAS)
A basic synology download station client chrome extension
≈20K users3.9★ from 79 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago11 permissions- A similar number of users to NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (11 vs 6)
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Download Manager
Easy to manage downloaded files
≈10K users4.5★ from 188 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago9 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 6)
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Download with Free Download Manager (FDM)
Sends your downloading jobs to the Free Download Manager by pausing the built-in download manager
≈80K users4.2★ from 144 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago7 permissions- About 4.0× more users than NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Rated 1.2 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 6)
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Chrono Download Manager
Download Manager | Video Downloader | Bulk Image Downloader
≈800K users4.4★ from 24.3K ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago15 permissions- About 40× more users than NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Rated 1.4 stars higher
- Asks for more permissions (15 vs 6)
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Online Download Manager
Easily manage and accelerate your downloads up to 5 times!
≈20K users3.0★ from 65 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago7 permissions- A similar number of users to NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 6)
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Turbo Download Manager (Classic)
a download manager with multi-threading support
≈90K users3.6★ from 426 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- About 4.5× more users than NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 6)
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Scopus Document Download Manager
Scopus authenticated users can download PDF files directly from Scopus!
≈1M users1.9★ from 280 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 50× more users than NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Rated 1.2 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 6)
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Turbo Download Manager (3rd edition)
A download manager with speed acceleration, site spider, dynamic segmentation, resume, pause, and download recovery
≈100K users3.6★ from 131 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago13 permissions- About 5.0× more users than NAS Download Manager (for Synology)
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (13 vs 6)
NAS Download Manager (for Synology) alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to NAS Download Manager (for Synology)?
By users, the most popular alternative is Free Download Manager with ≈3M users and a 4.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Free Download Manager.
Which NAS Download Manager (for Synology) alternative has the best rating?
Download Manager has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 188 ratings.
Is there a NAS Download Manager (for Synology) alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Scopus Document Download Manager asks for 2 permissions, against 6 for NAS Download Manager (for Synology).
How many alternatives to NAS Download Manager (for Synology) are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to NAS Download Manager (for Synology) on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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