NAS server vs Printer: which costs more to run? (2026)
Estimates use U.S. average $0.180 $/kWh, typical wattage, and typical hours/day from our catalog. Adjust on each appliance page.
NAS server
- Typical watts
- 500 W
- Hours/day
- 24
- Monthly est.
- $64.72
- kWh/mo
- 360.0
Printer
- Typical watts
- 50 W
- Hours/day
- 0.1
- Monthly est.
- $0.03
- kWh/mo
- 0.1
NAS server is estimated to cost more per month at typical use.