Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WDBVXC0040HWT-NESN
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- SKU:
- 5990204
Customer reviews
Rating 4 out of 5 stars with 1469 reviews
(1,469 customer reviews)Rating by feature
- Value4.0
Rating 4.0 out of 5 stars
- Quality4.2
Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars
- Ease of Use4.0
Rating 4.0 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers love the My Cloud Home 4TB Personal Cloud for its easy setup, ample storage, and reasonable price. They appreciate the convenience of being able to access and share their files from anywhere. However, some users have experienced compatibility issues with previous generation drives, software crashes, and data loss.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Meh
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.It works as advertised though they are extremely limited in capabilities. These portable NAS drives have so much potential but the manufacturers limit them horribly. 1. Turn on local access and map the drive, otherwise you can only access your files by logging in through their service. There was a 10 day service outage earlier in 2023 and at least a few people lost access to their drives. 2. No way to set a static IP. By portable you should be able to plug the network cable into any computer with an available RJ45 network connector using a crossover cable, and setting the properties of the ethernet port on the computer, but no luck there. It only takes a dynamic IP so it must be on a network running DHCP. Apparently the older models had this feature but it was removed in later versions. 3. SSH access, none whatsoever. Again, was available in older models, no longer. 4. These portable NAS drives are very susceptible to failure from power outages, black/brown outs. Having them plugged into a monitored UPS to trigger a controlled power down script via SSH is an extremely helpful way to avoid hard power downs and potential hardware failure. Been there, done that. I don't like sending drives out for data recovery. See #3 above. For the capabilities above that are lacking IMO, you would be far better off building your own NAS with Raspberry Pi, some additional hardware, and free NAS software. It is more expensive, but still costs far less than paying for disk recovery services.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Ease of use, Setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy network storage
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Very easy to install. Setup was a breeze. 10/10 recommend.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Better Than the Old Model
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is my new WD- My Cloud Home with OS5. The old WD - OS3 - is no longer supported by WD. This model was easy to install and add my important papers. I could not transfer the data from the old WD to the new WD because I don't have enough ports to accomplish the job. Otherwise, it should be easy.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Storage
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Cloud storage
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I had a PogoPlug and liked it but they went bankrupt I bought the My Cloud and this is my cloud storage for all of our phones
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Storage
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Small Scale Personal Cloud
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great way to have your own personal cloud by storing all your data and access it pretty much from everywhere.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
DOES THE WORK
||Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.DOES THE WORK, GOOD QUALITY AND EASY TO USE AND LIKE THE STYLE THAT IT HAS, GOOD QUALITY.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Cloud
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Ease of use setup clean lines lots of storage quality unit
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
WD MY CLOUD HOME
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.WD MY CLOUD HOME Great home cloud storage connected to wifi. Complaints were that you could not set up auto backup of files on your computer. Found it a breeze to do. Now i have link on three devices to put things in the files and can access from all. Would highly recommend.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Option for Small Businesses
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The My Cloud Home personal cloud-based system is a great option for small businesses to share and store information. I would highly recommend this as an option if you're running out of space on your work computers/laptops (it's a much cheaper option). I also own a My Cloud system at home too. My family and I use it to back up our devices, including videos and pictures.
I would recommend this to a friend - Cons mentioned:Reliability
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Mr
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Seems to be a nice unit, however unable to use with Eero and had to returned item.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Easy to use backups
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This was to replace an older WD drive that wouldn’t work with my newer laptop. It was easier to set up than I expected.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good cloud storage
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Very happy with this cloud storage device. I can access my pictures where ever I am. My grandson was born this past August and I granted his parents access to an album and we are all able to upload and share the photos. It is really nice to have them all in a single location. It also works as a back up to my home computer and my phone.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great way to have external stirage
||Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I got tired of backing up my files to portable hard drives so I gave this a try. So far it’s been great. I love being able to access my files easily from all my devices and transferring files from likewise. Set up was easy and so far I’ve had no issues with connections. I’m nowhere close to filing this up even with a large amount of jpeg and video files.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great product
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great product works wonderful. Save from anywhere and easy of use is great.
I would recommend this to a friend Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Can be a life saver
||Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great little device with a very easy to use software interface. I use this to store data and photos. I love the cloud based app and features that allow you to upload photos from remote locations. I uploaded photos while in Europe to this device in ND USA. This was very helpful because I lost my phone! without this I would have had no photos of my vacation
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Ease of use, Remote access
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Very satisfied on this one
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Works great! Easy to setup. Now I can access and save files remotely
I would recommend this to a friend Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great backup device, not good as media server
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Initially, I got my cloud hoping to use this as a plex media server, but it didn't work very well for me in that respect. Videos were buffering a lot even in original quality. But it's a great backup device, I'm saving all my important files, pictures, and videos and you have access to them via the app anywhere. As a backup device its great
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Setup, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good Product
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Was easy to setup with plenty of storage for the family.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use, Remote access
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
||Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Easy to use and the remote access feature is great when on the riad
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good
||Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought this for the wife. She uses it and likes it. This tech stuff is beyond me.
I would recommend this to a friend

















