Five Raspberry Pi alternatives for 2024 @DigitalTrends
Digital Trends looks at the single board computer market and picks five that they believe can be worthy alternatives to Raspberry Pi.
While there are a ton of competitors out there, we’ve picked our five favorites and listed them below, as well as going into their specs and some of their best use cases. Of course, you don’t have to use them in the way we suggest, which is one of the great things about SBCs like this: you can use them in pretty much any way you choose.
Their recommendations:
Orange Pi 5 if you want the best overall Raspberry Pi alternative.
UDOO BOLT V3 if you want the best premium Raspberry Pi alternative.
Libre Le Potato if you want the best budget Raspberry Pi alternative.
ODROID N2+ if you want the best Raspberry Pi alternative for networking and streaming.
Nvidia Jetson Nano if you want the best Raspberry Pi alternative for GPU performance and AI.
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