Nextcloud vs. Panzura CloudFS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Nextcloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Nextcloud offers their open source, self-hosted Content Collaboration Platform, combining what they describe as an easy user interface for consumer-grade cloud solutions with the security and compliance measures enterprises need. Nextcloud brings together universal access to data through mobile, desktop and web interfaces with next-generation, on-premise secure communication and collaboration features like real-time document editing, chat and video calls, putting them under…N/A
Panzura CloudFS
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Panzura is a cloud backup solution from the company of the same name in Campbell, California.N/A
Pricing
NextcloudPanzura CloudFS
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NextcloudPanzura CloudFS
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Features
NextcloudPanzura CloudFS
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Nextcloud
8.4
11 Ratings
0% below category average
Panzura CloudFS
-
Ratings
Versioning5.99 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration9.99 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.211 Ratings00 Ratings
File search7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Nextcloud
9.0
11 Ratings
4% above category average
Panzura CloudFS
-
Ratings
User and role management8.211 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization9.410 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management9.49 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Nextcloud
8.2
10 Ratings
3% below category average
Panzura CloudFS
-
Ratings
Performance5.110 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability9.410 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports9.98 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
NextcloudPanzura CloudFS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(11 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NextcloudPanzura CloudFS
Likelihood to Recommend
Nextcloud
For a SOHO business, this solution is ideal. You don't need to administrative overhead of other products like GSuite, and it saves licensing costs. The maintenance effort is minimal as long as you use their default applications. Migrations to newer versions can be done with a few commands and run automatically. If you're planning on using Nextcloud in large deployments with many users, you'll start to see higher costs on your resources and maintenance. There will be a point at which Gsuite becomes easier to manage.
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Panzura
Panzura works well for companies that have a high amount of data with cross site collaboration being done. The caching ensures you don't need huge investments of storage at each site and the cloud storage ensures high availability over what can be done locally. Also helps eliminate duplicate data across sites and/or small variations in the same data.
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Pros
Nextcloud
  • Remote collaboration platform with just the right tools.
  • Ease of access from any device, anywhere.
  • Solid templates for development teams to collaborate without distraction.
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Panzura
  • Real time file locking
  • Backup and recovery
  • Easy access to all your files
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Cons
Nextcloud
  • Slow in comparison to other solutions
  • May be complex for the start since there are lots of apps and features
  • May be not focusing on core topics
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Panzura
  • I would like to see more connectors. Tie in to traditional block storage or NAS. Additional cloud connectors to products like Hitachi Content Platform.
  • I would like to see a collaborative product created between Panzura and Riverbed. I envision an almost perfect small footprint ROBO solution where Riverbed provides the compute+WAN optimization and Panzura provides the storage/risiliancy components. Combine the boxes into a single 4U solution and you have a near perfect product for remote offices.
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Support Rating
Nextcloud
I never needed support as everything always worked fine. The documentation on Nextcloud website is extensive and clear. The community is very active on the forum and should support you if you don't already find what you are looking for.
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Panzura
Hands down support is the best part of Panzura. Their techs are always helpful, always knowledgeable, and consistently solve complex problems quickly. You can definitely tell they hire their support folks from the top tier of other companies and they go above and beyond what I have come to expect in terms of support compared to other companies.
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Alternatives Considered
Nextcloud
Nextcloud stacks up pretty well against Mattermost and ownCloud. I really appreciate the fact that Nextcloud seems to integrate with other products pretty seamlessly and allows for extensibility that our product team can extend and improve functionality without a tremendous ramp-up time. We once used ownCloud in previous years, but they went the wrong way, and have found Nextcloud to be the right direction over time.
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Panzura
There are several other devices but Panzura is best of class.
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Return on Investment
Nextcloud
  • It allowed us access to our files from any device over the internet.
  • It helped manage and organize our file sharing with third parties.
  • It provided a secure wrapper for accessing files.
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Panzura
  • Exceptional positive impact on availability - as users move so do their files.
  • Panzura+DFS allowed for simple chargeback models to be implemented.
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ScreenShots

Nextcloud Screenshots

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Panzura CloudFS Screenshots

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