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What is Nextcloud?

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…

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Nexcloud ideal for SOHO and small enterprises.

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 10, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Nextcloud is used as a fully flagged PIM solution (calendar, addresses, messaging) with the addition of easy file sharing. With the available desktop clients for all major ope...
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Engineer
Nextcloud5 years of experience

Better than paying for OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or AWS! More secure, better privacy, way more professional

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 13, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use Nextcloud to share files with clients and internally keep track of documents. It was incredibly easy to setup, instructions are very clear to every user, easy to custom...
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Erik Uden
Technician - Information Technology
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Uden AI
Nextcloud3 years of experience

Great and easy to use encrypted file sharing of your private files with customers and clients

Rating: 7 out of 10
June 22, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We're using Nextcloud mainly to offer our clients and customer a way to exchange files with our company, since other tools we use do not provide such a functionality in a conv...
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C-Level Executive
Nextcloud2 years of experience

Purple Squirrel utilizes Nextcloud for scaling startups collaborating remotely

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 6, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We tested the Nextcloud iOS Beta and found the UI to be refreshingly simple and easy to navigate. Nextcloud addresses remote development and collaboration for our generation w...
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🐿 Matthew Karsten
C-Level Executive - Corporate
Purple Squirrel Media
Purple Squirrel Media
Nextcloud1 year of experience

Great file management and collaboration software

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 30, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We're a small team using it internally for project file management (formerly we used simple network shares). It's very helpful to share files with clients without having to us...
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Verified user
Partner
Nextcloud1 year of experience

Nextcloud: Great Onedrive alternative!

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 30, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Nextcloud as an alternative to OneDrive. At the current location, we have security restrictions, which prevent us from exchanging files in certain situations, with exte...
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Verified user
Technician
Nextcloud3 years of experience

Open source rarely outperforms the alternatives, but Nextcloud is the exception to the rule

Rating: 8 out of 10
May 30, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Nextcloud in the whole company. It's an excellent tool to replace a team network drive, and especially for sharing files with outside users in a password-protected envi...
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Joost Mulder
Consultant - Corporate
CEO
Better Europe Public Affairs
Nextcloud4 years of experience

Get the best business benefit with Nextcloud

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 30, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Nextcloud is used across the organization and everybody likes it. As a leading tourism business we need to keep the whole organization updated on what's happening and what sho...
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Nafisha Labiba
Manager - Corporate
Business Development Manager
Tour Group BD
Nextcloud2 years of experience

Nextcloud offers exceptional value and ROI

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 29, 2021
IncentivizedVetted Review
We use Nextcloud to collaborate between geographically diverse workers, utilizing a combination of its mail & document sharing, mostly, to expand our presence through pers...
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Verified user
Engineer
Nextcloud2 years of experience

Nextcloud - Amazing Self-Hosted Web File Storage That's Right Up There With the Big Two

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 17, 2021
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We previously used Nextcloud as a front-end for an external file shares (Windows SMB) before migrating to a full OneDrive and SharePoint solution in order to provide web-based...
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Joe Foran
Director - Information Technology
Director Of Information Technology and HIPAA Privacy Officer
Continuum of Care
Nextcloud3 years of experience

All in one open-source groupware suite, rock solid and easy to use

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 3, 2020
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Nextcloud is used as a core alternative for our key services: files (internal and with clients), calendars and address book, kanban (deck) for agile development, chat and edit...
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Joseph Costa
Administrator - Information Technology
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
josephcosta.eu
Nextcloud5 years of experience
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What is Nextcloud?

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…

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Product Demos

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Features

File Sharing & Management

Features that allow collaborators to view, work on, and organize files.

8.2
Avg 8.4

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Features related to security and administration for cloud storage platforms

8.8
Avg 8.6

Cloud Storage Platform

Features around the functionality of the cloud storage platform.

7.9
Avg 8.5
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Product Details

What is Nextcloud?

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 direct control of IT and integrated with existing infrastructure. Nextcloud boasts easy and quick deployment, open, modular architecture and an emphasis on security and advanced federation capabilities to enable modern enterprises to leverage existing file storage assets within and across the borders of their organization.

Nextcloud Features

File Sharing & Management Features

  • Supported: Versioning
  • Supported: Document files
  • Supported: Image files
  • Supported: Video files
  • Supported: Audio files
  • Supported: Document collaboration
  • Supported: Shared folders
  • Supported: Access control
  • Supported: File search
  • Supported: Device sync
  • Supported: Web interface
  • Supported: File change notifications
  • Supported: Simultaneous editing

Cloud Storage Security & Administration Features

  • Supported: Single sign-on
  • Supported: Two-step verification
  • Supported: End-user encryption
  • Supported: User and role management
  • Supported: Storage limit management
  • Supported: File organization
  • Supported: Device management
  • Supported: Password-protected files

Cloud Storage Platform Features

  • Supported: Performance
  • Supported: Reliability
  • Supported: Storage Reports
  • Supported: Multi-language

Additional Features

  • Supported: Online document collaboration
  • Supported: Online communication
  • Supported: Groupware

Nextcloud Screenshots

Screenshot of Nextcloud HubScreenshot of Nextcloud CalendarScreenshot of Nextcloud Talk

Nextcloud Videos

Share and collaborate on documents, send and receive email, manage your calendar and have video chats without data leaks. As fully on-premises solution, Nextcloud Hub provides the benefits of online collaboration without the compliance and security risks.
Nextcloud Talk is the most secure way of communication and collaboration! Calls are encrypted and not even meta-data leaves your server. Easily share documents and work together with others on your server or guests you invited for meetings, webinars or more.
Nextcloud Files is the most secure and private way to share and collaborate on documents. Easy to use, 100% on premises, open source and enterprise ready.
Nextcloud offers Calendar, Mail, Contacts and more, built in. Work together, share documents, plan video chats and more!
With Nextcloud you can easily share, edit and collaborate on Microsoft Office documents on your desktop or mobile device

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Nextcloud Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesGlobal

Frequently Asked Questions

Dropbox, AvePoint Cloud Backup, and ShareFile are common alternatives for Nextcloud.

Reviewers rate Audio files and Document collaboration and Storage Reports highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Nextcloud are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Users have praised the Nextcloud iOS Beta for its refreshingly simple and easy-to-navigate UI. This secure platform serves as a versatile solution for remote development and collaboration, making it an excellent tool for individuals and teams alike. With the addition of the new photos app, Nextcloud provides users with their own enterprise collaboration platform at their fingertips. Furthermore, Nextcloud serves as a front-end for external file shares, offering web-based access to files and folders for users outside the office. This feature enables seamless sharing with external parties in a password-protected environment, making it an ideal replacement for team network drives. Additionally, Nextcloud's calendar and scheduling capabilities facilitate efficient collaboration with relevant stakeholders. Users appreciate that Nextcloud serves as a core alternative to various key services, such as files, calendars, address book, kanban boards for agile development, chat functionality, and online file editing/commenting. By addressing the need for privacy and digital sovereignty through server control by the user, Nextcloud offers enhanced data security. Its single software/UI supports multiple activities and is easily accessible on mobile devices. Both sysadmins and end-users find Nextcloud easy to install, maintain, and customize for their specific needs. The granular control over user storage allows for increased security and data privacy. Another notable use case is Nextcloud's ability to foster person-to-person communication within organizations while organically onboarding new individuals, expanding the organization's presence. With its fully-featured PIM solution combined with easy file sharing and synchronization across desktop and mobile clients, Nextcloud helps streamline workflows. The product's capability to exchange files securely with clients and customers is highly valued by users who appreciate the convenience of drag-and-drop file transfer without relying on non-compliant public services. In situations where security restrictions prevent file exchange with external partners using OneDrive or other similar services, Nextcloud emerges as a trustworthy alternative. Finally, small teams benefit from using Nextcloud to manage project files and share them with clients without the need for additional file-sharing services or email, providing a simplified and efficient workflow.

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Nexcloud ideal for SOHO and small enterprises.

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 10, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Nextcloud
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Nextcloud is used as a fully flagged PIM solution (calendar, addresses, messaging) with the addition of easy file sharing. With the available desktop clients for all major operating systems and mobile clients, everything can stay in sync. As this product is open source and can be hosted on-prem, the only costs involved are resources and administration. The basic applications that come with Nextcloud offer file viewing of PDFs; if you're looking for office functions like word processing, there are various plugins.
Pros and Cons
  • Contact sharing via WebDAV.
  • Calendar sharing via CalDAV.
  • File sharing via web browser and Nextcloud client applications (desktop and mobile).
Likelihood to Recommend
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.

Better than paying for OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox or AWS! More secure, better privacy, way more professional

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 13, 2022
EU
Erik Uden
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Uden AI (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Nextcloud
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Nextcloud to share files with clients and internally keep track of documents. It was incredibly easy to setup, instructions are very clear to every user, easy to customize for our corporate theme and generally offered much more security, data privacy, cheaper pricing (self hosted, self cost) as well as most importantly: modularity. We could grant a user terabytes of cloud storage if they needed to, give specific users less, etc. All previous NAS could be integrated through quick plug-ins and SMB, additionally the apps for it already being supported on every operating system was helpful. All in all, a 10/10 experience from a security, data privacy and user experience perspective.
Pros and Cons
  • Fast up/download speeds
  • Self-hosted
  • Free and Open Source
  • Easy to install and setup
  • Easy to use for coworkers and users
Likelihood to Recommend
Nextcloud suites any scenario in which a business, non-profit or government needs a DSGVO/GDPR conform, data private, cheap cloud solution. For Google Drive, AWS, OneDrive, iCloud or Dropbox you pay monthly, for a self-hosted Nextcloud instance you pay once, it will look far more professional and is far more modular.

Great and easy to use encrypted file sharing of your private files with customers and clients

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
June 22, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Nextcloud
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We're using Nextcloud mainly to offer our clients and customer a way to exchange files with our company, since other tools we use do not provide such a functionality in a convenient way. In addition we also host data there that is shared with customers / clients to review and get more support information.

The feature our customers love is the option to securely send us a file with drag & drop, without having to use other (non compliant) public services.
Pros and Cons
  • File Storage
  • File Sharing
  • File Uploads
  • App Center (Expandability)
Likelihood to Recommend
There are some valid scenarios:

1. File Sharing with others around your company: great to give your employees the possibility to securely share files with outsiders of your company
2. Providing your customers / client with a secure way to upload files to your company, without having to worry that your customer sends private files with an untrusted service
3. All in One Solution for your Team (File Sharing, Calendar, Mail, Apps): This scenario is for our use cases not battle ready yet, may be suited for smaller teams.

Purple Squirrel utilizes Nextcloud for scaling startups collaborating remotely

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 06, 2021
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We tested the Nextcloud iOS Beta and found the UI to be refreshingly simple and easy to navigate. Nextcloud addresses remote development and collaboration for our generation with a secure and easy to use platform. With the addition of the new photos app, it's quite like having your own enterprise collaboration platform at your fingertips, without the big tech oversight. To stay focused on collaborating together without the ads, trackers, and a nice intro to get you started off on the right foot.
Pros and Cons
  • Remote collaboration platform with just the right tools.
  • Ease of access from any device, anywhere.
  • Solid templates for development teams to collaborate without distraction.
Likelihood to Recommend
While searching for tools to satisfy a quickly scaling online startup, we found Nextcloud is well suited for today's remote collaborative team. Nextcloud has just the right toolset for a collaborative workspace including video, chat, many file formats accepted, and intuitive user interface. Comparatively other popular tools like Trello were distracting with more features than functionality. Working with Nextcloud is much like having a workspace with all your content and tools available anywhere on any device, without the ads, distractions, and irrelevant functionality. We will continue to utilize Nextcloud as a remote workspace for evolving and scaling teams.

Great file management and collaboration software

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
May 30, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Nextcloud
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We're a small team using it internally for project file management (formerly we used simple network shares). It's very helpful to share files with clients without having to use additional file-sharing services or sending large unwieldy files via email.
Pros and Cons
  • File management anytime anywhere.
  • Complete control on own hardware and infrastructure.
Likelihood to Recommend
Good when you have the technical expertise to set it up and manage the underlying server it runs on.

Nextcloud: Great Onedrive alternative!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
May 30, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Nextcloud
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Nextcloud as an alternative to OneDrive. At the current location, we have security restrictions, which prevent us from exchanging files in certain situations, with external partners, and we had to look for an alternative solution. The solution is used by several teams within the company and solved several problems.
Pros and Cons
  • Share files
  • Preview files
  • Quick setup
Likelihood to Recommend
It’s great as an alternative to OneDrive when you can’t fully use Office 365. For example, sharing files with other people, with groups, setting the expiration date and password for the files. And, about less recommended scenarios, honestly, I don't see any. Perhaps, only the configuration time, which is longer than a SaaS option.

Open source rarely outperforms the alternatives, but Nextcloud is the exception to the rule

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
May 30, 2021
JM
Joost Mulder
CEO
Better Europe Public Affairs (Professional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Nextcloud
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Nextcloud in the whole company. It's an excellent tool to replace a team network drive, and especially for sharing files with outside users in a password-protected environment -- we use this daily. We also use additional tools such as calendars and scheduling.
Pros and Cons
  • User rights
  • Version management
  • Scaleability
Likelihood to Recommend
Nextcloud works well in a small organization where you need to quickly find an alternative to closed-source or hosted filesharing. It is very flexible for sharing documents with partners, clients, an accountant, etc. It integrates smoothly with email software such as emClient for calendar handling and for sharing large documents (a link will be shared automatically, instead of attaching the file). It is probably less appropriate for very large business environments where the database and rights model (shared folders) is too simple.

Get the best business benefit with Nextcloud

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
May 30, 2021
NL
Nafisha Labiba
Business Development Manager
Tour Group BD (Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Nextcloud
2 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Nextcloud is used across the organization and everybody likes it. As a leading tourism business we need to keep the whole organization updated on what's happening and what should we do at what situation. This platform enables us to collaborate with relevant stakeholders very easily through [the] file shari[n]g option. It has made the job more collaborative and efficient.
Pros and Cons
  • File sharing and collaboration feature.
  • Reliable and secured.
  • Easy to set up and use.
  • Customizable.
Likelihood to Recommend
Nextcloud is well suited for those businesses which need extreme collaboration among its' employees and customers as well. The file sharing feature is just amazing w[h]ich will enable you to update yourself as well as the relevant targeted stakeholders on the ongoing and Como issues.
This application might help the small or larger business for bringing out the efficiency and productivity.

Nextcloud offers exceptional value and ROI

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
May 29, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Reseller
Nextcloud
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Nextcloud to collaborate between geographically diverse workers, utilizing a combination of its mail & document sharing, mostly, to expand our presence through person-to-person communications and onboard new individuals organically.
Pros and Cons
  • Email
  • File sharing
  • Document collaboration
Likelihood to Recommend
We use the Nextcloud app to be able to have real-time communication between various entities in our organization and reach out globally to provide life-changing resources to our contacts. Most of our use is focused on directed-contacts via email and sharing support materials via the document sharing and collaboration capabilities.

Nextcloud - Amazing Self-Hosted Web File Storage That's Right Up There With the Big Two

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 17, 2021
JF
Joe Foran
Director Of Information Technology and HIPAA Privacy Officer
Continuum of Care (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Nextcloud
3 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We previously used Nextcloud as a front-end for an external file shares (Windows SMB) before migrating to a full OneDrive and SharePoint solution in order to provide web-based access to files and folders in our file shares. This allowed us to support access to those files and folders by users outside of the office or those inside the office using Chrome, Android, iOS and other devices.
Pros and Cons
  • Very intuitive interface.
  • Superb synchronization agent.
  • Integration with AD/LDAP, external file sources, and other tools is top-notch.
  • Wide variety of "apps" (plugins).
Likelihood to Recommend
When users needed to get their files and folders while outside of the network (such as at home or a remote location) they would normally use our agent-based SD-WAN to connect using Windows devices to their provisioned resources. However, when using other devices this was not always possible, and so Nextcloud served to meet this access need well. It is also highly useful as a personal or business-user storage tool on its own, and the recent advancements in their web collaboration, online office tools, and other apps have made this an extremely versatile platform. It is almost, in and of itself, a suite that can replace Office 365 or Google Workspaces for those shops that need to keep data local but provide web access to it.

All in one open-source groupware suite, rock solid and easy to use

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 03, 2020
JC
Joseph Costa
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
josephcosta.eu (Internet, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Nextcloud
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Nextcloud is used as a core alternative for our key services: files (internal and with clients), calendars and address book, kanban (deck) for agile development, chat and edit/comment files online.
It is used across the whole organization as a central hub which operates as a bridge between departments.
It addresses the need for:
  • Privacy, no activity or data are ever analysed.
  • Digital sovereignty, all of our data are on a server which we control 100%.
  • Single software/UI for several activities.
  • Accessible also on mobile (iOs/android).
  • Ease of installation/maintenance (sysadmins).
  • Ease of use (users).
Pros and Cons
  • File sharing (internal, public or federated).
  • One software, many activities (files, address book, calendar, chat, edit, email) ...
  • Groupware, sharing between users or groups is really easy and finely controlled.
  • Integrations and many apps.
Likelihood to Recommend
Nextcloud is well suited in any collaboration scenario where users wants to share comments and resources as well as organize events or work together.
It is also very well suited for non-profit organizations as it is free to use and very simple even for non-tech users.
I can't imagine scenarios where it might not be appropriate as running requirements are minimal (php, mysql) so even a single user could find benefit to use it as an alternative for basic icloud or gmail use (files with desktop and mobile clients, calendar and address book).
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