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ownCloud is a self-hosted open source file syncing and sharing option, from the Boston-based company of the same name.https://dudodiprj2sv7.cloudfront.net/product-logos/Dm/Km/3WV1CJIRRQP9.PNGownCloudownCloud is a reasonable document management solution for SMB2017-12-18T16:48:27.488ZWe use it in the whole organization as the main document server. All employees including the management have the ownCloud desktop sync apps installed. Virtual users own different main folders (e.g. SALES, FINANCE etc.) and these are shared to groups read-only, read-write. Each user gets, therefore, a different set of folders according to the needs of each employee etc. Some people use it on a mobile, too.
It solves the key problem the company had when I joined it and no document server/cloud storage was present: each of the at-the-time few employees had its own set of files and folders and data were exchanged only via emails. Another important aspect is auto-backup of all company data to remote server. Easier collaboration on documents is also important.,Runs fine on a inexpensive Linux VPS with a few CPU cores and little RAM and is able to serve well for dozens of users. The scalability at almost no extra cost is perfect.
Sync clients are available for all major platforms: MS Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and mobile apps on Android and iOS are available too and work very well. We use all these platforms and are able to exchange documents transparently.
Initial setting up the environment for users - such as creating a few user groups, virtual users owning particular folders and assigning users to these groups, is quite easy and quick. Auto-sync of data to local devices on all platforms is also perfect, users don't have to manually select anything, default is to sync (or admin can set on the desktop clients how big folders are auto-synced).,Inability to easily collaboratively edit the same document by several people. Some advances have been made with Collabora (Libreoffice online) but it is still very sub-par compared to Office365 and desktop/online Office editing Sharepoint or OneDrive documents.
Apps for Calendar and Contacts are not part of the basic core, and although now quite supported they cannot still be easily deployed in common email clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird, separate CalDAV and CardDAV plugins need to be installed. Embedding an email solution and plugins for major email clients so they can work just by entering username and password would be good.
Risk of moving important folders/files to another location just by random drag-and-drop on Windows. Sometimes this breaks public links that cannot be restored anymore. Reverting such mistake by any of the users is impossible automatically.
When some user deletes some data in a shared folder it is put into recycle bin of the owner of the folder. The user who deleted cannot himself/herself revert such action as he/she does not see the recycle bin (trash) of the owner. Also, there is no log in the recycle bin who deleted that file or folder.,8,The company grew from 4 employees in 2013 when ownCloud was initially deployed to about 40 in 2017 and still using it with a very similar setting without any major upgrade on the same Linux VPS. 95% of all company data are stored and shared via ownCloud successfully. No clear data about ROI but clearly the perfect adoption rate by all people and its ubiquitous use makes it an essential part of the company workflow.,Office365 and MS SharePoint,LibreOffice, Slack, Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Illustrator CC,No,7,Yes,When a user unshares a shared folder shared not to him exclusively but to a whole group of users, there is no way how this user nor admin can restore this shared folder to this user. Only a direct database modification can restore such action. We would not be able to know which fields in which tables and which commands in the SQL could achieve that. Fortunately, we received a direct guide from the devs what queries to perform and what modifications to do in specific fields of the db to overcome this issue.Martin MalecownCloud, the open source EFSS (Enterprise File Sync & Share) alternative2018-01-19T18:10:34.213ZWe use ownCloud across the whole organization. We manage file sharing in a secure way with employees, partners, and customers through our private cloud infrastructure. We have implemented our own ownCloud Solution based on an appliances format, so we can deploy ownCloud in a few minutes with enhanced features developed by ourselves. The information from several sources is replicated to the exact folder of ownCloud so it is available in real time by the suitable people with the suitable permissions.,Easy to deploy
Easy to manage
Cost-effective,10,Improve productivity
Improve security
Improve compliance,,Bacula Enterprise, NetApp FAS series, VtigerIgnacio GilartEasy to use and upload documents2018-04-27T17:39:25.282ZOwnCloud is used as a way to upload, managed, and access documents across the district, especially when we are not in the same building. It is used across our organization and also used in our department.,Easy to upload and download documents
Easy and efficient to use
Easy to organize,I haven’t come across many issues.,9,Positive in that it provides and easy and quick way to view and share documents,,Google Drive, SurveyMonkeyNicole NixonFantastic software for design agencies!2017-12-06T19:11:28.319ZWe use OwnCloud to share work with clients. Before this we were using WeTransfer, but the issue is you can't go back and look at files.
Using OwnCloud meant we could host the files on our own server, therefore having full control over the usage, and then we could just simply set up users for clients and then files are just shared in their own folder within OwnCloud.
Owncloud also allows sharable links, so clients can easily send downloads to us through there.,File Sharing - getting sharable URL of a file for quick access
Users - we can make clients their own accounts so they can store their own files
Security - Its really nice knowing the files are hosted on our server, as we know it's secure!,I think the UI is a little outdated now
The usage on our server seemed quite large compared to others
I think adding a built in file editor would be super useful,10,It speeds up getting docuemtns from clients, for instant and future use,Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Photoshop, WordPressJoe CiavuccoownCloud above is above all others2017-03-31T17:20:20.815ZownCloud is currently used as an access point for mobile users to connect with the corporate office.,Fast access times
Easily managed
Scalability,Newest releases not supported in updated Ubuntu servers
Major issues connecting with Windows server shares on any version past 8.1
Unreliable admin user password resets,8,Increased user access times making users more efficient
Easy to setup, manage and maintain on linux hardware
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