--- title: "Nextcloud Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing - 2026" description: "Review of Nextcloud Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs." source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [File Sharing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/) / Nextcloud Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. Overview [Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/reviews/)[Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/alternatives/) # Nextcloud Review From €40-€195/year Free version Free trial 4 plans Wondering if Nextcloud is right for your organization? Our File Sharing Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. On this page - Overview - User Interface - Popular Alternatives - Pricing and Plans - Features - Integrations - User Reviews - Popular Comparisons ## Overview Nextcloud 4.6 [(443)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/reviews/) Pricing Starting at €40.00 per user per year ### About Nextcloud Nextcloud is a file sharing software that helps businesses in the healthcare, education, finance, government, legal, construction and other sectors collaborate with colleagues on various documents via text messages and audio or video conferences. The platform enables administrators to password-protect specific files, manage checklists and edit notes on a unified interface. Managers can configure access permissions for staff members and secure data in accordance with GDPR and HIPAA compliance protocols. Nextcloud allows teams to receive push notifications for new messages and share screens during video calls using mobile applications on Android and iOS devices. Additionally, operators can send and receive emails, add travel itineraries to the calendar and manage contacts on a centralized dashboard. Nextcloud offers an application programming interface (API), which lets businesses integrate the system with several third-party applications including Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird. Pricing is based on annual subscription and support is extended via FAQs, knowledge base, forum and email. Wondering if Nextcloud is right for your organization? Our File Sharing Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less. ## Nextcloud User Interface ## Popular Nextcloud Alternatives Main Product Nextcloud 4.6 [(443)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.49Ease of use - 4.80Value for money - 4.20Customer support - 4.52Functionality Pricing Starting at €40.00 per year Get Price Alternative Product [Google Drive](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/google-drive-profile/) 4.8 [(28613)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/google-drive-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.71Ease of use - 4.72Value for money - 4.39Customer support - 4.63Functionality Pricing Starting at $7.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [Google Workspace](https://www.softwareadvice.com/marketing/google-workspace-profile/) 4.7 [(17695)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/marketing/google-workspace-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.64Ease of use - 4.59Value for money - 4.27Customer support - 4.63Functionality Pricing Starting at $7.00 per month Get Price Alternative Product [OneDrive](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/microsoft-onedrive-profile/) 4.5 [(12859)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/microsoft-onedrive-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.40Ease of use - 4.37Value for money - 4.21Customer support - 4.37Functionality Pricing Starting at $1.99 per month Get Price Alternative Product [LimeWire](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/525185-LimeWire/) 4.8 [(449)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/product/525185-LimeWire/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.78Ease of use - 4.50Value for money - 4.57Customer support - 4.69Functionality Pricing Starting at $9.99 per month Get Price Alternative Product [Dropbox](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/dropbox-profile/) 4.5 [(21712)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/dropbox-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.55Ease of use - 4.32Value for money - 4.26Customer support - 4.44Functionality Pricing Starting at $11.99 per month Get Price ## Nextcloud Pricing and Plans Starting price: €40.00 per year Free Trial Free Version Nextcloud Files-Standard €67.89 per user, per year Plan includes: - Nextcloud Files - Mobile and desktop clients - Enterprise capabilities - Fully Open Source - Nextcloud Guard - Early security and stability patches Nextcloud Files-Premium €99.99 per user, per year Plan includes: - 5+ years Maintenance life cycle - Custom consulting and integrations - Upgrade stand-by support - Support for clustered instances - SLA on fixes Nextcloud Files-Ultimate €195.00 per user, per year Plan includes: - Nextcloud Assistant - Nextcloud Flow - Nextcloud Whiteboard - SIP bridge for phone dial-in and dial-out Nextcloud Talk-Standard €40.00 per user, per year Plan includes: - Nextcloud Talk - Branding Confused about pricing? 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Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates. ## Nextcloud Features - Popular features found in File Sharing Access Controls/Permissions Alerts/Notifications Content Management Document Storage Drag & Drop Encryption Mobile Access Real Time Synchronization Search/Filter User Management Version Control - More features of Nextcloud Activity Dashboard API Audit Trail Authentication Calendar Management Collaboration Tools Data Synchronization File Management File Transfer Messaging Real-Time Notifications Secure Data Storage Task Management Workflow Management ## Nextcloud Integrations GitHub Integration rated undefined from -1 review ONLYOFFICE Workspace Integration rated undefined from -1 review Zimbra Collaboration Suite Integration rated undefined from -1 review draw.io Integration rated undefined from -1 review BigBlueButton Integration rated undefined from -1 review Microsoft SharePoint Integration rated undefined from -1 review See all 10 integrations ## Nextcloud User Reviews ## Nextcloud customer ratings - Overall rating: 4.6/5 - Total reviews: 443 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 298 reviews (67%) - 4 stars: 129 reviews (29%) - 3 stars: 15 reviews (3%) - 2 stars: 1 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.5/5 - Value for money: 4.8/5 - Customer support: 4.2/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 --- ### Why not - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Adrian W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Management Consulting - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I love it #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I've been using Nextcloud since v11-12, but before that had been using ownCloud since v5. It's a brilliant way of sharing files across multiple devices and sharing files with others. I was looking for my own version of Dropbox and Nextcloud fits the bill, and some. Some of the more recent Apps really could make this a complete solution, with the Collarora/Onlyoffice integration, Decks, Circles, Passwords, Email, Talk, etc. And it's open source. Like I said at the start, why not? #### Cons I'm not a fan of the new forum/support platform but am struggling to find something I least like about the software #### Reasons for switching to Nextcloud Nextcloud offered more features and benefits than ownCloud. --- ### Great self hosted cloud solution - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Wilco v. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It's a great piece of open source software with a ton of functionality. It is a great alternative to platforms like Google Drive or OneDrive. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros NextCloud is very easy to set up and allows a great amount of customization. There are a ton of apps available to add to your configuration so you can set it up just the way that works for you. You can integrate Nextcloud login with your own website using OAuth. The customization is almost endless so you can set it up just how you like it. #### Cons The pricing can become complicated and quite expensive when using Nextcloud with some paid apps. Other than that I can't really complain about the functionality of the software, it has everything it should have. #### Reasons for switching to Nextcloud GDPR, control over hosted files because Nextcloud is self hosted. --- ### Easy to use collaboration tool - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Roland A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Religious Institutions - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We use this as an Intranet solution in our church. The most important functions are booking of locals and for filesharing between groups. We also use PicoCMS for the internal communication of news in the organisation. It works as expected but there has been some resistance to change. We plan to set up social login which should facilitate the use. Setting up and keeping your own server is of course an obstacle. You need some computer and server knowledge to keep this running. We use an external VPS-provider for the production server and another for backup. A local NAS-server for testing. This costs us about 7 EUR/month. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to add new users Easy to upload and download files Possibility to read and edit documents also in the phone Possibility to add blogg-pages for intranet with the PicoCMS app Calendar app works very well Sync with laptop and desktop using the desktop client #### Cons The e-mail app is rudimentary The coupling between Contacts and E-mail app is incomplete Creating and editing documents and adding photos is possible in the phone but a bit slow The risk for conflicting versions if using desktop client, but this may be soved in version 18 as you can locck the file while editing You sometimes need to specifically check that the files are synced, but this also happens to me with other sync solutions (like Box Sync) The calendar app cannot be "swiped" or "scrolled" to the next week or month in the webb-browser. But this works with other optional calendar apps. #### Reasons for choosing Nextcloud As far as we could see G-suite and Office365 works best if all users are from one single organization and e-mail addresses from the same domain, whereas our users are individuals with private e-mail addresses from many different providers. We also found the setup and administration of Nexcloud very easy - adding users, setting up groups-folders, giving permissions, sharing files to external users, allowing upload and download to external users. #### Reasons for switching to Nextcloud Fronter was remaking their service so we needed to either reconstruct our service or change. We needed to set up a solution within a short time. Nextcloud was the only alternative to do that. And it has worked very well for almost a year now. #### Vendor response Thank you a lot for this detailed review! Replied March 2020 --- ### Not only for file sharing - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Stefanos K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Internet - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: December 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The core functionality, sharing files, is really easy to install and use. And there are tons of additional functionality to choose from (provided by Nextcloud itself and third party software developers). One thing worked out to be particularly useful: the integration with the Nextcloud provided meeting software Talk (although it works only for small meetings out of the box. For larger ones additional, but still free, software is needed). #### Cons There are really tons of third party apps to choose to install. And it is really tempting to add them. But this constitutes a weakness at the same time, because no one guarantees you that these apps will work with the next update of the software. And I've seen it in the past months that some apps I'd install stopped working with the next update. This is no problem of Nextcloud itself. They do not force you to install any of the third party apps. My advice would be to install only apps that have been along a long time and provide regular updates. #### Reasons for choosing Nextcloud Nextcloud seems to be more community oriented than ownCloud. I know that they originate from the same software, and Nextcloud split it self up at one point. --- ### Best open source software I ever worked with - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Miłosz R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Nextcloud allowed us to replace many other services from different providers, now we have almost everything in one place. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros - simple to setup, configure, update and use - customizable - many apps and themes available - well documented - possible to connect with other services #### Cons - many features you expect to work by default are only available after installing 3rd party extensions - encryption can be difficult to setup - some features can be configured only from command line #### Reasons for choosing Nextcloud Mostly because of community recommendations, it is also open source and seems to be actively developed, not only by its creators but also by volunteers. Now, after almost a year working with it, I am sure it was a good decision. --- ### Great stack! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Kevin F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Online Media - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great product that's useful to more than just business clients. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Clean and consistent interface with good integration due to lots of third party addons. #### Cons The installation process is disconnected between the CLI, and the "autoconfig.php", the supported features in the latter are far more capable despite the development focus on the former. #### Reasons for switching to Nextcloud More "open" development environment, and seemingly faster progress in areas that are more important to the general public rather than simply Enterprise clients. #### Vendor response Thank you for your review! :) Replied March 2020 --- ### Nextcloud - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Romaric S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The next cloud technology is very efficient with the oracle free tier program and it does help me in managing many things with hassles. I will advise you to purchase one of its pricing plans if you run a team and you'll like to provide a simple and easy collaboration workflow. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Next cloud is a better self-managed cloud storage alternative for small or independent businesses. It's quite easy to use and manage.I run a self-managed account on the oracle free tier ( with over 200 GB of SSD) and I haven't faced any issues with it so far. It offers a better storage capacity as compared to other cloud servers.The next cloud storage technologies help me to store and manage my business files and I'm very content with its quality of service and server download and upload speeds are very good. #### Cons Even though for self-managed tiers there is no premium support, however, It's still very great (if you are comfortable with coding and all other techy stuff)... #### Reasons for switching to Nextcloud the mega cloud storage technology works pretty well---however, I don't trust the company that much. I mean there is no convincing information about this company so far and sincerely, I don't really trust the mega cloud. --- ### Sweet As NAS of all time - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jerhone V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I realise that I can actually push small businesses (consultation) to use this NAS if they want the core functionality of a shared NAS. Most of the clients that I have spoken are happy with it. This means am also Happy! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros NC is Free and easy to use with my skillset. I just have lots of joy when it included a free mobile application that I can basically use personally and on the enterprise leve. #### Cons NC version upgrade is not too easy going as per my experience. However, spawning another version and mounting the previous files is easy. #### Reasons for choosing Nextcloud The next best thing on NAS is Synology. Though gotta spend moolah for it. #### Vendor response Thank you a lot for this great review! Replied February 2020 --- ### Win for open-source over paid alternatives. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Tyler V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Program Development - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Zero up-front investment cost. Greater documentation. #### Cons Not all extensions worked properly and even some featured ones had issues. Some ideas seem half-baked still and need time to mature and become mainstream if that is even the focus. #### Reasons for choosing Nextcloud No commercial product means greater focus and less fragmentation, at least I would hope. #### Reasons for switching to Nextcloud NextCloud seemed more on the bleeding-edge and I really really like to keep my system's PHP updated. So with NextCloud's latest updates supporting PHP 7.4 and the additional news coverage was certainly a huge factor. #### Vendor response We appreciate your feedback a lot! Replied February 2020 --- ### No Cloud Like This - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Héctor Jafet P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Government Administration - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: January 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Its just an amazing platform to manage you files in your enterpirse. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Its an open source software with full of bussiness utilities. #### Cons Need better support with group folders and more bug to fix #### Reasons for choosing Nextcloud Because i hosted it on my premise for free and it has all the functionalities i need. --- Showing 1 - 10 of 443 Reviews [See All Reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/reviews/) ## Nextcloud Popular Comparisons [Google Drive vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/google-drive-profile/vs/nextcloud/)[Google Workspace vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/marketing/google-workspace-profile/vs/nextcloud/)[OneDrive vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/microsoft-onedrive-profile/vs/nextcloud/)[LimeWire vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/compare/242665-nextcloud/vs/525185-LimeWire/)[Dropbox vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/dropbox-profile/vs/nextcloud/)[Slack vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/vs/slack/)[Microsoft 365 vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/productivity/microsoft-365-profile/vs/nextcloud/)[WeTransfer vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/vs/wetransfer/)[Microsoft SharePoint vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/microsoft-sharepoint-profile/vs/nextcloud/)[iCloud vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/icloud-profile/vs/nextcloud/)[Box vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/box-profile/vs/nextcloud/)[SFTP To Go vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/vs/sftp-to-go/)[IDrive vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/idrive-profile/vs/nextcloud/)[Progress ShareFile vs Nextcloud](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/vs/sharefile/) [Compare All Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/file-sharing/nextcloud-profile/alternatives/) ## Other Top Recommended File Sharing Software [Revver](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/revver-profile/) **4.4** (1022) Recently recommended **13** times [Mango Practice Management](https://www.softwareadvice.com/bpm/mangobilling-profile/) **3.8** (61) Recently recommended **4** times [Contentverse](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/contentverse-profile/) **4.1** (19) Recently recommended **4** times [iLovePDF](https://www.softwareadvice.com/cms/ilovepdf-profile/) **4.7** (1792) Recently recommended **3** times Stuck Between Options? 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