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Overview

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Dropbox Business is an off-site server for file syncing, storage and sharing which allows teams of all sizes to save and share files of any format and access them anywhere, on any device

Nextcloud is a collaboration platform, which enables organizations to share documents, send or receive emails, manage calendar, and communicate via secure video chats. Features include workflow automation, user authentication, compliance management, remote access, and audit tracking.

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Pros

Its a very helpful tool. I use when when I work from home and I love when I have all my documents on my MacBook from dropbox- without copying them; they just are there, love it.
Love the different type of software it has to offer such as storage or the quality of being able to save.
Very user friendly interface sync is very reliable good retention features. Lan sync and smart sync features are great.

Pros

Nextcloud has been a nice collaborating tool, we can share with easy files across departments. And it has nice sharing features, like making guests upload into a folder.
You are supporting a fabulous network and community of open source developers. Your data can be safe and it stays on hard-drives only you own.
And bonus points that I can tailor the branding with my company logo. Clients love it, I love it, and my colleagues are getting use to hearing me rave about it.

Cons

The group and user policy is alittle bit weird to understand and alittle bit confusing. I had to redo the whole access policy twice because it was not working as i wanted.
To have the file uploaded in the background with limited speeds irrespective of the download or upload speed is something that has irritated me.
It has some integration that sometimes provides warnings through Excel, but other file types are completely at risk of having conflicting copies.

Cons

The thing I don't care for the most is the lack of documentation for the Freenas / Truenas integrations for when something goes wrong. Also the lack of 2fa out of the box is down side as well.
Search is poor in the sense that there is no integrated setup for this. Integration of Elasticsearch is described, but its way to complicated.
I lack the support of virtual files in the sync client. To my knowledge, there is no info on what the bottleneck in the system is.
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Key features

  • Total features86
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Active Directory Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Activity/News Feed
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Brainstorming
  • Calendar Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Cloud Backup
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Conflict Tracking
  • Contact Management
  • Content Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Migration
  • Data Recovery
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Synchronization
  • Database Creation
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Capture
  • Document Classification
  • Document Generation
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Management
  • Employee Directory
  • Encryption
  • File Conversion
  • File Management
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Full Text Search
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • Historical Reporting
  • Image Editing
  • Knowledge Management
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Capture
  • Notes Management
  • Office Suite
  • Offline Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Password Management
  • Personalization
  • Presentation Tools
  • Productivity Tools
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Management
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real Time Synchronization
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Synchronization
  • SEO Management
  • SSL Security
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Secure Login
  • Single Sign On
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronization Scheduling
  • Task Management
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Two-Way Synchronization
  • User Management
  • Version Control
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features22
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Active Directory Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Activity/News Feed
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Brainstorming
  • Calendar Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Cloud Backup
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Conflict Tracking
  • Contact Management
  • Content Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Migration
  • Data Recovery
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Synchronization
  • Database Creation
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Capture
  • Document Classification
  • Document Generation
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Management
  • Employee Directory
  • Encryption
  • File Conversion
  • File Management
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • File Transfer
  • Full Text Search
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • Historical Reporting
  • Image Editing
  • Knowledge Management
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Capture
  • Notes Management
  • Office Suite
  • Offline Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Password Management
  • Personalization
  • Presentation Tools
  • Productivity Tools
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Management
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real Time Synchronization
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Synchronization
  • SEO Management
  • SSL Security
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Secure Login
  • Single Sign On
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Synchronization Scheduling
  • Task Management
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • Two-Way Synchronization
  • User Management
  • Version Control
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations1194
  • Asana
  • Box
  • Dropbox Business
  • GitHub
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Google Workspace
  • Jira
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Okta
  • OneDrive
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations29
  • Asana
  • Box
  • Dropbox Business
  • GitHub
  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Google Workspace
  • Jira
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Okta
  • OneDrive
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Zapier

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Christian H.

Higher Education, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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Dropbox Business

Dropbox Business

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

Dropbox Business is easy to get started with. No need to set up a server or other infrastructure. Clients are available for mobile (Android, iOS) and desktop (Windows, Mac). There are extensive features which make collaboration easy and a history of files changes to restore previous copies. While it is not possible to edit a Word document (or other Microsoft Office files) together with other persons at the same time, there is a useful indicator showing when a file is opened at the same time by multiple users to prevent data loss.

Cons

Dropbox Business is quite expensive when compared with free alternatives such as NextCloud. The newest client is not any more available for Linux.

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Lovrenc K.

Arts and Crafts, 11-50 employees

Used other for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend3/10

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Dropbox Business

Usefull but intrusive

Reviewed 5 years ago

Dropbox is great if you want a complete solution and are willing to pay for it, but we prefer Nextcloud since in more customizable and keeps our data in our hands.

Pros

The plethora of functions, collaboration, ease of use, local client and web based...

Cons

To intrusive, a lot of commercials, upgrade offers, extra fluff

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Scott J.

Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Dropbox Business

Cloud File syncing at it's best

Reviewed 6 years ago

I have used Dropbox for many years and never had any problems they have always been up and provided plenty of storage for my needs. the unlimited storage with business accounts is nice when you get low you call support and they tac on a few more TB's easy peasy!

Pros

They have clients for everything. Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, iOS all covered. This is by far the best cloud storage drive around. The client syncs files in seconds between all your computers and the versioning in the cloud is top notch. They set the bar in this field and they set the bar very high. There are also many different add-ons for Drop box as well that let you mount it as a mapped drive or a fuse filesystem so that is an advantage as well if you don't want to sync down all of your files from the cloud.

Cons

It is not hosted your self that is the only drawback being on somebody else's infrastructure means that theoretically they can see your files and have access to them so if you are worried about that look into Nextcloud.

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Marvin L.

Computer Software, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Dropbox Business

By far the best & most solid cloud storage

Reviewed 6 years ago

Regarding sync features, software performance and reliability, Dropbox Business is by far the best option. The only downsides are the security issues in the past and the privacy problems (that made us even think about using tresorit or a self-hosted Nextcloud).

Pros

- stunning syncing technolgoy (delta sync) that only uploads changes (if you edit one sentence in a 800 pages book Dropbox only uploads that one sentence, and not the whole document) - by far better performance than all other competitors (tested on Android, Linux Mint and Windows 10) - great looking & native apps for all operating systems we use - good pricing - no security issues in the last months - strong API that integrates with many third-party programs and makes own integrations easy - additional software for businesses included (e.g. Dropbox Paper)

Cons

- huge security issues, especially in the past (e.g. I remember that it was possible to login only using the email address without password for a few hours many years ago) - files are stored in the US and Dropbox lets security agencies access all files without judicial order

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Defense & Space, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Nextcloud Review

Reviewed 5 years ago

Great self-hosted dropbox alternative.

Pros

This is a great dropbox alternative with the ability to be self-hosted.

Cons

It can be tricky to setup remote storage options.

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Mark Z.

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Nextcloud

Very flexible framework with a lot of apps besides file sharing

Reviewed 6 years ago

I am independant from organizations like Dropbox or Google.

Pros

Next to files, contacts and calendars you could store notes, read news, listen to music, create mindmaps and many more

Cons

You have to maintain your own server to keep the data absolute private. You need an DDNS service as well.

Vendor response

Dear Mark Thank you for the review on Capterra! We're very glad you are happy with Nextcloud! If you want to get the most out of Nextcloud, don't forget we have Nextcloud Subscriptions available. That improves much on the community help aimed at home users like you'll find on the forums and gives access to additional documentation and capabilities like our Outlook integration, Global Scale and more. Take care!

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Alfonso M.

Computer Software, self-employed

Used other for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend2/10

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Nextcloud

It worked the first day, but then I got errors afterwards

Reviewed 5 years ago

It's interesting, but not ready for use by the general user.

Pros

Free alternative to Dropbox to use in my server

Cons

I got strange errors that I haven't been able to fix

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Terence L.

Security and Investigations, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Nextcloud

Using Nextcloud across boundaries

Reviewed 5 years ago

Excellent replacement for other files in the cloud software such as DropBox

Pros

1. Securely host data on our own servers and encrypted on AWS 2. Enabled us to access and backup our data on current projects and their resources across different computers/phones and across national boundaries 3. Removed the need to carry data on laptops 4. Useful software integrated into Nextcloud

Cons

Logs and deleted files can build up on the server. 'Talk' was more difficult than expected to set up

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Rajan Goyal A.

Education Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Nextcloud

Easy storage file exchange ... Security 2 levels

Reviewed 5 years ago

Wonderful experience as it offers various factors like easily integrated with softwares.

Pros

Easy API access and scalability. Cloud storage and fils server for secure exchange.

Cons

Does not offer any kind of storage like dropbox gmail. Just for exchange.

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Vitalii L.

Financial Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend3/10

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Nextcloud

Pure UX (user experience)

Reviewed 5 years ago

As mentioned in the last point above: 3. UI is poorly integrated with the OS. It is usable, but it can be better. Compare scrolling in browser and scrolling in a list there. You will see the difference. 4. android upload/share is not reliable. User experience in the android app leaves much to be desired. For example on fairly modern phone and on wifi connection, the UI hangs on every screen for some time (sometimes fractions of seconds, but sometimes for multiple seconds). This is unacceptable. If I want to show my friends a funny picture that fits into conversation and can not open it very fast. It is a frustrating experience. 4.1. What is more important is that the file sync function works reliably. And that is not a case, at least not in the android app. When my wife selects some photos or videos that she wants to move to nextcloud folder and only a subset of it actually gets moved. What can I say, please check which of 100 photos were uploaded and retry those that were not uploaded. First, have fun finding them. Second, watch that it works this time, or you have to repeat. What do you think she tells me? Oh, I like how this peace of software works. Definitely not. And that's frustrating to me because I setup and maintain the nextcloud instance.

Pros

That it exists! And it is on the market for a while now. Free, and more importantly self-hosted, alternative to Dropbox. I know it is more than dropbox, but more on that later.

Cons

Initially it was a software to share files between different computers and possibly with other people. Managing files is nextcloud's core competence. And even after years using it, it is sad to see that it doesn't always work reliably! I can tell couple of examples from experiences. 1. constant conflicts. I use a diary software to keep notes and often get conflicts when doing notes. Luckily it is in plain text so I can resolve conflicts, in contrast to binary files where it is mostly not trivial at all. While keeping doing notes it is tiresome and tedious to being obligated to solve these conflicts although it is just an ongoing stream of changes. 2. Activity view is not usable. It is just frustrating to not being able to see and find the information you need. Sometimes it is just a list of files that are being ignored on top of the list. I don't care about the files that are ignored all the time. A dropdown menu can be provided to select the files I want to see. Filter the conflicts or ignored files or whatever else is there. 2.1. File(s) that are being synced right now, where are they? If it's a big iso image being synced now and if I interrupt have to start over. The main tab with folders gives me only numbers like "syncing file 5 out of 72". 2.2. In the same Activity tab so much space is wasted. You could move this date of sync to the right on the same line if it fits, and only if it doesn't fit into one line move it to the next. Ok, this box is limited to 1500 symbol

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Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

Used other for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Nextcloud

Great open source software

Reviewed 4 years ago

Great

Pros

Great Dropbox replacement that is locally hosted with so much more to offer

Cons

Getting fully setup with docker can be a bit challenging

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Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Nextcloud

easy installation on Raspberry Pi2 with Syncloud to get a private nas cloud server

Reviewed 6 years ago

save of money, immediate integration with mobile devices, quick portability from other service (like Dropbox)

Pros

rich of functions easy integration with PC desktop (exactly like Dropbox) easy integration with Android mobile

Cons

for domestic usage you can get big saving of money against 2 terabyte web services provided by Google / Dropbox / Microsoft etc. and small cost of hardware (raspberry plus 2 terabyte HD USB 3 is much lower than QNAP Nas).

Vendor response

Dear user, Thank you for the review on Capterra! We're very glad you are happy with Nextcloud! Take care!

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Usman K.

Research, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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very happy with nextcloud

Reviewed 5 years ago

We get to keep a huge amount of our data in our cloud and manage security of our data very easily. We get transparent access to our data and the operations we perform on it. This is very important from a privacy and security perspective and nextcloud wins hands down compared with Dropbox or Box.

Pros

Very secure. Own your data. Plugins are easy to add. Very easy to administer. Setup is easy. Ample and ever growing feature set. Privacy, security are prime features.

Cons

There have a few issues that come up sometimes but are similar to issues we had faced with Dropbox. Unlike Dropbox though, addition of plugins and the transparency with which nextcloud works made making changes to nextcloud to suit our needs very easy.

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Jürgen F.

Telecommunications, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Nextcloud

Sehr gute Alternative zu Dropbox & Co.

Reviewed 2 years ago

Sehr gute Cloud-Lösung

Pros

Unbegrenzte Nutzeranzahl, leichte Administrierbarkeit, Plattformunabhängigkeit, viele verfügbare Apps, auch von Drittanbietern

Cons

Noch nicht vollkommen ausgereifte Integration in MacOS. Einige Funktionen, die bei Dropbox möglich sind, fehlen noch oder sind nicht 100% ausgereift

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Sachin K.

Used monthly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Nextcloud

Cloud storage for free!!

Reviewed 7 years ago
Pros

Getting a dropbox like software for free is amazing. Really enjoyed exploring this and it makes sure your data is secure because its with you!!

Cons

No cons were added to this review

Vendor response

Dear Bhargavi, Thank you for the review on Capterra! We're very glad you are happy with Nextcloud! Take care!

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Fernando P.

Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Nextcloud

Nextcloud help us to offer customized drives for our clients

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

Nextcloud has all the features that our clients look for in public offerings like Google Drive and Dropbox, with the advantage of privacy and customization.

Cons

Updates need to be carefully monitored to avoid crashes.

Vendor response

Thank you for your feedback!

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René P.

Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Nextcloud

Easy to set up and maintain.

Reviewed 5 years ago

Very good, good performance. Ease of use. Well-maintained.

Pros

It is very straightforward to set up and very easy to enroll users. It is a very credible in-house replacement for dropbox, contacts, and calendar.

Cons

Its dependence on apache and php. There is a real vulnerability there. Beware when rushing into upgrades of those. If they break, your Nextcloud is broken too.

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Sander v.

Computer Software, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Nextcloud

Great self-hosted storage solution

Reviewed 5 years ago

I was looking to self host an alternative to Dropbox that had good ease of use and places importance on privacy, but can still share to friends and family.

Pros

Desktop and mobile clients are good, and the server is simple to install and keep updated. Syncing works flawless.

Cons

Memory use in the desktop client (Currently 2.3GB)

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Nick R.

Computer Software, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Nextcloud

Great product for storing files and desktop sync

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

The ability to desktop sync and have your own in-house dropbox. Its fast without too many issues. The apps available are pretty good and provide a lot of features.

Cons

Implementation and configuration is very painful. With many advanced things required in order to set it up properly. Which can take a very long time!

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DICK JAN B.

Financial Services, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Nextcloud

Great Software if you want to be free

Reviewed 5 years ago

Great experience, good usersupport and because the software is that simple to install and use you hardly need support from them.

Pros

The software is easy installable, configurable and especially easy in use. Besides we have our own cloud now without the thought that dropbox or google is watching in the documents.

Cons

There are no cons, just use it. The use is that simple, that's why I'm postitive and don't see any disadavantages compared to other products.

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Consumer Services, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Nextcloud

Best open source file share ever

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

I was so tired of paying someone like Dropbox to store my files that I wanted to share, this was simple and intuitive to setup and provides so much flexibility

Cons

When I didn’t keep up with the versions I got far behind and had to rebuild to get it back up and running

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Jordan F.

Photography, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Nextcloud

Perfect way to collaborate and share with cutomers

Reviewed 2 years ago

Nextcloud has given me the opportunity to be able to share with customers their pictures that I would normally not be able to email or use for free with Dropbox.

Pros

Being able to host cloud storage on my own server.

Cons

Seems a little slow to load but that could have everything to do with my server speed and not nextcloud. Hard to say.

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Information Technology and Services, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Nextcloud

NextCloud - non-enterprise

Reviewed 4 years ago

We have a positive reaction from our users. They like that files are synced to their pc for offline access, versioning in case something happened to a file.

Pros

A free tier is offered with a large host of features that you won't get on the hosted competiton (Dropbox) except in the higher tiers. Love the versioning features as well as sharing files.

Cons

Upgrading can be difficult although it has come a long way since the split from OwnCloud. Also for those not tech savy the initial setup can be a bit complex, for those I would recommend a docker image.

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Sophie W.

Computer Games, 1-10 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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A Decent Backup Solution, But NOT the Best

Reviewed 5 years ago

I had a pleasant experience with the software, but it's not for me and doesn't live up to my expectations of such a software.

Pros

It's easy to use, setup, and maintain functional file sharing and backup systems effectively... It's good for that.

Cons

It lacks a lot of the selling points of alternative options for this purpose, such as MEGASync, Google Drive, Dropbox, and similar services. I could not rely solely on Nextcloud without some of my needs going unmet.

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Daniel S.

Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Setup your own personal cloud on your home network

Reviewed 6 years ago

The initial set up of the linux system and th nextcloud install/ upgrade required quite some time and a steep learning curve. But now I am extremely happy with this software and the accompanying iOS applications. It allows me to automatically upload all my photos to the cloud, similar to the native iOS iCloud app. All my data, music, photos, are save on my personal server.

Pros

I was able to ditch monthly fees for iTunes Match and iCloud monthly storage fees by switching to Nextcloud. Privacy concerns lead me to abandon Microsoft/Apple/Amazon/Google/Dropbox cloud drives in favor of Nextcloud who can do it all.

Cons

It takes some initial effort if you want to build your own webserver on an old PC, installing linux, etc. but its doable for non-linux people.

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Nick T.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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NextCloud is a Productivity and Collaboration Powerhouse

Reviewed 5 years ago

NextCloud is an incredible piece of software and community of people. It allows you to replace replace big tech monsters like Dropbox, Google docs, Hangouts, and more by hosting NextCloud yourself. You are in complete control of your data.

Pros

Self-hosted, easy to install and manage, reliable functionality, quality mobile apps.

Cons

Not much! I wish more of the apps/plugins were usable in the mobile app. Sometimes I run across occasional sync conflicts with the desktop apps, which can be resolved, but it could be a smoother and more intuitive process to fix.

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Computer Software, 11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Great EFSS Tool with great platform coverage of clients

Reviewed 2 years ago

Very quick start by simple deployment with Linux based installation. Was able to quickly roll it out on a pilot deployment.

Pros

Extensibility. The open source foundations of the product helps us to customize and innovate on the product base.

Cons

The available commercial pricing models should be more agile to compete with cloud scale EFSS solutions. If they could offer a pricing model to take this to consumer level (E.g. Dropbox alternative) with PAYG pricing this would be great.

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Claudio S.

Machinery, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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great solution for collaboration

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

* ldap/AD integration * mobile clients for android/iOS * open source * modern features, constantly increasing

Cons

* needs more attention to enterprise business cases * github support could be better

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Chris P.

Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Taking back control, document management and collaboration software style

Reviewed 5 years ago
Pros

It's like Dropbox that you control. Except it's also like Google Apps that you control. Or MS365. Or... And entirely brandable, for use with clients. Essentially the app approach and open ethos (source/development/community) allows both a great core technology and infinite extendability.

Cons

The notifications system still needs some work, although it gets better with each release.