Google Drive vs Nextcloud Comparison

Easy to use, and supported by first party clients on every platform work considering. Also, built in support in most Linux desktop envionments.

The usual concerns about privacy of your data in the cloud. Google has been pretty ok in this so far though. Alternatives such as Nextcloud and others address some privacy concerns, but raises the barrier to entry higher than it's worth for most individuals or smaller teams.

Drive works well with other Google apps, storing all sorts of documents in it. It is provides good integration with other third-party apps, such as ZipBooks and Whatsapp, making it very reliable. It offers a very substantial storage for free, as well as a sufficiently large store solution for enterprises on the cheap. It also offers good encryption for those files.

I would call it a Dropbox competitor if it wasn't for the fact that Drive distinctly lacks Linux support, instead requiring third-party solutions to work with it -- something that has never been a problem with something like SpiderOak, which I highly recommend. If running on Linux, most of the files, then, need to be transferred via browser tabs, which is tedious if there's a large number of files to keep track of.

Google Drive is very easy to use and of course the big advantage is that most people (or at least, most people I deal with) already have a Google account. Therefore, Google Drive is my go to cloud storage solution when I need to collaborate with outside expertise or customers. (In house, Nextcloud is my default cloud storage.)

The online editors (Docs et al) can be tempting when you need to make a quick change on the go, but can seriously mess up your documents. Also, using Google as a business doesn't project the most professional image.

Open source Free Easy installation on FreeNAS

Low mobile apps quality (cannot upload photos (and cleanup) without downloading it back on iOS, etc) Intermittent bugs (share by link doesn't work in web interface, have to use mobile app) Not very smart integration with Gallery (expect something like Google Photos)

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The great community behind the product, and of course supporting FOSS.

Immaturity of inline office suite functionality. That is a major disadvantage when comparing to OneDrive, Google Drive, and others.

Wenn man eine günstige/gratis Lösung sucht ist Nextcloud momentan mit Abstand einer der besten Lösungen! Kann eigentlich alles im Bereich von Sharing und hat Apps dazu, wo man beliebig Erweiterungen installieren kann.

Nicht ganz so schnell wie Google Drive oder Ähnliche Dienste, wobei es natürlich auch immer auf den eigenen Server ankommt.

It's got a nice sync functionality that works well and is unobtrusive. you can have file structures on your computer that automatically sync with the server, and it's easy to create sharable links.

Sometimes setting up what syncs is a bit cumbersome.

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.

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.

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.

Updates need to be carefully monitored to avoid crashes.

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Data resides on your own server or cloud provider

Support is expensive. Native "drive letter" virtual drive is still beta

NextCloud is ideal if you would like to share data across multiple region. Simple to setup, easy to use and administer.

It just came as a fork of ownCloud, this is hard to decide wether to go with ownCloud or NextCloud

Dear user, 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 for higher scaelability, lower cost and data locality control and more. Take care!

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

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.

The ease of deployment of NextCloud (I'm using a Snap container) is ridiculously easy. The interface for a free and open source app is amazing! I love the ability to customize the login screen and it integrates well with Active Directory. It's easy to setup once installed as well. The Windows and Mac apps work like a champ.

Some of the functionality I'm used to in OneDrive or Google Drive (right-clicks and other minor UI issues) doesn't exist in NC. It's a mostly Web 2.0 app, but a few changes would make it almost perfect.

I've been using Nextcloud as a replacement for Google Drive and Google Docs for the last four or five years. It has a ton of really great apps that I can install that can replicate popular Google services. For instance, I can use the Nextcloud desktop and mobile sync clients to have Google Drive like functionality. I can install a calendar app that gives me Google Calender functionality. There are...

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The biggest con for me with this application is it never upgrades properly. I use a third party hosting provider called Dreamhost, and whenever I attempt to do an automatic or manual upgrade to my Nextcloud instance, I end up breaking it and have to rebuild it from scratch. I don't know if this is due to something on my hosting provider's end, but every single time I've attempted to do an upgrade it has failed. Additionally, community support can sometimes be lacking. Since this is an open source product, you have to rely on a lot of forum posts and blog entries to find solutions to your problems. Sometiems that can be frustrating.

Dear user, Thank you for the review on Capterra! We're very glad you are happy with Nextcloud! Nextcloud upgrades should absolutely not give any issues - there must be a problem at Dreamhost if they do. In addition, we offer our customers stand-by support when doing upgrades to make sure even large installations upgrade smoothly. Our experienced team is extremely adept at identifying and fixing them quickly! If you want to get the most out of Nextcloud, consider a Nextcloud Subscriptions to benefit from our expertise and additional functionality like Outlook integration. The community forums are - well that, community forums, only really suitable for home users.

Nextcloud is a fantastic software that gives so many features for free to users to host their own data. The interface is very simple and attractive, and the mobile app and client-side software make it a great replacement for Google Drive

Inherent with the versatility of the software, Nextcloud is limited to who can use it. It's very complicated to set up your own server for a non-tech user, and I feel this will be a barrier preventing it from growing.

Although dependent on the rental server, the system is currently stable and is useful for pulling data and making backups. The build and setup require some skill, but if you can complete it, you can get a low cost and a high degree of freedom. When I was worried about large mail files on each PC, I discovered that I could send files by URL.

As for the abundance of add-ons and insufficient localization, it is a waste of treasure because it is not possible to expand functions without knowing how to use them. It is not as collaborative as OneDrive versus Microsoft Office or Google Drive versus Google Docs. Similar to Microsoft Office, I would like to have a system that enables multiple users to edit the same document simultaneously.

The amount of features that it has... it has all that Google Drive offers and more. Apps for mobile and desktop are available to connect with Nextcloud. The documentation to set up and customize your own instance of Nextcloud is super well organized and readable.

Although it is very well documented (and the documentation is easy to read), it is difficult to find a solution online for a problem that is not in the documentation (this only happened once to me).

Nextcloud peut être déployé sur un serveur et un réseau privé ce qui rend les données plus sécurisées.J'apprécie bien qu'il soit open source et gratuit donc accessible à tout le monde facilement.Il est accessible via le navigateur web et l'application locale (Notamment pour la synchronisation et le backup des fichiers).Un autre avantage est que le partage des fichiers est possible avec les membres de la même entreprise ou bien avec les membres externes (on peut modifier les restrictions en fonction des besoins).

Interface est un peu ancienne, et le travail collaboratif sur ce nuage n'est pas très bien synchronisé en temps réel. En plus, ce n'est pas possible d'ajouter un mot de passe pour un fichier partagé.

La relación calidad/precio, en los últimos años ha dado un salto de calidad en su UI y estabilidad

La falta de integración nativa con diferentes plataformas, que puedes suplir con complementos realizados por terceros

It is easy to get the server up and running and it is easy to maintain and update. Security updates comes frequently and it is easy to update. The desktop client and mobile app is working flawless.

Had some initial problems with setup and installing certificates. Some third-party addons can make the product instable.

- Being open source and having pretty much full control over your own hosting, it negates any need for other paid solutions like Google Drive or Office 365. - End to end encryption makes sharing documents very easy and secure. - Easy to organize and manage all documents and files in a practical manner. - Effective privacy and high levels of security and control of data. - Accessible through any device, anywhere. - Completely premium software, clean and sleek interface and highly customizable. - Packed with features and more on the way.

- Any problem arises, it is all yours to fix, invest your time and work. - Backups have to be implemented pretty much on your own. - A little clunky software and there is a bit of a learning curve. - Updating is a little dodgy sometimes.

I use self-hosted Nextcloud for me and for some of our customers and we are all satisfied: in a click you can save, share, search your files and documents. There are many extensions available as OCR, photo retouch and so on and you can connect also external sourced as S3, Google Drive, Dropbox and others.

Nextcloud community is not easy to install, but if you know systems a little and follow instructions you can do it by yourself. As an alternative you can buy Nextcloud

I manage as user and administrator in the application. It is user-friendly considering its ease of use and it is a combination of google drive and whatsapp applications. It is easy to install and use. You can host your server wherever you want. Message delivery times are provided with instant notification. Application entries are made with two factor authentication system.

What I see lacking is that it has little graphical content. Some more user attention can be made. It can be used using a theme, but it is not clear whether it is reliable.

Almost every Google products has an alternative on Nextcloud!

The ergonomy is sometimes less perfect than on Google products

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

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

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!

Excellent cloud storage and sharing tools, but the add-ons are really where Nextcloud shines e.g. the ability to spin up a Kanban board, or a groupware calendar or many others.

Some add-ons are hit and miss with quality, and some do not work at all (e.g. the forms add-on did not work)

Easy to install Easy to understand for customers Uncomplicated Updates (easy to update) Much Plugins and addons Nice customization options

Currently no release features with virtual drive for windows. Slow Sync when more then 50Gb of data with lot of files (just pdfs, mails, images) are hosted inside of Nextcloud.

The best is the the multiple integrations and plugins - we have it working with our (Fossil-SCM0-based) Wiki, Best Practical Request Tracker (RT5), and the GitLab and GitHub Integrations work perfecrtly iut of the box.

Getting NCTalk to parity with Google's offering, so we can stop using Google.