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Comparing Nextcloud

the most popular self-hosted EFSS and Content Collaboration Platform

Nextcloud is the open-source solution to protect your data

Enterprise file synchronization and sharing (also known as EFSS and enterprise file sync and share).
Let’s compare it to other software services, such popular but closed-source,
and switch to a more transparent and open-source solution to protect your data!

EFSS refers to software services that enable organizations to securely synchronize and share documents, photos, videos and files from multiple devices with employees, and external customers and partners. Organizations often adopt these technologies to prevent employees from using consumer-based file sharing apps to store, access and manage corporate data that is outside of the IT department’s control and visibility.

  • Licensing
  • Unlimited storage and amount of files
  • Large file support
  • Self hosted/on premises
  • Global scalability
  • Clients
  • Mobile Clients
  • Auto upload images/video/other files
  • Desktop clients
  • LAN Synchronization
  • Extensible with apps
  • Outlook integration
  • Server features
  • Unified search
  • File Versioning
  • File Locking/checkout
  • Multiple link shares
  • Share note
  • Dashboard
  • View PDF, images, video, gallery
  • Integrated Audio/Video/Text chat
  • Integrated Groupware
    (Calendar/Contacts/
    Mail/Kanban)
  • Mobile calendar/contact integration
  • Online Office web / mobile apps
  • Knowledge management
  • Forms and surveys
  • User-managed groups
  • File Drop (customer file upload)
  • Video Verification
  • Inter-server sharing
  • Workspaces
  • Accessibility
  • Keyboard/screen reader support
  • WCAG 2.1 support
  • Dyslexia-friendly font
  • Admin features
  • Access control lists
  • Content workflow automation
  • Approval process workflow
  • Cryptographic document signatures
  • Automatic script execution
  • Impersonate users
  • Real time notifications
  • Monitoring web/API interface
  • Data retention policy support
  • Long term support (5-10 years)
  • Branding
  • Compliance features
  • Audit trail
  • Imprint and privacy links
  • Built in data-request/account deletion
  • Terms-of-service
  • Security features
  • Server side encryption
  • Client side / End-to-end encryption
  • Video Verification
  • Brute force hacking protection
  • NIST compliant password policy
  • Web UI secured with CSP 3.0
  • Same-site cookie attribute
  • File Access Control
  • App access rights
  • Authentication
  • enforcable 2-factor authentication
  • ML based suspicious login detection
  • LDAP/AD
  • Native SAML
  • Auth via env variable
  • Kerberos
  • Storage
  • File storage (local/NFS)
  • Object storage (S3/Swift)
  • CIFS/Windows Shares
  • Sharepoint
  • Extensible storage
  • Nextcloud

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    • Easy self-service in UI or full custom CSS
    • U2F/OTP/SMS Signal/Telegram notifications

    • 2013/2016
  • Google Drive

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    • limited
    • N.A.
    • very limited
    • U2F/OTP/SMS notifications
    • Proprietary
    • 10GB
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    • limited
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    • limited to admins
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    • N.A.
    • U2F/OTP/SMS notifications
  • Dropbox

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    • Proprietary
    • Varies per plan
    • 20GB
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    • limited to admins
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    • N.A.
    • very limited
    • SMS/U2F/OTP

Nextcloud is the solution to protect your data.

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