Nextcloud

About Nextcloud

Platform for file storage, sharing and collaboration where the data lives on the server you run. The server code is licensed under the AGPL version 3; per-file headers state AGPL-3.0-only or AGPL-3.0-or-later.

What it can replace

• Dropbox

  Partial alternativeProposed

  Basis:

  SIAX's assessment

  Provenance:

  SIAX record

  Migration effort:

  Not assessed

  Confidence in the assessment:

  Not assessed

  Last checked:

  2026-10-29

  SIAX:s kategoribedömning; projektets eget material (README, webbplats) nämner inte tjänsten som alternativ vid kontroll 2026-10-29

• Google Drive

  Partial alternativeProposed

  Basis:

  SIAX's assessment

  Provenance:

  SIAX record

  Migration effort:

  Not assessed

  Confidence in the assessment:

  Not assessed

  Last checked:

  2026-10-29

  SIAX:s kategoribedömning; projektets eget material (README, webbplats) nämner inte tjänsten som alternativ vid kontroll 2026-10-29

Feature coverage

The features have not been assessed yet. We show no coverage without evidence.

Three separate assessments

Licence, project health and security are reported separately. We never combine them into one score.

Operations and data control

Deployment options

Self-hosted

Verified · Official source

• Official source, retrieved 2026-10-30: docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html

Packaging

docker, docker-compose, kubernetes

Verified · Official source

• Official source, retrieved 2026-10-30: docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/source_installation.html
• Official source, retrieved 2026-10-30: github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one/blob/70c9331e3a676c1d3bce796cc090b3927afcc445/readme.md

Databases

mysql, mariadb, postgres, sqlite

Minimum resources

Unknown

Sign-in (SSO)

LDAP, OIDC, SAML

Verified · Official source

• Official source, retrieved 2026-10-30: docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_oidc.html
• Official source, retrieved 2026-10-30: docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_user/user_auth_ldap.html
• Official source, retrieved 2026-10-30: github.com/nextcloud/user_saml/blob/7c02b4b01bbea9d952ea03dedd94f3791b3fa613/README.md

Export

Unknown

• Hosting

Data residency and GDPR

Glossary: Data residency

For organisations operating in Sweden or elsewhere in the EU. Only sourced facts are shown. This is not legal advice.

Data location

You decide: when you run the tool yourself, the data stays where you run it, for example in a data centre in Sweden or elsewhere in the EU. Inferred

Data control features

None documented yet Unknown

Run by SIAX

The hosting provider and region of SIAX Cloud are listed in the list of sub-processors.

GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) applies to personal data processed in Sweden as in the rest of the EU. Transfers to countries outside the EU/EEA are governed by Chapter V.