# Page 17 | Nextcloud Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 17 - Is Nextcloud the right File Sharing solution for you? Explore 442 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/161572/NextCloud/reviews --- Nextcloud 4.6 (442) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/161572/NextCloud/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 17 - Reviews of Nextcloud ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 401-425 of 442 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use RGA Rajan Goyal A. Assistant Professor Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy storage file exchange ... Security 2 levels" February 5, 2020 5.0 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. Review Source Brad B. System Administrator Government Administration Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nextcould" January 13, 2020 4.0 We use Nextcloud as a simple replacement for an ftp site. Basically used to drop off and pickup files for our customers. Having a web interface it is much easier for non-technical staff to use. Pros Moderately easy setup with the security and features needed for our project. Multiple uses for this software which will perform favorably for many situations Cons Learning curve for people without Linux experience but I figured it out. Review Source DM David M. Fullstack Internet Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Great alternative to Big Name Cloud" June 29, 2022 5.0 Pros Easy Docker implementation and perfect alternative to Google suite. Ideal to take any privacy issues in-house. Cons Can be tricky to get everyone onboard with something different. Review Source DM Daniel M. Mediadesigner Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nextcloud is a excellent Cloud Software" February 10, 2020 5.0 Sharing Files over cloud and much more. Groupware included, etc. Pros Easy Setup even on shared Hosting. Much Updates and good Community. Cons Often Updates in past and many Bugs on the beginning Alternatives considered [Seafile](https://www.capterra.com/p/161574/Seafile/) Reason for choosing Nextcloud Easy to install on shared Hosting Review Source CO Christian O. Webmaster Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nextcloud is a good option as a file manager" August 23, 2019 4.0 It's a good product to use and is suitable for a wide variety of file management use cases as it supports viewing media files and much more. Pros It's updated regularly, there a number of useful plugins and multi-user support is good. Cons Performance isn't very good - there are lots of unminified JavaScript files Reason for choosing Nextcloud Support for connecting to storage on Amazon S3 Review Source SG Svetlana G. Account Director Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Basic File sharing Service" November 22, 2019 4.0 It is a good tool if used company wide and not segmented to just a specific team Pros It is easy to organize and share links from files. Great way to organize and keep track of documentation related to clients and accounts. Cons There are some security features that end up locking me out often. Adaptor doesn't work well for macs and I use the tool mostly remotely. Switched from [Dropbox Business](https://www.capterra.com/p/143068/Dropbox-Business/) Costs Review Source TS Tobias S. Engineer Industrial Automation Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best Cloud Storage Platform ever" December 10, 2019 5.0 Pros It is easy to use and super fast. There are many Features and options for Integration. Cons There is no simple small Hardware solution that works out of the Box. You have to Setup by yourself. Review Source BC Bhargavi C. Student Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Allows me to seamless access data across all my devices. On par with " March 16, 2018 4.0 Open source option with more flexibility than other cloud storage applications. Pros This open source option works as good as the competing paid versions with much less restrictions. Also more flexibility in the dev version. Cons The Android app is not as good as expected with login and connectivity issues. A bit of a learning curve in the beginning. Review Source Response from Nextcloud October 13, 2018 Dear Bhargavi, 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! LJ Lori J. Systems Administrator Computer Networking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Privacy sensitive data goes to Nextcloud" January 13, 2020 5.0 Pros In this age of decreasing privacy I'm very happy that this robust private cloud software exists, and I'm slowly migrating existing public cloud applications to their Nextcloud counterparts. I set it up in different environments and installation and basic configuration was very easy. The admin interface is well organized, and there is a good third party application community as well. Cons I had some minor issues with desktop file sync software, which were solved in a software update. Review Source Lacy M. Partner Computer Networking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Refreshingly simple to use" January 13, 2020 5.0 Anytime, anywhere access to data. That's a good thing. Pros I like that it is open source and available to run on a variety of platforms, whether it is a virtual server in the cloud, a local physical system, local virtualized system, or run on a NAS. Cons I don't really have any. It does what it does. Review Source ES Eric S. Engineering manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Dropbox alternative" December 29, 2020 4.0 Great, really easy to install and use. Works well. Pros Cost, ease of installation, add ons, AWS compatibility Cons There were no features that I didn't like about the product. Review Source KL Kent L. IT admin Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "good" December 31, 2019 4.0 Pros large file email attachment, and outlook integration Cons workflow function not complete. auto workflow need improvment. Review Source SS Stefan S. Head of IT-Operations Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Your cloud in your hands" December 9, 2019 4.0 Pros We love the ease of use and a lot of good ideas. Cons Sometimes administration and debugging is hard a little bit. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Systems Technician Libraries Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Getting better and better" August 26, 2019 4.0 Pros Features, ability to integrate with outside services like S3, etc. Cons Sometimes clunky and slow, though that could be due to server config. Review Source CB Clément B. General director Financial Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Nextcloud review " January 8, 2023 4.0 Pros The simplicity of use, installation of the solution, the simplicity of updates... Nextcloud also allows the creation of portals of connection for the users Cons The configuration of the notifications as the client configuration is difficult to implement it requires a good mastery to achieve it Review Source Emad E. Developer Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Full-Stack Developer" June 6, 2018 4.0 Pros Best self-hosted cloud! It can be installed even on a shared-hosting with high flexibility via apps. Cons Few things needs to fix or enhance for example, it should not disable apps for updating next cloud itself. Review Source Response from Nextcloud October 13, 2018 Dear user, Thank you for the review on Capterra! We're very glad you are happy with Nextcloud! If you use Nextcloud 13 or 14, we no longer disable apps on update! You're welcome ;-) Take care! VR Verified Reviewer Product Manager Hospitality Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "NextCloud Sharing" December 30, 2019 4.0 Nextcloud, although is good but leaves me to desire for more features. Pros There are different options to network with the people. You can share files using Nextcloud Files, can get on groupware and start a project or use those files on talk. The integration is great. Cons I wish I could host some features on it that I'd like to test for the team before production. Review Source WC William C. CIO Real Estate Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Excellent Way to Control your data" August 23, 2019 5.0 Easy to use and open source allows me to deploy at home as well. Pros Data resides on your own server or cloud provider Cons Support is expensive. Native "drive letter" virtual drive is still beta Alternatives considered [OneDrive](https://www.capterra.com/p/161304/OneDrive/) Review Source TC Tevfik C. Senior Network and Security Consultant Food & Beverages Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Not stable" January 23, 2021 3.0 Just try to Install full feature. Didnt achieved Pros Lots of free apps. And free all of them. Cons Apps are not stable, less documentation, less support in community Alternatives considered [ownCloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/176602/ownCloud/)[Cerberus FTP Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/163280/Cerberus-FTP-Server/)[FileCloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/166916/FileCloud/) Reason for choosing Nextcloud All apps are free Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Soporte Industrial Automation Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "La mejor alternativa a Google Drive" December 6, 2022 5.0 Mi experiencia con Nextcloud es muy buena. Con esta aplicacion comparto archivos con mi equipo de trabajo. Pros Los mas me gusta es que puedes tener tus datos resguardados por mi mismo. Asi que tienes el control de tus archivos. Cons Los que menos me gusta es su interface. En ocaciones es muy lenta y el diseña lo cambiaria un poco para hcaerlo mas atractivo. Review Source Scott T. Network Engineer Telecommunications Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "NextCloud" January 13, 2020 5.0 It is very easy to setup and use. I was able to easily download it and integrate with Open Media Vault running on Raspberry Pi. Pros It is a full featured cloud solution that has no monthly subscriptions. It is also a private solution which I like. Cons There are no cons as of yet. I have not run into any issues to date. Review Source JPD Jean Patrick D. Président Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Simple en apparence" September 17, 2022 3.0 Pros Permet des échanges en temps réel avec un serveur Cons La configuration "client" est difficile à mettre en oeuvre et à appréhender Review Source TP Tiberiu P. System Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "It's a great tool for personal use" May 26, 2019 5.0 The first could application I installed and used was Owncloud and the reason why I choosed to replace it with Nextcloud was the GpxPod application. But using Nextcloud proved to be a better alternative to Owncloud which required manual update of the applications. Pros \* It's free \* It offers me everything that I need for a cloud platform \* The applications which are available are great \* Easy to maintain and upgrade \* Build-in sqlite functionality for small installations which makes it easy to install Cons I've been using Nextcloud for about an year now and there is nothing that I don't like about it. Review Source Response from Nextcloud June 30, 2019 Thank you for your feedback! We will most certainly keep improving Nextcloud and exceeding your expectations! JG John G. IT admin Farming Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Self Hosted File Service" January 13, 2020 5.0 We were able to maintain our local folder/file share structure, and yet make everything available in the cloud. Pros Highly secure, flexible deployment options, back end connectors to other clouds, api for customized access Cons No direct connector for ms office on mobile. It's a little tricky to make sure you have the latest version. Review Source UK Ulrich K. DICO Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The easy and the complicated approach" December 9, 2019 4.0 Pros Nextcloud Client is very powerful and easy to use Cons Circles and the setup of circles are much too complicated. Review Source Similar Products Featured