Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Nextcloud

The 20 closest Self-hosted collaboration software alternatives to Nextcloud, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 12 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Nextcloud? The closest matches are Vercel, NetSuite and Box. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Nextcloud

Nextcloud nextcloud.com

Nextcloud - Open source content collaboration platform

The most popular open source content collaboration platform for tens of millions of users at thousands of organizations across the globe

Wikidata: self-hosted productivity platform which provides private and secure functions for file sharing, collaborative work, and more ; includes the Nextcloud server, client applications for desktop computers, and mobile clients

Top 10K · #1,030 English 12 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Nextcloud develops open source, self-hostable collaboration software that combines file storage and sync, chat and video calls, calendar, contacts and email, online office editing, workflow automation and an AI assistant. Organizations can run it on premises or in a private cloud.

Who it’s for
Businesses, public sector, and privacy-conscious organizations
Business model
Enterprise subscriptions and support

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Nextcloud’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

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03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Nextcloud

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Nextcloud, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Vercel vercel.com Top 10K English

    Agentic Infrastructure - Vercel

    The autonomous stack for every app and agent.

  2. 02
    NetSuite netsuite.com Top 10K

    American cloud-based business management software company

  3. 03
    Box box.com Top 1K English

    Box | AI-Powered Content Management, Workflow & Collaboration

    Intelligent Content Management makes it easy to automate workflows, collaborate internally and externally, and protect your sensitive data, all on one platform.

  4. 04
    RustDesk rustdesk.com Top 10K English

    RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions

    RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

  5. 05
    Slack slack.com Top 1K English

    Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools

    Boost productivity and save time with Slack‌ — ‌the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.

  6. 06
    Dropbox dropbox.com Top 1K English

    Dropbox: Secure cloud storage, file sharing, and more

    Discover Dropbox – secure, easy cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration. With Dash, save time and organize all your company content in one place.

  7. 07
    Zoho zoho.com Top 1K German

    Zoho | Cloud-Software-Suite für Unternehmen

    Eine einzigartige und leistungsstarke Software-Suite, die Ihre Arbeitsweise verändert. Entwickelt für Unternehmen jeder Größe; von einem Unternehmen gebaut, das Ihre Privatsphäre schätzt.

  8. 08
    Smartsheet smartsheet.com Top 10K English

    The Execution Hub for Enterprise Work | Smartsheet

    Smartsheet is the Execution Hub where people and AI get work done together, with the governance and visibility enterprises need.

  9. 09
    monday.com Top 10K English

    The AI Workspace for People & Agents | monday.com

    Get more work done with AI agents that work side by side with your people. Execute, manage, and operate together on one AI Workspace to drive business results.

  10. 10
    Zendesk zendesk.com Top 1K German

    KI-gestützte Serviceplattform | Zendesk

    Mehr als Ticketvermeidung: KI-Agenten lösen Anfragen durchgängig. Verbessern Sie Servicequalität, Geschwindigkeit und Skalierung. Jetzt kostenlos testen.

  11. 11
    cloud.microsoft Top 100 English

    Microsoft 365 - Sign into Copilot

    Microsoft 365 includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive, with Microsoft Copilot built in to help you create, communicate, and summarize information. Formerly Office 365.

  12. 12
    n8n n8n.io Top 10K English

    AI Workflow Automation Platform - n8n

    n8n is a workflow automation platform that uniquely combines AI capabilities with business process automation, giving technical teams the flexibility of code with the speed of no-code.

  13. 13
    Infomaniak SA infomaniak.com Top 10K English

    Control your data governance with an independent cloud. Solutions hosted in the heart of Europe, designed to protect your confidentiality.

  14. 14
    Zoom zoom.com Top 1K English

    One platform to connect | Zoom

    Modernize workflows with Zoom's trusted collaboration tools: including video meetings, Zoom Chat, VoIP phone, webinars, whiteboard, contact center, and events.

  15. 15
    Ollama ollama.com Top 10K

    Ollama · Run AI models locally and in the cloud

    Ollama is the easiest way to run and build with open AI models locally or in the cloud on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

  16. 16
    Zotero zotero.org Top 10K English

    Zotero | Your personal research assistant

    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

  17. 17
    Cloudinary cloudinary.com Top 1K English

    Image and Video Platform for Visual Experiences | Cloudinary

    Streamline media management and improve user experience by automatically delivering images and videos, enhanced and optimized for every user.

  18. 18
    Xero xero.com Top 10K English

    Accounting Software for Small Businesses | Xero

    Xero software for small businesses connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today.

  19. 19
    Kubernetes kubernetes.io Top 10K English

    Kubernetes

    Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.

  20. 20
    LibreOffice libreoffice.org Top 10K English

    Free and private office suite, no forced AI — LibreOffice

    LibreOffice is a free office suite

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to nextcloud.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Nextcloud uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Nextcloud is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
JavaScript libraries
  • jQuery asset https://nextcloud.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=3.7.1
CSS & UI
  • Bootstrap asset https://nextcloud.com/c/themes/nextcloud-theme/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css?ver=1784538515
  • Font Awesome asset https://nextcloud.com/p/js_composer/assets/lib/vendor/dist/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/…
Analytics
  • Matomo page source: _paq.push(
Web servers
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-includes/)
Video
  • Vimeo page source: player.vimeo.com/video
Email delivery
  • Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 mx include:sendgrid.net include:amazonses.com include:_spf.eu.…
  • SendGrid TXT v=spf1 mx include:sendgrid.net include:amazonses.com include:_spf.eu.…
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

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