Nextcloud

Germany Project management

Self-hostable productivity suite. Docs, calendar, contacts and more, all fully European.

Quick facts

Headquarters Stuttgart, Germany
Company Nextcloud GmbH
Founded 2016
Ownership VC-backed
Hosting 🇩🇪 Germany
Infrastructure Own infrastructure
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source Full
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Open-core · from Free
Free tier Yes
Platforms Web, iOS, Android, Desktop, Self-hosted
Languages
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87 · Strongly European
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Why does it score 87?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30
Ownership & control
VC-backed, no non-EU parent
15/25
Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure
30/30
Accountability & trust
Fully open source + GDPR
12/15
EuroPoints total
87/100
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See how they compare

Nextcloud
CryptPad
Baserow
EuroPoints
87 Strongly European
100 Certified European
75 Strongly European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
Ownership & control
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
Independent ownership25/25
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure30/30
Own infrastructure30/30
Mixed infra, all EU/EFTA-hosted18/30
Accountability & trust
Fully open source + GDPR12/15
Fully open source + GDPR12/15
Fully open source + GDPR12/15
Independence bonus
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Bootstrapped, no outside investors5/5
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Headquarters
Stuttgart, Germany
Paris, France
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded
2016
2015
2021
Open source
Full
Full
Full
Infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
GDPR
✓
✓
✓
Free tier
✓
✓
✓
Pricing
Open-core · from Free
Freemium · from Free
Open-core · from Free
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android, Desktop, Self-hosted
Web, Self-hosted
Web, Self-hosted
Languages
en, de, fr, es, it, nl, pl, pt, ru, zh, ja, ar
en, fr, de, es, pt, nl, ru, zh, ar, ja
en

What does it replace?

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