Register No. 064
Is Nextcloud European?
Yes. Nextcloud is under verified European control.
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Nothing new on file since the check on 4 September 2026. Seen news about Nextcloud? Send it with a source.
- Controlled by
- Nextcloud GmbH, fully employee-owned
- Control sits in
- Germany
- Legal entity
- Nextcloud GmbH
- Seat
Stuttgart, Germany- Last checked
About Nextcloud
Nextcloud GmbH in Stuttgart develops Nextcloud, open source software for files, documents, chat and video calls that organisations run on their own servers or with a hosting partner. Talk, Office and Deck are part of the same suite.
Evidence 3
- Nextcloud employee-ownership disclosurenextcloud.com ↗
- Nextcloud company history and funding modelnextcloud.com ↗
- Nextcloud legal noticenextcloud.com ↗
Sources were opened and read on the date of the check. Registers and websites change; if one of these no longer says what we cite it for, tell us.
Products 4
Nextcloud
nextcloud.com ↗Open source file hosting and collaboration platform
Nextcloud is an open source file hosting service that you run on your own server. The German company behind it sells enterprise support for organisations that need a compliant, supported deployment. Beyond file hosting, marketed as Nextcloud Files, there is Nextcloud Talk for audio and video calls and Nextcloud Groupware for calendar, contacts and email. Together the products form Nextcloud Hub.
- Instead of
- Dropbox, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Photos and Microsoft 365 Online
- Pricing
- The software is open source and free to host yourself. Support plans start at 36 euro per user per year.
- Suits
- Organisations that want cloud storage they control
Nextcloud Talk
nextcloud.com ↗Open source video conferencing inside Nextcloud
Nextcloud Talk is an open source video conferencing and team collaboration tool, part of the self-hostable Nextcloud Hub platform. It covers calls and team communication for hybrid teams, and because the architecture is open it can be adapted to what an organisation actually needs and connected to systems that are already in place.
- Instead of
- Microsoft Teams, Slack and Zoom
- Suits
- Hybrid teams wanting calls on their own servers
Nextcloud Office
nextcloud.com ↗Open source document collaboration inside Nextcloud
Nextcloud Office is the document collaboration service of the Nextcloud suite. It lets several people write in the same text document, spreadsheet or presentation directly in the browser, next to the files they already keep in Nextcloud. Under the hood it is built on the open source editor Collabora Online.
- Instead of
- Google Docs and Microsoft 365 Online
- Suits
- Teams editing documents on their own server
Nextcloud Deck
apps.nextcloud.com ↗Open source kanban boards inside Nextcloud
Nextcloud Deck is a simple open source project management application for the Nextcloud suite. It organises work on kanban boards, where cards move between columns as tasks progress. Boards can be shared with colleagues, who can comment on cards, label them and attach files, so discussion and documents stay with the task instead of in a separate chat.
- Instead of
- Asana and Jira
- Suits
- Nextcloud users who want simple task boards
Operations
Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 4 September 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.
| Part | Provider | Provider control | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public website | Hetzner | European | A 65.109.84.172 · AS24940 [1] [2] |
| Incoming email | Nextcloud Mail | European | MX 10 mx1.nextcloud.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Twilio SendGrid | Not European | SPF sendgrid.net [1] |
| Outgoing email | Amazon SES | Not European | SPF amazonses.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | SparkPost / Bird | European | SPF _spf.eu.sparkpostmail.com [1] |
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