ownCloud

What is ownCloud?

File sync and sharing in project spaces, with web office editing and desktop and mobile apps.

Who is ownCloud best for?

ownCloud is best for IT teams in regulated companies that want file sync on their own servers or hosted in Germany.

• Project folders

  Spaces give each project its own shared folder with members and rights, apart from personal files.

• Office editing on your terms

  Documents open in OnlyOffice, Collabora, Microsoft 365 or Office Online, whichever the company already runs.

• Light installs

  Infinite Scale runs as one Go binary or container without a relational database.

• Data kept in Germany

  ownCloud.online is hosted in Germany, with multi-factor sign-in, end-to-end encryption and 180 days of file recovery.

How much does ownCloud cost?

ownCloud Infinite Scale is free to self-host; hosted ownCloud.online costs €18 per user a month for 1 to 4 users or €16 per user for teams of 5 or more, and Enterprise is quoted from 25 users.

Yearly billing brings ownCloud.online to €15 (Single) and €13 (Teams) per user a month, and OnlyOffice editing costs €4 per user a month extra. Enterprise starts at 25 users on a yearly contract, priced on request, and on-premise support starts at €188 per user a year. Full pricing on owncloud.online. We checked these prices on 8 Nov 2026.

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Is ownCloud open source?

Yes. ownCloud's code is public under the Apache 2.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.

What are the best ownCloud alternatives?

Three tools on Recaply do ownCloud's job.

NextcloudOpen Source

File sync and sharing with chat, video calls, calendar, mail and office editing.

OpenCloudOpen Source

File sync and sharing with team spaces, web office editing and full-text search on your own server.

SeafileOpen Source

Self-hosted file sync and sharing with encrypted libraries, wikis and custom file views.

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