"Nextcloud, a German productivity and collaboration software vendor, hopes to capitalize on the shift in mood. Working with Ionos, a German data center hosting company, Nextcloud plans to launch an open-source service that it bills as a digitally sovereign competitor to better-known US software-as-a-service (SaaS) products like Microsoft 365 (M365). Nextcloud, which launched in 2016, already develops and sells a suite of collaboration and productivity tools called Nextcloud Hub, which includes apps for document editing, email, and video meetings."
"Nextcloud Hub can be downloaded and accessed for free by individuals under an open-source license, though the company offers a paid service for larger organizations. Nextcloud said it has around 1,500 customers for the latter, which includes enterprise support and additional features. Typically, enterprise customers install Nextcloud Hub on their own infrastructure or pay a third-party data center provider to host the application suite. (Nextcloud doesn't provide hosting services itself.)"
Nextcloud and Ionos are launching a hosted, open-source service positioned as a digitally sovereign alternative to US SaaS products such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Nextcloud Hub provides document editing, email, video meetings, and an integrated AI assistant. Individuals can download Nextcloud Hub for free under an open-source license while larger organizations typically use paid hosting or self-host the suite. Nextcloud has around 1,500 enterprise customers for paid offerings. The new turnkey hosted option aims to simplify adoption for large organizations seeking local control over data amid geopolitical and trade tensions that have increased concern over reliance on US cloud providers.
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