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Alternatives to Nextcloud
16 file storage & backup tools sit alongside Nextcloud in this directory. Below is what separates each from Nextcloud on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 16
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Nextcloud starts at
- Free
Why people look past Nextcloud
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Nextcloud entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Nextcloud publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to €204.75/year. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Nextcloud pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Free open-source backup with encryption
Priced and rated the same as Nextcloud on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Affordable online backup with multiple device support
- Starts $4 a month dearer, at $4/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to Nextcloud's 4.
Open-source ZFS storage operating system for network-attached storage
- Sold on a open-source model rather than freemium.
Modern data protection for enterprise workloads
- Starts $250 a year dearer, at $250/year.
Mac and Windows backup to your own cloud storage
- No free tier, where Nextcloud has one.
- Starts $50 a year dearer, at $50/year.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to Nextcloud's 4.
Unlimited cloud backup at an affordable price
- No free tier, where Nextcloud has one.
- Starts $9 a month dearer, at $9/month.
- 2 tiers to Nextcloud's 4.
Every Nextcloud alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nextcloud (this page) | Free | Freemium | 4 | |
| Duplicati | Free | - | - | vs Nextcloud |
| IDrive | Free, then $4/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Nextcloud |
| TrueNAS | Free | Open-source | - | vs Nextcloud |
| Veeam Backup & Replication | Free, then $250/year | - | - | vs Nextcloud |
| Arq Backup | $50/year | Subscription | 1 | vs Nextcloud |
| Backblaze | $9/month | - | 2 | vs Nextcloud |
| Barracuda Backup | On request | Subscription | - | vs Nextcloud |
| Box | On request | Subscription | - | vs Nextcloud |
| Carbonite | $6/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Nextcloud |
| CrashPlan | $8/month | - | 3 | vs Nextcloud |
| Microsoft OneDrive | On request | Subscription | - | vs Nextcloud |
| pCloud | On request | One-time | - | vs Nextcloud |
| Sync.com | On request | Subscription | - | vs Nextcloud |
| Tresorit | On request | Subscription | - | vs Nextcloud |
| Veritas NetBackup | $100/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Nextcloud |
| Zerto | $5/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Nextcloud |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Nextcloud badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (4)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Duplicati , Free
- IDrive , Free, then $4/month
- TrueNAS , Free
- Veeam Backup & Replication , Free, then $250/year
What you would be giving up
Nextcloud is most often brought in for government and public sector organisations with data sovereignty requirements, enterprises replacing dropbox or box for cost reduction and data control, education institutions providing secure file collaboration, healthcare and finance sectors requiring on-premises deployment for compliance, hybrid work environments where teams synchronise documents and communicate, digital asset management and media collaboration workflows. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Nextcloud is broadly right and the question is cost, the Nextcloud pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the File Storage & Backup category lists everything the directory holds, and best file storage & backup tools ranks them.
Nextcloud runs on self-hosted, web, windows, macos, linux, ios, android, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Nextcloud alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Nextcloud?
- 16 other file storage & backup tools are listed in this directory, led by Duplicati, IDrive, TrueNAS, Veeam Backup & Replication. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Nextcloud?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Duplicati, IDrive, TrueNAS, Veeam Backup & Replication.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Nextcloud?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Nextcloud?
- Nextcloud is most often brought in for government and public sector organisations with data sovereignty requirements, enterprises replacing dropbox or box for cost reduction and data control, education institutions providing secure file collaboration, healthcare and finance sectors requiring on-premises deployment for compliance, hybrid work environments where teams synchronise documents and communicate, digital asset management and media collaboration workflows. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Nextcloud?
- TrueNAS is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Nextcloud alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, File Storage & Backup, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Nextcloud against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Nextcloud covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every file storage & backup tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the File Storage & Backup category, 16 tools beside Nextcloud. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.