t('How Nextcloud stacks up');?>

t('Why is Nextcloud the most popular self-hosted EFSS and Content Collaboration Platform?');?>

t('What makes Nextcloud the best choice');?>

t('Best security');?>

t('Nextcloud is developed in a security-focused process as attested by a range of external experts and security pen-tests.');?>

t('Industry-leading features include machine-learning based login protection, 2-factor authentication measures, brute force protection and unique capabilities like Video Verification, end-to-end and server-side encryption.');?>

t('We put our money where our mouth is: our USD 10.000 security bug bounty program brings top security expertise in, keeping your data safe.');?>

t('Largest ecosystem');?>

t('As the most deployed self-hosted file sync and content collaboration platform, Nextcloud offers the widest range of add-on capabilities and integrations in the industry. Over 200 \'apps\' offer powerful security capabilities, team productivity features and infrastructure integrations.');?>

t('With Nextcloud you can eliminate a confusing mess of different SaaS platforms and the security, cost, compliance and productivity problems they bring with them.');?>

t('Easiest to use');?>

t('Powerful capabilities often result in complicated user interfaces, lowering productivity and hindering quick adoption in organizations. Without limiting their abilities, Nextcloud does not overwhelm users with unnecessary clutter. Our customers remark time and again how few support tickets it creates for their IT teams.');?>

t('Accessibility features like keyboard and screenreader navigation, WCAG 2.1 compliant contrast and a dyslexia-friendly font are available only in the leading on-premises content collaboration platform');?>!

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t('See how Nextcloud compares to these popular closed-source services, and switch to a more open and transparent solution to protect your data!');?>

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  • t('Unlimited storage and amount of files');?>
  • t('Large file support');?>
  • t('Self hosted/on premises');?>
  • t('Global scalability');?>
  • t('Clients');?>
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  • t('Auto upload images/video/other files');?>
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  • t('LAN Synchronization');?>
  • t('Extensible with apps');?>
  • t('Outlook integration');?>
  • t('Server features');?>
  • t('Unified search');?>
  • t('File Versioning');?>
  • t('File Locking/checkout');?>
  • t('Multiple link shares');?>
  • t('Share note');?>
  • t('Dashboard');?>
  • t('View PDF, images, video, gallery');?>
  • t('Integrated Audio/Video/Text chat');?>
  • t('Integrated Groupware
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    Mail/Kanban)');?>
  • t('Mobile calendar/contact integration');?>
  • t('Online Office web / mobile apps');?>
  • t('Knowledge management');?>
  • t('Forms and surveys');?>
  • t('User-managed groups');?>
  • t('File Drop (customer file upload)');?>
  • t('Video Verification');?>
  • t('Inter-server sharing');?>
  • t('Workspaces');?>
  • t('Accessibility');?>
  • t('Keyboard/screen reader support');?>
  • t('WCAG 2.1 support');?>
  • t('Dyslexia-friendly font');?>
  • t('Admin features');?>
  • t('Access control lists');?>
  • t('Content workflow automation');?>
  • t('Approval process workflow');?>
  • t('Cryptographic document signatures');?>
  • t('Automatic script execution');?>
  • t('Impersonate users');?>
  • t('Real time notifications');?>
  • t('Monitoring web/API interface');?>
  • t('Data retention policy support');?>
  • t('Long term support (5-10 years)');?>
  • t('Branding');?>
  • t('Compliance features');?>
  • t('Audit trail');?>
  • t('Imprint and privacy links');?>
  • t('Built in data-request/account deletion');?>
  • t('Terms-of-service');?>
  • t('Security features');?>
  • t('Server side encryption');?>
  • t('Client side / End-to-end encryption');?>
  • t('Video Verification');?>
  • t('Brute force hacking protection');?>
  • t('NIST compliant password policy');?>
  • t('Web UI secured with CSP 3.0');?>
  • t('Same-site cookie attribute');?>
  • t('File Access Control');?>
  • t('App access rights');?>
  • t('Authentication');?>
  • t('enforcable 2-factor authentication');?>
  • t('ML based suspicious login detection');?>
  • t('LDAP/AD');?>
  • t('Native SAML');?>
  • t('Auth via env variable');?>
  • t('Kerberos');?>
  • t('Storage');?>
  • t('File storage (local/NFS)');?>
  • t('Object storage (S3/Swift)');?>
  • t('CIFS/Windows Shares');?>
  • t('Sharepoint');?>
  • t('Extensible storage');?>
  • Nextcloud

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    • AA/AAA
    • t('');?>
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    • t('Easy self-service in UI or full custom CSS');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('U2F/OTP/SMS Signal/Telegram notifications');?>
    • t('');?>

    • 2013/2016
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    • t('limited');?>
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    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
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    • t('');?>
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    • t('U2F/OTP/SMS notifications');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('Proprietary');?>
    • t('10GB');?>
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    • t('');?>
    • t('limited');?>
    • //
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    • *
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>

    • t('limited to admins');?>
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    • t('N.A.');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('U2F/OTP/SMS notifications');?>
    • t('');?>
  • ownCloud

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    • t('');?>
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    • /
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    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>

    • t('limited to admins');?>
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    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>

    • 2013/2016
  • Box

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    • t('Varies per plan');?>
    • t('5GB');?>
    • t('');?>
    • / / *
    • t('');?>
    • t('limited');?>
    • //
    • /
    • t('');?>
    • AA/AAA
    • t('');?>

    • t('limited to admins');?>
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    • t('');?>
    • t('SMS');?>
    • t('');?>
  • Citrix

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    • t('10GB');?>
    • t('');?>
    • / / *
    • t('');?>
    • t('*');?>
    • //
    • ///
    • /
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>

    • t('limited to admins');?>
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    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('SMS');?>
    • t('');?>
  • Dropbox

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    • t('Varies per plan');?>
    • t('20GB');?>
    • t('');?>
    • / / *
    • t('');?>
    • t('limited');?>
    • //
    • //
    • /
    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>

    • t('limited to admins');?>
    • /
    • t('N.A.');?>
    • t('very limited');?>
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    • t('');?>
    • t('');?>
    • t('SMS/U2F/OTP');?>
    • t('');?>
  • Egnyte

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    • t('');?>
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    • t('');?>
    • t('limited');?>
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    • t('limited to admins');?>
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    • t('limited');?>
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    • t('limited to admins');?>
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t('Based on public information to our best knowledge, gathered July 1, 2021. We understand the world is constantly changing, if you see we missed a feature or made a mistake, let us know.');?> You can use our contact form.

t('Note that end-to-end encryption in a browser is not the same as client-side encryption as it fails to protect adequately from the server (it does not offer \'zero-knowledge\' protection). The security experts at the British NCC Group have written on this subject, considering javascript encryption in the browser "harmful".');?>