Host Nextcloud without installing anything
Your files, your calendar and your contacts in one place: synced to the desktop, mountable as a network drive, shared through a link you keep control of.
Starting at €15.99/month
Introduction
Nextcloud installed, updated and backed up by us, on a machine in France. You install nothing and configure no server: the application is online a few minutes after you order, under your own name.
The plan that suits it is App Performance at €15.99/month incl. VAT — 8 GB of memory. Nextcloud is a PHP application that handles each request in its own process: ten people syncing at once means ten active processes. On top of that sits the preview generator, which opens every photo and PDF uploaded in order to make a thumbnail. 2 GB gets it started; the 8 GB are what a small team needs in order to work without waiting.
Nextcloud does not lock itself inside its own interface: it speaks WebDAV, so it can be mounted as a network drive in Windows Explorer or the Finder, and it speaks CalDAV and CardDAV, so Thunderbird, DAVx5 on Android and the native iOS accounts connect straight to it. As for moving in from Google Drive or Dropbox, there is no magic button: you download the export from the service you are leaving, drop it into the synced folder, and the desktop client does the rest.
What Nextcloud does
A folder on the machine, not only a website
The desktop client, on Windows, macOS and Linux, keeps a local folder current. Files-on-demand avoids pulling everything down: a file is fetched when opened, and the disk breathes.
WebDAV, CalDAV and CardDAV, with no exotic setup
The space mounts as a network drive; the calendar and address book connect to Thunderbird, to DAVx5 on Android and to the built-in iOS accounts. These are standard protocols, not a house-made bridge.
Shares that obey rules
A link can carry a password, an expiry date, a read-only permission. A file drop lets someone send a document without seeing what the others have deposited.
Yesterday's mistake can be undone
Every save creates a version, and the bin keeps what was deleted. Restoring an accidentally overwritten file takes two clicks and requires asking nobody for help.
Who uses it, and what for
A practice leaving Dropbox
Client folders synced to the workstations, shares dated and password-protected, and a storage address that can be named in a confidentiality agreement.
A tradesperson photographing their sites
The mobile app uploads the day's photos automatically; by the evening they are already filed in the job's folder, on the office computer.
A charity collecting receipts
A file drop open to volunteers: each sends their expense claim without seeing anyone else's, and without an account being created for every person.
A team writing together
The document opened in the browser and edited by two or three people at once, with version history behind it — provided a document server is added alongside, which we know how to do.
Someone getting out of Google
Files, calendar and contacts brought together on an identified machine, over open protocols that will make leaving as easy as arriving.
Hosted in France
In our own datacentre in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, which we operate ourselves. Your working documents are not subject to foreign legislation, and the person on the phone speaks your language.
Frequently asked questions
There is no button that does the transfer on its own, and be wary of anyone promising one for large volumes. The reliable path is this: request the export from the service you are leaving — Google Takeout, or the Dropbox export — unpack it, drop it into the desktop client's synced folder, and let the sync climb quietly, even if it runs overnight. Calendars and contacts, on the other hand, import directly as .ics and .vcf.
The feature exists, but it rests on a separate component: a document server, Collabora Online or ONLYOFFICE, which renders the file inside the browser. It is not a checkbox inside Nextcloud, it is a service installed alongside. Tell us if you need it: it is provided for, but it does not come by default.
Yes, that is the point of WebDAV. Windows Explorer, the Finder, Linux file managers, rclone or Cyberduck connect with your space's WebDAV address and a dedicated app password. It is useful on a shared workstation where no local copy is wanted. One reservation: on very large folders, Windows' native mount becomes slow — the sync client stays more comfortable day to day.
App Performance, at €15.99/month incl. VAT. It provides 8 GB of memory where the application asks for 2 GB at minimum: the headroom serves the system, not the decor. You can change plan later without reinstalling.
Yes, they are part of the service. A self-hosted application left un-updated is a security risk, not a saving.