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.)
What has been lacking from its product delivery options, according to Nextcloud CEO and cofounder Frank Karlitschek, is a “turnkey solution” that simplifies adoption for large organizations.
Nextcloud CEO and cofounder Frank Karlitschek
Nextcloud
“So far, the question was: do I go to an easy-to-use SaaS product like Microsoft and Google, or do I have this open-source, locally running alternative like Nextcloud Hub?” he said. Deploying Nextcloud Hub can require significant efforts from customers, with evaluation, proof of concepts, price negotiations, and consulting — “a lot of manual work, basically,” said Karlitschek.
This story originally appeared on Computerworld
