--- title: ownCloud Reviews meta_title: 'ownCloud Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 241 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how ownCloud works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.3 review_count: 241 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-20' parent_category: name: Content Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/content-management --- # ownCloud Reviews **Vendor:** ownCloud **Category:** [Cloud Content Collaboration Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-content-collaboration) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 241 ## About ownCloud ownCloud is the open platform for more productivity and security in digital collaboration. ownCloud offers a solution to organizations that need to share confidential data internally and externally. The open platform offers better productivity and security within digital collaboration, and enables users to access data no matter where it is stored or which device is being used. ## ownCloud Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find ownCloud very **easy to use** , appreciating its intuitive design and quick setup across multiple devices. (12 reviews) - Users appreciate the **full control over data security** with ownCloud, ensuring privacy and compliance for sensitive information. (9 reviews) - Users appreciate the **full control over data security** with ownCloud's self-hosted solution, ensuring compliance and safety. (6 reviews) - Users appreciate the **reliability** of ownCloud's file syncing, ensuring secure sharing across devices without third-party involvement. (4 reviews) - Users value the **strong focus on data privacy and security** with ownCloud, enjoying complete control over their files. (3 reviews) - Data Storage (3 reviews) - Easy Setup (3 reviews) - Users value the **secure and flexible file sharing** capabilities of ownCloud, ensuring efficient access and data control. (3 reviews) - Open Source (3 reviews) - Speed (3 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **difficult setup** of ownCloud challenging, especially for those lacking technical expertise or experience. (8 reviews) - Users note the **lack of features** in ownCloud, particularly regarding setup complexity and limited app/plugin options. (4 reviews) - Users experience **slow performance** with ownCloud, particularly during large folder syncing and on slower connections. (4 reviews) - Users find the **training required** for setup and configuration of ownCloud to be challenging and not beginner-friendly. (4 reviews) - Users find the **user interface less intuitive** , making initial setup challenging, especially for non-technical users. (4 reviews) - Users find the **limited functionality** of ownCloud challenging, especially with setup complexity and basic mobile app experience. (3 reviews) - Synchronization Issues (3 reviews) - Users find the **complex coding** required for setup to be challenging, particularly for self-hosted deployments. (2 reviews) - Lack of Features (2 reviews) - Users report **performance issues** with ownCloud, particularly with large files and when many users are active. (2 reviews) ## ownCloud Reviews ### 1. the best application to store my files. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** DAVID F. | jefe de logistica Thales Group / ingeniero en mantenimiento mecanico, Information Technology and Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** It has excellent functions which helps me keep my work in order, with my colleagues, I can synchronize all the files on different computers, it's super safe since I can encrypt the files, has online music reader, online text editor, viewer of online documents (PDF, OpenDocument), among many other functions. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** In the company did not work very well ownClound, at the time of passing all the information from the PC to the cloud, several files were deleted, which more we can never see. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** At this time is in maintenance in the company, but this private cloud is very good because it gives stability and security, the features and functions offered to users is of higher quality and is a cheaper service, which helps you reduce expenses to the company. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** For the company, one of the benefits was to be able to share the files among the employees, without the need to use flash drives or emails to share the information, however in the company they have not had a good use, perhaps due to lack of knowledge of the program. ### 2. Amazing Cloud **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ramón C. | Project Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 25, 2019 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** Very nice cloud, fast, secure, safe, efficiency, easy to use and log in, stable, confident. Excellent tool. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** I don't have any dislike of this tool right now, very useful cloud. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have all my file of my work safe and secure. Also I can access from anywhere, we have a integration in my workplace of this tool. ### 3. Never pay dropbox again ! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Media Production | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I am new to operating cpanel and wordpress sites. Like most there is a budget to follow. Paying Dropbox for a monthly or annual fee eats away at your budget. Then I discovered OWNCLOUD. This allows you to operate exactly the same way as Dropbox plus add an FTP option **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Sometimes the latest updates for the desktop client can cause some sync or password issues. I have found that providing a new password can fix that issue. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** All of the regular functions that you can achieve on dropbox are available on OWNCLOUD without the huge expense. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using Owncloud to share production audio files to all contributors. It is fast, easy and simple. If you love Dropbox, you'll love this, minus the pricetag. ### 4. the right solution for tech savvy businesses to control their own file sharing, free if small scale **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John W. | Entrepreneur, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** owncloud installation and the built-in updater make operation easy. the community edition gives more than a stripped down basic functionality, and can support daily use - so long as the user base is manageable. for instance features such as denying filetypes, ransomware and firewall protection are only for the enterprise edition which starts at over $3000. if you can enforce a small group of users to keep their machines updated and secured, you can minimize risk and run the community edition daily. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** the community edition allows for banning specific files (name + extension), but denying all files of a certain type is reserved for the enterprise edition which starts at over $3000. with as large of a user base as owncloud has using the community edition, and that what gets uploaded affects all connected machines, this base functionality of banning specific file types, regardless of name - should be considered a security responsibility of the development team for the community edition. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** the community edition makes it easy to try before you buy. and the community edition may serve your needs if you are not a large business, referring to points i made elsewhere in my review. You'll wish that all support communities were as quick to respond as the group behind owncloud. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** have been able to make the process of getting all team members working on the same content much easier. were able to get past the limitations of other canned solutions, and control what options we wanted present in daily use. we have seen better stability with owncloud's desktop client than with other solutions. we have been pleased to find that owncloud works on shared and vps hosting packages equally well. being that many folks already use dropbox, and merging dropbox accounts can pose challenges, owncloud allows us to not interfere with existing dropbox use. ### 5. Owncloud best open source file sharing ! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Outsourcing/Offshoring | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2019 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** Works very good, as an open source gives the opportunity to play around with some tools. Easy to implement. Secure, stable. you can sync with android or apple app. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** So far everything has worked excellently as expected. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Yes I highly recommend using an owncloud server, really do de job. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** The file share in a secure environment with the right software is a really hard decision to make. but owncloud have the necessary tools to make it real and simple. ### 6. Best File Sharing Ever! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 09, 2019 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** Open Source ofcourse and comes with all the premium features that I wish to have **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** nothing in particular , everything is there **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** The best file sharing server of all time **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** on-prem file sharing deployment ### 7. Simplifies specific tasks of the company and streamlines work. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anthony F. | Ejecutivo de cuentas, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** It has a quick installation and configuration; does not require special permits. It allows extending its functionality with a multitude of applications. It is a Software that has improved a lot with the passage of time. In addition, the synchronization is as simple and direct as in Dropbox and the number of applications it has incorporated for its use is enormous. You can add all the users you want in minutes; It can be installed locally as well as on the server. OwnCloud for Microsoft Azure is also available, with a template provided by the company Bitnami. Users can create groups to facilitate the sharing of files to a specific group of users, but also can limit access to shared content selectively (remove, modify, create, share). Finally we have the free option which allows you to test this Software and analyze if it is appropriate to the needs of the company. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** An aspect that generates difficulty to implement this Software may be that enjoying OwnCloud on its own server with all the guarantees is not within the reach of many. But it is a platform that is constantly updated and incorporates more and more aspects that are identified with the needs of users. It is a quite safe and reliable platform. Despite this, due to the constant demand for improvement is certain elements of the Software, the developers of the initial project launched NextCloud which is considered as a much more stable option. The recommendation that would make anyone interested in using OwnCloud without the necessary knowledge to install it himself would be to try it first through one of the existing providers and thus assess whether it meets perfectly with your needs, or that it does not arrive to cover them. I, for one, use it every day and, however, I do not dare to do without my usual tools. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** With OwnCloud I have had a good working relationship because it allows us universal access to our files. This platform allows us to easily visualize and personalize our contacts, calendars and bookmarks on our devices. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** For our company it is particularly important to have a link with our information that is simple and secure; that it simplifies concrete tasks of our work and that it reduces the time and cost of its execution. OwnCloud has allowed me to organize and control data and resources that I use daily to develop my work, as in many other departments of the company. ### 8. Excellent backup platform for school students **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 24, 2019 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** The cleanliness of the web design and ease of use **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Can be slow sometimes. Not easily accessible via phone or tablet. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Backup ### 9. Very good alternative to Dropbox **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Program Development | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** There are two main differences between Owncloud and the rest of cloud storage applications, owncloud it's free and the data is saved in your own server. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The sharing options are limited and aren't obvious to use. Even more, in the last version of owncloud, 2.30 if I remember correctly, it's really difficult to find the option to share, it's totally hide and quite difficult to use it. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** It's a good alternative to comercial softwares. Also includes collaborative calendars and to-do lists that it's very useful **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows our organization to share files between as and with our clients, in safe way and with the files in our servers ### 10. Too fussy and difficult to use **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** The files that I initiated are always available on my local drive. It's handy not to have to sign into the network to get a file quickly. The security set up, allowing cross-functional teams to see files is good. It is not intuitive enough for users to manage access to files, we hand that off to our IT support people. It has solved the problem of file storage on local drives. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Own cloud does not tell you when you open a file that someone else has it open. You complete your work, and save, and THEN you find out someone else is working in the file. Conflict files all the time. A real time waster. Syncing is not immediate either. Sometimes it takes so long that we e-mail the file, defeating the purpose of shared folders. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Consider how often more than one person could have the same file open. It's backwards that the software does not tell you that the file is already open. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We need to have accounting files in shared folders for easy access. We no longer store word, excel or pdf files on local drives. This is a change I made when I took the position. Before that, files were stored only on local drives. In an accounting dept that relies heavily on Excel, this was time consuming. The other problem was being sure that the most up-to-date file was being used. ### 11. Easy to use, simple and evolutive **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marie G. | Technical Writer (Software), Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 09, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** The UI is very well designed ans esay to use. You do not need to read a manual to understand how it works. You can store your documents for you but also share them with another user or with a public link. Also, you can set a password. Another interestinf feature is that you can add comments to your files. They are pretty usefull if you want to add revision"s notes. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The printing function from the PDF viewer does not work well. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Once you start to use OwnCloud, it ecomes essential. Now I use it both for profesionnal and private. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** I always have access to my document and I can easily share them. ### 12. Best free software for collaborative working **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** It's a free software, that allows you to share files and calendars very easily **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The updates of the software is not enough but it's OK for a normal usage **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sharing files and calendars ### 13. Good for its time **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jonathan R. | Co-Founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I am all about decentralization and security. I think ownCloud is a fantastic platform for providing your users a secure place to host your own intranet files or some sort of collaboration service. I really liked the ability to collaborate with other ownCloud installs and send links that had downloadable content. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** - The live markdown editor is not styled and is somewhat ugly and hard to work with - I had huge issues upgrading (encryption keys didn't carry over, migrations failed, etc.) - The cross-browser compatibility had some issues which caused me to use it only in Chrome - It's difficult to know who has access to what when you have a large library of files and users **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** It appears that a vast community of ownCloud developers went and started their own cloud software that seems to be more progressive in its technology. ownCloud seems to have had its time, but not sure it will be the platform of the future. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We were trying to create communities that can share things privately. This required a space that fit security requirements and could be hosted onsite. The platform is a great step in that direction, but there are other better options IMO. ### 14. A great Experience **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Saul Ivan R. | CTO, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** The easy set up a configuration for users and file sharing in general. I also found really easy to synch and process all kinds of file regardless of the extension or size. It was a boom just after we got it in the office and giving each of us access to a private folder, something like an in-house cloud storage kind of thing, really special for us. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The complicated way to integrate other technologies like FTP. The documentation for the implementation of other methods like FTP is rather complicated in comparisson with other tutorials. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Be careful in having enough space available for storage as one of our first implementations got an error on full storage and we had to make some work to add extra memory so it could handle all of our files, honestly we have not expected to use it like we did, no surprise on how the simplified design and configuration of a cloud storage server can impact on how changed our persepctivo on how far could we go using it for our internal needs as a startup seeking for new creative, innovative and private solutions to help us getting igher in our day to day work. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Having a local, private sharing storage service. Is a lot easier to get our work in a shared zone, with an easy configuration on who can see it, who can edit it and invite other collaborators. ### 15. ownCloud is a suite of client–server software for creating file hosting services and using them. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** The performance improvements, fixes and improvements for Mail Template Editor is very helpful. Content can be shared by defining granular read/write permissions between users and/or groups. Also, the ownCloud users can create public URLs when sharing files. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** If one misses the update then its hard to install newer version and the speed slows the file sharing process. Another one is that the Arch package doesn't include the ownCloud signatures, so I can't pass the integrity check. Something interesting to note is that if I try to reinstall ownCloud using pacman, it won't let me because I altered the permission or created an error by overriding it. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Use it and see the difference. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it as a weblink then attaching files, and also All cloud storage services reviewed in this topic have desktop folders for Mac’s and PC’s. This allows users to drag and drop files between the cloud storage and their local storage. The benefits are less storage is used and more data can be saved and compressed. ### 16. ownCloud works well for me. **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Scott B. | Entrepreneur, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** ownCloud is great as it gives me access to all the files on my server from anywhere. I have sensitive files that I don't want to put in the cloud on Google Drive or One Drive. Too easy to hack those sites but where no one knows my URL it makes it much more secure. I still use other services to store non-sensitive data as sometimes it is easier to share a document with Google Drive. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The only downside I have found is that it can be a nightmare to set up and configure. It is also very easy to "Break" if you play with the config files. Even if you are looking at a sample file with what they claim are correct configurations. I spent a few days getting it all configured. There are a lot of settings available in the config file and the documentation isn't the greatest when it comes to setting things up correctly. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** I would recommend owncloud to anyone that is looking for a solution for accessing their files from outside their network. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to access all my files from anywhere is great. I have several terabytes of files on my server, more than I could ever store with any of the cloud providers out there, at least not at a reasonable price. Once it is set up and configured it is pretty solid and does the job I need it to do. ### 17. Good enough **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jesus Adolfo R. | Junior Manager, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** Open source and free to use. I installed it on my private server and still use it to this day. It has some added functionality such as a calendar, password manager, office and also the ability to add more apps. This last one, I am yet to explore. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Sometimes it is buggy. At times, it will sync the folders that I explicily removed from my sync preferences. I don't know if this also happens with the enterprise edition which I have not tested. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** For me, the web version works much better than the desktop (app) version. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sharing files between coworkers. Sharing password with associates. ### 18. Internal-Cloud Storage - meeting our compliance needs on a budget **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 24, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** The base/community application has provided the necessary cloud-based file storage & sharing that our organization needed. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The step up to the Enterprise edition is costly - we enjoy the product but are struggling to find budget for the Enterprise edition. We are having trouble doing a more full scale deployment due to the missing auditing piece that comes in the Enterprise edition. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Proper auditing comes as part of the Enterprise edition, we discovered this after implementation. Otherwise, the community edition is superb. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has helped us gain control over users who were making use of their own private files sharing tools (i.e. Dropbox, Google Drive). ### 19. Simple, but somewhat outdated file sharing product **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 26, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** ownCloud is simple and straightforward, reminiscent of old Sharepoint days. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** No live, in-document collaboration. Needing to check-in/check-out files. A top-down reliance on IT to allocate memory to each user, as well as what seems like a top-down approach to folder security. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** If you're looking for file ARCHIVING, then perhaps ownCloud would be a great option. But if you're accustomed to file archiving WITH collaboration and the freedom to share and secure your files/folders however you like, then consider using Google Cloud. Google Cloud, IMHO, has better features and at a better price point. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** File archiving ### 20. Easy to use cloud service **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** OwnCloud is easily accessible and easy to use to manage files throughout the company. Whether working from home or away on a business trip I am always able to get the files I need. The rights management works well and the interface is easy to use, looking rather similar to Google Drive. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** We had a few issues with syncing, especially syncing too slowly which can sometimes be rather frustrating. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed a safe solution that can be accessed from anywhere and this is exactly what we got. We only use it internally which could be something to improve on. ### 21. ownCloud - Great for Remote Working **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** Platform is easy to use (both shared folder and archiving options) and navigate, and is a great for remote working. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Some team members did have issues with the shared folder automatically syncing and it would get out of sync (wouldn't update) without them knowing causing issues with adding double files or deleting unintentionally. Sometimes the system update would cause sync issues as well. I worked on a Mac and never seemed to have issues with syncing, but one team member who was on a Windows computer, constantly had issues. Some team members also had issues accessing the online archive folder as well. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Great option for smaller companies that have a lot of remote workers who need access to files that doesn't require emailing or sending them, and updates in live time. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use ownCloud as a file management system, as well as a way to share files since all team members work remotely. ### 22. Decent solution for small business file hosting **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tim P. | Freelance Musician, Music, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 04, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I like the ability to share links/files/resources with clients using software and a server that control. It sends a message of greater respect for their privacy. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** In the past, I have had some breakage during software upgrades. That has not been the case for the last year or so of point releases. My past use of file syncing software faced bugs and minor data confusion, haven'y used it since. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** I certainly recommend considering nextCloud as an alternative to ownCloud as I know many past developers from ownCloud left the project to start nextCloud (not unlike LibreOffice vs. OpenOffice). If you are looking to use file syncing, make sure you have automatic backups scheduled and snapshotting set up first! **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have shared and distributed files to clients / prospective clients with ownCloud, fully integrated with my domain. ### 23. Fast tool for data sharing, storage and synchronization **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Henning C. | Mitarbeiter, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** The unlimited space and therefore that you pay for the number of users and not for the dataspace. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Sometimes the down- and upload is too slow for my opinion but overall I like the tool. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** I can recommend the tool if you need a reliable and fast way to store your data. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** All our employees store their data and files with owncloud. ### 24. OwnCloudRH89 **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ricardo H. | Non-Clinical Healthcare Coordinator, Hospital & Health Care, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 12, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I like how easy it is to share from multiple devices. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** I haven’t had any issues to dislike with OWN. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Consult IT. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am solving availability of information and a time issue. The benefit of having everything in one location, as far as files. ### 25. Does exactly what it is supposed to do. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jakob C. | Customer Service Representative, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 29, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** It does exactly what it is supposed to and nothing else. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** I know nothing about the installation, as it is done by the admin side, so I can't say anything about it. At the user level, it works well. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Data exchange and sync ### 26. Solid cloud storage solution for self-hosting **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Timothea B. | Software Engineer / Web Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I love that it's self-hosted, and the clients for Android, Linux, Mac, and Windows are awesome. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Frequent updates that break plugins are annoying, but otherwise nothing major. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** ownCloud is great, though you should also look at nextCloud (a fork of ownCloud). **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use ownCloud for cloud storage of my backup files, it's been a great alternative to Dropbox or MEGA. ### 27. Easy access and use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nicole N. | Administrative Assistant, Primary/Secondary Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 10, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I like that larger files can be uploaded into the Cloud rather than zipped and sent in an email or multiple emails. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** No problems so far with it. Sometimes the app does run slowly. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** A good alternative to Google Docs as storage. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ease of communication with co-workers and reps and ability to view extremely large documents with ease. ### 28. Easy **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Håvard O. | Deaconal Worker, Religious Institutions, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 01, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** As soon as it is set up it just works and does it's job without us touching it. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Needs a bit of set-up before it is ready, so it a person with a fairly high lever of it-knowledge have to get it of the ground. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** it works and if it is what you are after, then go for it. the pricing if competitive and as far as i know support system is excellent. As all cloudbased storage and file management oen does have to firt analyse what ones need is and see if it fits what one is after. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Backup for files ### 29. Easy installation, easy administration, secure, free **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 05, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** its free, and easy of use for administrators and for users. You can sync your desktop files and you will have backed up it. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** there are funcionallitys, it have not like other storage cloud, app for android is not good **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** more easy for use and more easy for admin **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** file backup, file sharing between partners, employees, and external users. Links can be password proteected or not. And you can establish expiration date for shares ### 30. ownCloud useful with limitations **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Samantha H. | Associate Digital Marketing Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I liked that I was easily able to store assets and allow multiple users access **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Assets could be easily overwritten by mistake. We ran into issues with access disappearing or not being viable which was extremely challenging. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Making sure that when assets are placed they are not able to be removed easily. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We were trying to use ownCloud as a way to provide access to our partners that could be easily utilized via email or other mediums. ### 31. Works great to transfer assets to different studios **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 08, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** What I like best is the simplicity. If I am at the studio and need an asset from the office, it's supper easy to have a co workers upload that asset for me. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** What I dislike is that sometimes I have noticed issue between the application and browser. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** I makes it a lot easier to pass along larger assets where before we had to use external hard drives. ### 32. Very dependable and accessible remotely **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lance D. | Cpl., Music, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I like the fact that there's no true hardware to be added and allows me to remain neat and uncluttered. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Sometimes the server is weak and loads slowly. I've noticed files not being locked. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saving information is so much easier. ### 33. OwnCloud for IT company **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sarah C. | Contract Administrator, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** The ability to share and collaborate as well as version history of documents. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Lack of some needed alerts related to deletion or location change for folders **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability for remote employees to work together on multiple projects. We are able to review document history to manage changes. ### 34. Owncloud - easy web storage **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Wholesale | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** Owncloud is easy to use. It is extremely useful to mount external storage into owncloud and it is great for remote working. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The mobile app needs optimisation. Also automatic synching for shared folders needs improvements since it works inaccurate. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** For heavy usage it is best to use the desktop client. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use it a s file sharing system - most likely for remote access or to provide software updates. ### 35. Owncloud is highly reliable and is the best cloud solution. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Construction | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** With owncloud, we can use the application with any cloud server, in my case i use owncloud with the company server. I did not face any issue in syncing the data or accessing the data any single time. the ability to share the files and documents with others is an added advantage, we can email the link and share with people outside the company, share directly to another person's account within the company.In owncloud, creating folders of documents and sharing them is easy. Morover, there is owncloud app on android and ios as well, we can access the data on the go. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** It would be great if document viewing and editing is included in owncloud web and any option to preview files . Multiple access to files on the web through a common link and more collaboration features would be useful. there should be option of not syncing the files when on metered connection, this saves data and large files can be synced while on wifi. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** its definitely recommended to use owncloud for cloud storage and sharing . Its highly reliable and improves your efficiency. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** we used owncloud for sharing of documents internally and externally and cloud storage for our organisation . ### 36. Not bad **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Thorkamol K. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** This product is not bad despite i still prefer onedrive. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The cloud is not quite stable sometimes. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Unstable cloud. ### 37. Self-hosted File Server **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeremy K. | Owner, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I that it provides the control of self-hosting, without sacrificing functionality. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** I had a security breach over a year ago. The problem has been resolved in a later version. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Also take a look at Nextcloud too. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are hosting our own file server in-house. We have also deployed the software on servers for a few other customers. ### 38. Excellent solution for cloud collaboration **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eddy R. | Owner, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** Easy to setup and used, this open source solution is one of the best alternatives for file sharing and collaboration on the market, while being a cost effective solution since it runs on linux. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The search inside the documents is still flaky (sometimes works, sometimes it won't work). On site document editing is limited to TXT files only. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Open source solution. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Collaboration and file sharing. ### 39. Fulfils our needs for cloud storage **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** There are many options for sharing levels as well as for syncing of any subfolders **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Mac OS native software provided is little slow and outdated **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** ownCloud solves our need for storing, sharing and syncing files within the company ### 40. Great cloud storage! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** bradley h. | Ride Supervisor, Entertainment, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I love how simple the UI is. I love how easy it is to install on my server! **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** There isn't anything I dislike about it :) **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We used to share files via FTP. But managing the FTP users and permissons were a pain. ### 41. Great for sharing work **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joe C. | Tech Lead, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 07, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** Own cloud is a personal solution to DropBox. You can download and add it to your own server, making it look professional when sharing files with clients. Realistically OwnCloud works out cheaper than any of it's rivals if you already have a web server, as you can control how much storage you have. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The user interface is a little similar to its rivals where I feel it should have gone its own way, but this is a personal opinion, some people may like it. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Be sure that you have enough space on your web server **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using own cloud allows the easy sharing of files with my customers, such as design proofs, using my own domain name making it look much more professional. ### 42. File Hosting **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** It keeps your files secure and private and you decide where you host your data. It's extensible with new functionality to provide all you need to live your digital life. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** lacks usability if used in a Windows Server environment when SMB shares need to be mapped. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** It's installation process is gratifyingly simple, and detailed installation instructions are provided. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provides direct control over our personal files and access to our data - it's elegant, cross-platform interfaces; Wide range of apps to add productivity features ### 43. Great free alternative to DropBox. Reliable and easy to use. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeffrey T. | IT Manager, Information Technology and Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 16, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** It needs very little maintenance to run, and runs seamlessly. Its a great free alternative to dropbox, if you have the local storage to spare. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** While you can make multiple connections to the same server, for the purposes of syncing different folders, the labeling for those connections is not customizable (as far as I can tell) **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** While owncloud is great and does file versioning, make sure you set it up the way you want in the beginning because changing the configuration later is not that easy once you have people using it. Test first, and keep good backups! **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Providing DropBox capability for staff without having to pay large amounts for dropbox storage. Also internal file sharing and document sharing; synchronization between desktops and laptops. ### 44. your own cloud **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** Keep your files in your own server without anyone spying on you. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** At this point there is no negative points for ownCloud at least not for me. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** none **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Host my own project repositories ### 45. Convenient, but has bugs **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kathleen A. | Product Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I like that I can search for a file in the entire database. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** All of our files are saved as duplicates. Every file has a version that is un-openable. Also when you search and then go back it automatically takes you back to the homepage. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have two offices in different countries, so it is easy for us to find files between offices. ### 46. ownCloud makes file hosting a breeze **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elizabeth R. | Founder, Hospitality, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I like the easy user interface and that it is free and open-source. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** The length of time to download the software **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** File sharing with coworkers ### 47. just as good at dropbox **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I really liked the layout and design. I also liked how it automatically organized documents and files. I also liked how I could share on my own terms, which made me feel safer about using the app. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Sometimes the connections were slow or full documents wouldn't send. we are hoping this doesn't happen again. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** we are trying to find ways to share and manage files. I'm also trying to find something i could sue personally. ### 48. A wonderful, educational experience. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michelle W. | Human Resources Manager, Hospital & Health Care, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** I love the fact that it is very user friendly. **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** Hard to find something that I did not like. **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** This is user friendly. Very easy to train new employees. **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to easily share information., Opening up more lines for communication. ### 49. Open source best solution for collaborate files and documents **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vahan M. | CEO and Founder, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2017 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** open sourcing and flexibility for collaborate and share files **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** less plugins available for extending whole system **Recommendations to others considering ownCloud:** Use ownCloud for collaborate local files between teammates **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** collaborate between teammates ### 50. useful tool to store information for everyone **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 21, 2018 **What do you like best about ownCloud?** sharing information with the whole company, easy to use **What do you dislike about ownCloud?** dashboard is a bit confusing, the colours are not the gratest either **What problems is ownCloud solving and how is that benefiting you?** getting a lot of information i need for my work as a customer success person, ## ownCloud Discussions - [What is ownCloud used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-owncloud-used-for) - 2 comments, 1 upvote - [Good](https://www.g2.com/discussions/owncloud-good) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [How much does ownCloud cost?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-much-does-owncloud-cost) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [What can you do with ownCloud?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-can-you-do-with-owncloud) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Yes, I will advertise it.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/iya-saya-akan-iklankan) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [View ownCloud pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/owncloud/reviews?page=4§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-20+23%3A29%3A46+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=60dee15c-9c73-4924-9003-8c1547952b91&secure%5Btoken%5D=3aae36e1a298b07e1717c22328ca2c4cca7b5d82ab68a88e21b4fd00f45f96dd&format=llm_user) ## ownCloud Features **File Management** - Device Syncing - Web Interface - File Type Support - Search - Mobile Apps **Agentic AI - Cloud Content Collaboration** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration - Natural Language Interaction **Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration **Collaboration** - File following - File Sharing - Simultaneously Editing - Change Tracking / Audit Logs **Administration** - User and Role Management - Policies and Controls - Device Management - Storage Limits - Storage Zones - Security **Platform** - Performance and Reliability - Reporting and Auditing - System of Record Integration - APIs ## Top ownCloud Alternatives - [Microsoft OneDrive for Business](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-onedrive-for-business/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (9,952 reviews) - [Nextcloud](https://www.g2.com/products/nextcloud/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (193 reviews) - [Progress ShareFile](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-sharefile/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (1,476 reviews)