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Google Drive Alternative

A Google Drive for Business Alternative With the Data Where You Choose

Nextcloud Files does what Google Drive and shared drives do for a company: folders with permissions, versioning, trash, password-protected share links, desktop sync with virtual files and mobile upload, with 100 GB per user on the Starter plan and 1 TB on Business and Enterprise. MassiveGRID runs it on Nextcloud Enterprise from $5.90 per user per month in the U.S., E.U., U.K. or Asia, with office, chat and mail in the same plan.

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1 TB
Per user on Business
$5.90
Per User / Month
4
Regions you choose
WebDAV
Open access

Google Drive against Nextcloud Files

The parts a business uses
Google Drive (Workspace)Nextcloud Files (Hub)
Storage per user30 GB (Starter), 2 TB pooled (Standard), 5 TB pooled (Plus)100 GB (Starter), 1 TB (Business, Enterprise)
Shared drivesShared drives on Standard and aboveGroup folders with permissions on every plan
Versioning and trash✓✓ with configurable retention
External sharingLinks with expiry and permissionsLinks with password, expiry, download limit; federated sharing with other Nextcloud instances
Desktop syncDrive for desktop, streaming or mirroringNextcloud client with virtual files on Windows, selective sync on macOS and Linux
Office integrationDocs, Sheets, Slides in Google formatsNextcloud Office in DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and ODF
SearchGoogle search across DriveFull-text search; good, not Google
Where the data livesGoogle's regionsThe region you choose
Open accessAPI and exportWebDAV, so Finder, Explorer and any WebDAV tool mount it directly

The long-form Drive comparison covers document fidelity and search in detail; the Dropbox and OneDrive roundups cover the other file services.

Why companies move files first

Drive is the easy half

Files are the lowest-risk part of leaving Google: the desktop client syncs the folder tree, permissions are rebuilt as groups, and nothing in a user's day changes except the icon. Many teams move Drive to Nextcloud Files in a week, keep Gmail for a quarter, and move mail last with the Gmail alternative page's checklist. Storage is the other reason: Google's 30 GB on Business Starter runs out, the pooled 2 TB on Standard costs a tier upgrade, and a Nextcloud Hub Business seat gives each user 1 TB for $12.90; the storage-full guide is for the week that happens.

How the switch works

A week for files, four for the suite
Week 1

Order and set up

Order a Hub plan for the pilot users, pick the region, use the $1 first month. Create the folder structure, add users, install the desktop client.
Week 2

Move one team

Run one team's work entirely on Nextcloud for a week and note what anyone misses.

Week 3

Migrate the data

Export and import, or hand it to the migration service. Recreate the external links that would break.
Week 4

Cut over and train

Switch the last pieces, run two short training sessions, keep the old tool read-only for a month.
Nextcloud Hub Plans

Nextcloud Hub Pricing

Per-user plans on MassiveGRID's Nextcloud Enterprise platform: files, office, email, chat and video calls, calendar and contacts, in the U.S., E.U., U.K. or Asia. Pick the region and team size to see what your team would pay.

Billing cycle
Region

First month for $1 on monthly billing with coupon code NEXTCLOUD, applied by the Order buttons.

Starter
The full suite for small teams leaving Google Workspace or Microsoft 365.
Compares with Google Workspace Business Starter and Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$5.90/user/mo
For 15 users: $88.50/mo
  • Files, Photos, Calendar and Contacts
  • Nextcloud Office: documents, spreadsheets and presentations
  • Talk: chat, audio and video calls, screen sharing
  • Standard Email
  • 100 GB storage per user
  • Desktop and mobile sync clients, public share links
  • Nextcloud Enterprise platform with managed updates and daily backups
  • Ticket support
Order Starter
Most Popular
Business
Team apps and ten times the storage for teams that run their work in Nextcloud.
Compares with Google Workspace Business Standard and Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$12.90/user/mo
For 15 users: $193.50/mo
  • Files, Photos, Calendar and Contacts
  • Nextcloud Office and Talk: documents, chat, audio and video calls
  • Notes, Tables, Deck and Tasks
  • Standard Email
  • 1 TB storage per user, ten times Starter
  • Desktop and mobile sync clients, public share links
  • Nextcloud Enterprise platform with managed updates and daily backups
  • Priority support: faster response and escalation
Order Business
Enterprise
Enterprise email and 24x7 support for organisations standardising on Nextcloud.
Compares with Google Workspace Business Plus and Microsoft 365 Business Premium
$19.90/user/mo
For 15 users: $298.50/mo
  • Files, Photos, Office, Talk, Calendar and Contacts
  • Notes, Tables, Deck and Tasks
  • Enterprise Email with delegation and other enterprise mail features
  • 1 TB storage per user
  • Desktop and mobile sync clients, public share links
  • Nextcloud Enterprise platform with managed updates and daily backups
  • 24x7 support
  • Upgrade path to a dedicated instance with your own domain and branding
Order Enterprise

USD per user per month before taxes; the billing-cycle discount applies to every plan. Order 1 to 50 users online. Need your own domain, a compliance boundary of your own or more than 50 users? See the dedicated instances below or contact us.

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Nextcloud Files on a managed plan: shared folders with permissions, versioning, share links and desktop sync, with 100 GB to 1 TB per user, from $5.90 per user per month on MassiveGRID in the region you choose, and office, chat and mail in the same plan.
100 GB per user on Starter and 1 TB per user on Business and Enterprise, against Google's 30 GB on Business Starter and pooled 2 TB on Business Standard.
Yes. The Nextcloud desktop client offers virtual files on Windows (see everything, download on demand) and selective sync on macOS and Linux, and any WebDAV client can mount the whole account as a drive.
They point at Google and stop working when the account closes, so inventory them and recreate the important ones as Nextcloud links, which can carry passwords, expiry dates and download limits. The migration service produces a redirect list.
Yes. Nextcloud Files replaces Drive on its own, and Nextcloud Mail can read the Gmail account over IMAP meanwhile. Moving files first and mail last is the sequence our export guide recommends.

Same suite, your region, from $5.90 per user

Order a Nextcloud Hub plan and the first month is $1 with coupon code NEXTCLOUD. Move one team, run a month of real work, then decide.

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