A Microsoft Teams Alternative That Comes With the Suite
Nextcloud Talk is chat, audio and video calls, screen sharing and channels, with guests joining from a browser and no account, and it is included in every MassiveGRID Nextcloud Hub plan alongside files, office and mail, from $5.90 per user per month in the region you choose. For teams of 1 to 50 it replaces Teams and Slack; dedicated instances add the high-performance backend for calls of 1,000 and more.
Why teams look for a Teams alternative
The bundling question. Since the EU unbundling, Microsoft 365 is sold with and without Teams in Europe and Teams Essentials is a separate line at about $4 per user; which SKU you hold decides what Teams costs you, and the July 2026 price changes moved the no-Teams prices too. Nextcloud Talk is simply part of the plan.
Where the calls and chat live. Teams chat history and recordings sit in Microsoft's regions. Talk runs on your Nextcloud instance, in the region you chose, next to the files it discusses.
Weight. Teams is a large client with a long list of features most companies use a tenth of. Talk is chat, calls, screen sharing and channels, in the browser or the mobile app, with no separate install for guests.
Everything else is there too. A Teams alternative that stands alone still leaves mail, files and documents with Microsoft. Talk comes with Nextcloud Files, Office, Mail and Calendar, so the meeting, its agenda, its recording and its follow-up live in one place.
Feature by feature
| Microsoft Teams | Nextcloud Talk | |
|---|---|---|
| Chat, channels, direct messages | ✓ | ✓ channels and announcements since Hub 26 Summer |
| Audio and video calls | ✓ | ✓ |
| Screen sharing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guests | Guest accounts or lobby | Join from a browser link, no account |
| Large meetings and webinars | Up to 1,000 interactive; view-only beyond | High-performance backend for 1,000+ on dedicated instances; small calls on every plan |
| Recording and transcription | ✓ | Recording with the HPB; Assistant transcription on Ultimate |
| Classified and private conversations | Information barriers on higher tiers | Classified conversations with stricter privacy defaults (Hub 26 Summer) |
| Phone system and PSTN | Teams Phone add-on | SIP bridge on Ultimate dedicated instances |
| Files in the conversation | SharePoint and OneDrive behind the scenes | Nextcloud Files, the same instance |
| Where it runs | Microsoft's regions | Your instance, in the region you chose |
| Price | In Microsoft 365, or about $4 standalone | Included in every Hub plan from $5.90 with files, office and mail |
Our Talk vs Teams vs Meet comparison and the Slack and Teams replacement guide cover the experience in detail.
Where Teams still wins
Teams Phone as a full PBX, webinars with registration and view-only overflow, deep integration with the Power Platform and Dynamics, and the sheer number of third-party apps in its store. A company whose phone system is Teams, or whose processes run as Teams apps, should test those before moving. A company that uses Teams for chat, calls and screen sharing, which is most of them, will not miss much.
How the switch works
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.
Move one team
Run one team's work entirely on Nextcloud for a week and note what anyone misses.
Migrate the data
Export and import, or hand it to the migration service. Recreate the external links that would break.
Cut over and train
Switch the last pieces, run two short training sessions, keep the old tool read-only for a month.
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.
First month for $1 on monthly billing with coupon code NEXTCLOUD, applied by the Order buttons.
- 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
- 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
- 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
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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.