Comparison
Nextcloud Hub vs Google Workspace
Google Workspace is the suite most small companies start on: Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet and Calendar at about $7 to $22 per user per month. MassiveGRID's Nextcloud Hub does the same job on Nextcloud Enterprise, at $5.90 to $19.90 per user, with the data in the region you choose instead of one Google picks, on open standards you can leave with. This page sets the three plans of each against each other.
$5.90
Hub Starter / user
about $7
Business Starter / user
4
Hub regions you choose
Open
WebDAV, CalDAV, CardDAV, IMAP
The short verdict
MassiveGRID Nextcloud Hub against Google Workspace
Verdict: Google Workspace still wins on the depth of Gmail, on search across everything, and on the long tail of integrations and add-ons; if your company runs on those, stay. Nextcloud Hub wins on where the data lives, on the absence of an advertising business behind the suite, on price at every tier, and on exit: WebDAV, CalDAV, CardDAV and IMAP mean you can leave MassiveGRID as easily as you joined. For a company that uses Drive, Docs, Sheets, Meet, Calendar and Gmail the way most do, the switch is a four-week project and the result is a suite that does the same work for less, in a jurisdiction you can name.
Side by side
What each one is, what it includes, where it runs
| Google Workspace | MassiveGRID Nextcloud Hub | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | Business Starter, about $7 per user per month; 30 GB per user | Starter, $5.90; 100 GB per user; Files, Office, Talk, Standard Email, Calendar, Contacts |
| Standard plan | Business Standard, about $14; 2 TB pooled per user | Business, $12.90; 1 TB per user; adds Notes, Tables, Deck, Tasks and priority support |
| Advanced plan | Business Plus, about $22; 5 TB pooled per user; Vault, advanced endpoint management | Enterprise, $19.90; 1 TB per user; Enterprise Email and 24x7 support |
| Documents and spreadsheets | Docs, Sheets, Slides (Google formats, Office import and export) | Nextcloud Office: DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and ODF natively, Collabora or Euro-Office engine |
| Gmail | Nextcloud Mail with a mailbox per user included | |
| Video and chat | Meet (100, 150 or 500 participants by plan), Chat | Talk: chat, audio and video, screen sharing, guests in the browser |
| Calendar and contacts | Google Calendar and Contacts | Nextcloud Calendar and Contacts over CalDAV and CardDAV |
| Where the data lives | Regions Google chooses; data region controls on higher tiers | The region you choose at checkout: U.S., E.U., U.K. or Asia |
| Business model | Subscription, inside an advertising company | Subscription, from a hosting provider |
| Exit | Google Takeout and export tools | Open protocols, desktop sync, Nextcloud export and import |
| Team size | Up to 300 on Business plans | 1 to 50 online; dedicated Nextcloud Enterprise instances beyond |
| Support | Standard support; enhanced on higher tiers | Ticket, priority or 24x7 by plan |
Where each one wins
An honest split
Choose Google Workspace if
- Gmail's search, filtering and ecosystem are central to how your company works
- You depend on Google-specific tools: Forms at scale, Sites, AppSheet, Vault
- You need more than 300 collaborators on one suite with no migration project
- Your users would resist any interface that is not Google's
Choose a Nextcloud Hub plan if
- Where the data lives is a question clients, regulators or your own policy ask
- Price matters: Starter is $5.90 against about $7, and Business $12.90 against about $14
- You want a suite with no advertising business behind it
- You want to be able to leave: open protocols and a sync client that holds your files
What a team actually pays
Monthly, before taxes, at the time of writing
| Team | Google Workspace (list price) | Nextcloud Hub, monthly | Nextcloud Hub, annual (20% off) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 users, entry plans | Business Starter, about $70 | Starter, $59 | $47.20 |
| 20 users, standard plans | Business Standard, about $280 | Business, $258 | $206.40 |
| 50 users, advanced plans | Business Plus, about $1,100 | Enterprise, $995 | $796 |
| 50 users, mixed: 10 advanced, 40 entry | About $500 | $435 | $348 |
Google Workspace figures are the vendor's published list prices per user per month at the time of writing and change; check its pricing page. MassiveGRID figures are the live prices below. The Drive comparison and the Docs and Sheets guide cover the feature detail.
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 20 users: $118.00/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
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 20 users: $258.00/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
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 20 users: $398.00/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
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
For files, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, mail, calendar, contacts, chat and video calls, yes, and that is what most companies use. The gaps are Google-specific products (Sites, AppSheet, Vault) and the depth of Gmail's search and ecosystem. Nextcloud Forms exists; the others need a different answer.
Export them from Google as DOCX, XLSX and PPTX and they open and edit in Nextcloud Office. Everyday documents convert cleanly; complex spreadsheets with scripts and add-ons are the cases to test with your own files during the $1 first month.
At every tier at list prices: $5.90 against about $7, $12.90 against about $14, $19.90 against about $22 per user per month, before the 20% annual and 40% 36-month discounts on Nextcloud Hub. The larger difference is not the price but where the data lives.
Export with Google Takeout or the admin export, import files with the desktop client or WebDAV, calendars and contacts over CalDAV and CardDAV, and mail over IMAP, then switch MX records last. Our export guide walks through it, and the migration service does it for you.
Nextcloud Talk covers chat, audio and video calls and screen sharing, with guests joining from a browser. Hub 26 Summer's high-performance backend handles very large calls on dedicated instances. The Talk comparison sets expectations honestly against Meet and Teams.
Same suite, your region, from $5.90 per user
Order a Nextcloud Hub plan and the first month is $1 with coupon code NEXTCLOUD. Export one project from Google, work on it for a month, and decide with real files.