Comparison
MassiveGRID Nextcloud Hub vs Hetzner Storage Share
Hetzner Storage Share is a Nextcloud instance priced by disk, hosted in Germany, with unlimited users and a cap on simultaneous connections. MassiveGRID's Nextcloud Hub is a per-user managed suite on Nextcloud Enterprise with office, chat, video and email included, in the U.S., E.U., U.K. or Asia. Both are good products for different buyers; this page says which buyer is which.
€4.29
Storage Share NX11 / month
$5.90
Hub Starter / user / month
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Storage Share region
4
Hub regions
The short verdict
MassiveGRID Nextcloud Hub against Hetzner Storage Share
Verdict: a small group that needs a large private drive and nothing else should buy Hetzner Storage Share; 1 TB for about €4.29 a month excluding VAT is the best price per gigabyte in managed Nextcloud. A company replacing Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, or one whose data cannot live only in a German datacenter, should buy a Nextcloud Hub plan: the office suite, Talk, mailboxes, support and the choice of region are in the $5.90 seat, and the things Storage Share leaves out are the things such a company would otherwise have to buy twice.
Side by side
What each one is, what it includes, where it runs
| Hetzner Storage Share | MassiveGRID Nextcloud Hub | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing unit | Per instance, by storage | Per user per month |
| Entry price | NX11 about €4.29 per month ex VAT (1 TB); NX21 about €14.19 (5 TB); NX31 about €27.39 (10 TB), as listed in early 2026 | Starter $5.90; Business $12.90; Enterprise $19.90, before taxes, up to 40% off on longer terms |
| Users | Unlimited accounts; 50, 100 or 200 simultaneous connections by plan | 1 to 50 per online order; dedicated instances beyond |
| Storage | 1, 5 or 10 TB shared by everyone on the instance | 100 GB per user (Starter), 1 TB per user (Business, Enterprise) |
| Nextcloud branch | Not stated on the product page | Nextcloud Enterprise Ultimate |
| Office suite | Not listed; App Store install if supported | ✓ Nextcloud Office on every plan |
| Chat and video | Not listed; Talk installable, no high-performance backend | ✓ Talk on every plan |
| — | Standard Email; Enterprise Email on Enterprise | |
| Groupware | Contacts, Calendar, Tasks pre-installed | Calendar, Contacts on every plan; Notes, Tables, Deck, Tasks from Business |
| Region | Falkenstein, Germany only | U.S. (New York), E.U. (Frankfurt), U.K. (London) or Asia (Singapore) |
| Domain | Hetzner subdomains (3 to 10) | MassiveGRID domain; own domain on dedicated instances |
| Backups | Several times a day, restorable from konsoleH | Daily, AES-256 encrypted, 30-day retention, separate datacenter |
| Uptime SLA | Not stated | 100% |
| Support | Hetzner support | Ticket, priority or 24x7 by plan |
| Contract | No minimum term | Monthly, or 3 to 36 months at 5% to 40% off |
Where each one wins
An honest split
Choose Hetzner Storage Share if
- Storage is the whole requirement: an archive, a family's backup, a team's project files
- "Hosted in Germany" is the requirement and nothing else will do
- You already pay for office and mail elsewhere and only want to move files
- You want no minimum term and the option to leave next week
Choose a Nextcloud Hub plan if
- You are replacing Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 and need documents, calls and mailboxes in the same bill
- The data must be in the U.K., the U.S. or Asia, or you need to choose
- Someone will ask about the SLA, the backups and the support hours
- You expect to pass 50 simultaneous connections, or want the Nextcloud Enterprise branch
What a team actually pays
Monthly, before taxes, at the time of writing
| Team | Hetzner Storage Share | Nextcloud Hub Starter | Nextcloud Hub Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 users, files only, under 1 TB | NX11, about €4.29 | $29.50 | $64.50 |
| 5 users, files plus Office, chat and email | NX11 plus other subscriptions for the rest | $29.50, all included | $64.50, all included |
| 25 users, under 5 TB | NX21, about €14.19 | $147.50 | $322.50 |
| 25 users on annual billing | Same (no term discount) | $118 | $258 |
| 25 users needing the data in the U.K. | Not available | $147.50 | $322.50 |
Hetzner prices are third-party listings from early 2026, excluding VAT, and the official page should be checked before deciding; MassiveGRID prices are the live figures below. Euros taken at roughly parity to dollars for readability. The long-form comparison on the blog works through the same cases in more 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 5 users: $29.50/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
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 5 users: $64.50/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
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 5 users: $99.50/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
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
Per gigabyte, by a wide margin: 1 TB for about 4.29 euros a month against 100 GB per user on a $5.90 Starter seat. Per user with office, chat and email included, no: a Hub seat already contains the apps a Storage Share team would buy elsewhere, and a Google Workspace Business Starter seat alone lists at about $7.
Its product page lists Contacts, Calendar and Tasks as pre-installed and points to the App Store for more; it does not list an office suite or video calling, and the Talk high-performance backend is not something you can add to a shared instance. Confirm with Hetzner. Every Nextcloud Hub plan includes Nextcloud Office and Talk.
No, it is hosted in Falkenstein, Germany. Nextcloud Hub plans offer the United States, Europe (Frankfurt), the United Kingdom and Asia (Singapore) at the same price, chosen at checkout.
Unlimited accounts, but 50 (NX11), 100 (NX21) or 200 (NX31) simultaneous connections. Each desktop client, phone and open browser tab counts, so 25 people with sync clients and Talk can reach the NX11 cap. Hub plans are priced per seat and have no cap of that kind.
Yes. A common pattern is a Storage Share instance as a large cold archive and a Nextcloud Hub plan for daily collaboration, connected through Nextcloud's external storage or federated sharing.
Office, chat, email and your choice of region, from $5.90 per user
Order a Nextcloud Hub plan and the first month is $1 with coupon code NEXTCLOUD. If Storage Share is the better fit for you, we would rather you knew that than bought the wrong thing.