An Open Source Google Workspace Alternative
Nextcloud is the open-source suite that does Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Chat and Calendar's jobs: AGPL-licensed server, free clients, open formats and protocols, and the freedom to run it yourself or have it run for you. MassiveGRID's Nextcloud Hub is the managed version, on the Nextcloud Enterprise branch, from $5.90 per user per month in the region you choose.
What open source buys you here
"Open source" in this search usually means three things at once: software whose code you can read and audit, a licence that lets you self-host or move provider without permission, and data formats and protocols that are not one vendor's property. Nextcloud meets all three. The server is AGPL-licensed, the desktop and mobile clients are free, documents are stored as DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and ODF, and sync, calendar, contacts and mail use WebDAV, CalDAV, CardDAV and IMAP. A company on a managed Nextcloud plan can take the same data to a self-hosted server, or to another provider, with the tools it already uses every day.
Against Google Workspace specifically, it also means no advertising business behind the suite and no AI features you did not ask for: on a Nextcloud instance the Assistant is something you enable, with models you choose, not something that arrived with a price increase. Our Gemini page covers the Google side of that.
App by app
| Google Workspace | Open-source counterpart in Nextcloud | Protocol or format |
|---|---|---|
| Gmail | Nextcloud Mail (mailboxes included on Hub plans) | IMAP |
| Google Drive, shared drives | Nextcloud Files with group folders, desktop and mobile sync | WebDAV |
| Docs, Sheets, Slides | Nextcloud Office (Collabora Online or Euro-Office, both open source) | DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODF |
| Meet, Chat | Nextcloud Talk | WebRTC |
| Calendar, Contacts | Nextcloud Calendar and Contacts | CalDAV, CardDAV |
| Keep, Tasks | Notes, Tasks, Deck | Markdown, CalDAV |
| Forms | Nextcloud Forms | CSV, ODS export |
| Photos | Nextcloud Photos (redesigned in Hub 26 Summer) | Your files, your EXIF |
| Sites, AppSheet, Vault | Collectives for wikis; retention policies for part of Vault; no AppSheet equivalent |
The plan mapping to Nextcloud Hub is Starter to Business Starter, Business to Business Standard, Enterprise to Business Plus.
Managed or self-hosted
Managed: Nextcloud Hub
Nextcloud Enterprise Ultimate operated by MassiveGRID, with Office, Talk, mail, backups and support in the per-user price, in the U.S., E.U., U.K. or Asia.
Self-hosted: Nextcloud All-in-One
Free software on a server you rent, with Office and Talk included. Count the administrator's hours honestly.
Migrating from Google
Google Takeout and the admin export give you DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, iCal, vCard and MBOX; our export guide and the migration service take it from there.
Other open-source suites, honestly
openDesk for European public bodies, ONLYOFFICE DocSpace for document-first teams, Zimbra for mail only, and ownCloud or Seafile for file sync without the suite; our comparison covers the last two. For the whole of what Google Workspace does in one open-source product, Nextcloud is the broadest, which is why MassiveGRID runs it.
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.