ownCloud Hosting on MassiveGRID PaaS
ownCloud is the original open-source file sync and share platform, giving organisations a private alternative to Dropbox with desktop and mobile clients, secure sharing and enterprise integrations. The MassiveGRID PaaS package installs ownCloud Server with a PHP application server, database and expandable storage in one click.
ownCloud on MassiveGRID PaaS installs in one click in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, costs about $29.52 a month for the Starter configuration, a PHP application server (1 GiB) and a MySQL or MariaDB database (512 MiB), and starts with a 14-day free trial. See the sizing table.
Both buttons open the MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard with ownCloud pre-selected. Sign up without a card, name the environment, pick a region, and the package installs in a few minutes.
ownCloud Package Facts
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Package | ownCloud |
| Type | Application (installs a complete environment) |
| Category | Collaboration & Projects |
| Software vendor / project | ownCloud GmbH (Kiteworks) |
| Licence | AGPLv3 (ownCloud Server Community, open source) |
| Runtime / stack | PHP application server, MySQL/MariaDB, persistent file storage |
| Regions | New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore |
| Billing | Pay-per-use, about $29.52/month for the Starter configuration (12 cloudlets at $0.003372 per cloudlet-hour), no licence fee |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card |
| Uptime SLA | 100% |
What is ownCloud?
ownCloud has been used since 2010 by enterprises, universities and research organisations, including some of the largest academic file services in Europe, to keep files on their own infrastructure. It provides file sync across devices, sharing with links and permissions, versioning, comments and tags, and integrations with LDAP, SAML, antivirus, external storage such as S3 and SMB, and online office suites.
The package provisions a PHP application server tuned for ownCloud, a MySQL or MariaDB database and persistent storage that can be expanded from the dashboard, then completes the installer so you can create users immediately. Vertical auto-scaling covers busy sync periods.
What the ownCloud Package Deploys
Marketplace packages are not bare container images. One click provisions a complete, production-shaped environment on MassiveGRID infrastructure. How these nodes are sized and what they cost.
- PHP application server: Apache or NGINX with PHP-FPM, OPcache and the extensions ownCloud requires, with large-upload settings applied.
- MySQL or MariaDB database: A linked database container configured during installation.
- Expandable data storage: Persistent disk for user files that grows from the dashboard.
- Built-in domain and SSL: Clients connect over HTTPS immediately; attach your own domain via Let's Encrypt.
What ownCloud Costs to Run
Three starting configurations for the ownCloud package, sized in cloudlets (1 cloudlet = 128 MiB RAM + 400 MHz CPU) and priced at the published rate of $0.003372 per cloudlet-hour, or $2.46 per cloudlet-month.
| Configuration | Topology | Cloudlets | Est. per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| StarterEvaluation and small teams | PHP application server (8 cloudlets, 1 GiB), MySQL or MariaDB database (4 cloudlets, 512 MiB) | 12 | $29.52 |
| StandardA team in daily use | PHP application server (16 cloudlets, 2 GiB), MySQL or MariaDB database (8 cloudlets, 1 GiB) | 24 | $59.04 |
| ProductionHigh traffic, scaled horizontally | NGINX load balancer (4 cloudlets, 512 MiB), 2 × PHP application server (16 cloudlets, 2 GiB each), MySQL or MariaDB database (16 cloudlets, 2 GiB) | 52 | $127.92 |
Estimates assume the environment averages the listed cloudlets around the clock; billing is hourly, vertical auto-scaling lowers the figure when the application is idle, and volume discounts apply as usage grows. Disk and external traffic are billed per gigabyte on top. No licence fee applies to the package. Pick a row in the installer by setting the cloudlet limits per node, or start small and let auto-scaling grow it. Price a different topology or a working-hours schedule in the PaaS pricing calculator; the PaaS page describes the billing model.
Why Teams Choose ownCloud
Focused file platform
Sync, share, version and comment on files with mature desktop and mobile clients.
External storage
Mount S3, SMB/CIFS, FTP and other storage back ends into the same namespace.
Enterprise integration
LDAP and Active Directory, SAML/Shibboleth, antivirus scanning and file firewall rules.
Your region, your rules
Host files in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore on GDPR-compliant infrastructure.
How to Install ownCloud on MassiveGRID PaaS
Installing the package takes three steps and a few minutes of waiting. No servers to provision, no configuration files to edit.
Open the installer
Click Install with free trial or Install to my account. The MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard opens with the ownCloud package pre-selected, so nothing has to be copied or pasted.
Sign up or sign in
New to the platform? Sign up for the free 14-day trial, which needs no credit card. Existing customers sign in with their usual dashboard credentials.
Choose region and deploy
Name the environment, pick New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, and confirm. The platform builds every ownCloud node, wires them together and hands you the live URL and credentials.
Who Runs ownCloud on PaaS
Research and academic institutions
Large user bases sharing datasets with federated identity.
Businesses with compliance needs
Companies that must keep documents in a defined jurisdiction.
Organisations already on ownCloud
Teams migrating an existing ownCloud server to elastic, snapshot-protected hosting.
Why Run ownCloud on MassiveGRID PaaS
Built for uptime. ownCloud runs on MassiveGRID's high-availability platform, where every environment is covered by a 100% uptime SLA. Nodes live on redundant hosts, storage is replicated, and failed containers are restarted or migrated automatically.
Pay for what you use. Billing is hourly and per cloudlet (128 MiB RAM plus 400 MHz CPU). Vertical auto-scaling adds and removes cloudlets as load changes, so a quiet ownCloud environment costs a few dollars a month and a busy one grows without a migration. Full details are on the PaaS page.
Your choice of jurisdiction. Deploy in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore and keep data inside the region your users or regulators require. MassiveGRID is ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified and GDPR compliant, and has run hosting infrastructure since 2003.
No lock-in. The package is a standard Jelastic Packaging Standard (JPS) manifest. You keep root-level access to the containers, can export the manifest, and can move the workload to any other Jelastic-compatible platform or to your own servers at any time.
Related on massivegrid.com: HA Cloud Storage.
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