ATTENTION THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TO GOOGLE DRIVE! You Can Build Your Own Cloud

Nextcloud is an open source cloud platform for keeping your files under your control.

Unlike classical cloud services, the basic idea is this:

You can have control of the cloud server.

Nextcloud Desktop application synchronizes certain folders on your computer with the server.

For example:

Computer → Nextcloud → Phone

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One of Nextcloud's developments in 2026 is New desktop client for Euro-Office-based productivity applications. With this development, Nextcloud aims to create a more direct alternative to Microsoft Office. Computerworld

This is especially interesting for companies, teams and users who do not want to cede control of their data to another provider.

What does it do?

It offers file synchronization, collaboration and the opportunity to create a cloud system under your own control.

It may require a little more technical setup, but it is a strong alternative in terms of privacy and data control.