Private Cloud File Hosting: Keep Your Business Data Yours
Stop paying per-user fees that scale with your team. Own your file storage with Nextcloud. GDPR-compliant, no vendor lock-in, no surprise bills.
What is private cloud file hosting?
Private cloud file hosting lets you store, sync, and share files on your own dedicated infrastructure instead of relying on public cloud giants like Dropbox or Google Drive. You own the server. You own the data. No third party scans your files or monetizes your metadata.
For a team of 50 using Dropbox at EUR 12-18 per person per month, that's EUR 7,200-10,800 per year. A self-hosted Nextcloud instance on a managed platform? EUR 30-50 flat. Same files. Same features. No per-user fees. No surprise scaling costs.
The catch: someone has to run it. Nextcloud handles the software. But infrastructure, updates, backups, security patches, monitoring: that falls on you. Unless you hand it to Opsily.
The real cost of file hosting: Dropbox vs. self-hosted vs. managed
What you actually pay for 50 people, 5-year horizon.
Dropbox pricing per nextcloud.com/pricing fetch Sept 2026. Opsily managed Nextcloud reflects typical small-to-medium deployment. Self-hosted cost excludes your internal DevOps labor.
The hidden cost of self-hosting
Nextcloud is free. The software costs zero euros. But infrastructure costs something.
A decent VPS for file storage runs EUR 15-50 per month depending on storage size and redundancy. That's cheap. But then you own these:
- Security updates. Nextcloud releases patches constantly. You apply them, test them, roll them out. Your team or a contractor does this.
- Backups and disaster recovery. If your VPS dies, you lose everything unless you set up replication and tested it. (Most people don't test.)
- Monitoring. Is the server up? Are disk warnings happening? Is someone exporting the entire database? You monitor this 24/7 or you miss incidents.
- SSL certificates. Free with Let's Encrypt, but you have to renew them before they expire. (Automation helps, but you set it up.)
- Scaling. Your team grows to 200 people. Your server slows down. You move to bigger infrastructure, migrate data, test failover.
These are not problems. They are responsibilities. If you have a DevOps team, you welcome them. If you are an 8-person startup, they are noise you do not need.
With Opsily managed Nextcloud, these responsibilities vanish. We handle it. You open the files you store.
Why Opsily for private cloud file hosting
Nextcloud without the ops burden.
No DevOps required
We handle security updates, backups, monitoring, and scaling. You do not wake up at 3am because the server is full. We watch it for you, 24/7.
GDPR-compliant EU hosting
Your files stay in German data centers that meet ISO 27001 standards. No data transfer to the US. No third-party scanning. Full data sovereignty for your business.
Always up-to-date
Nextcloud ships security patches constantly. We apply them automatically in off-hours. You run the latest version without lifting a finger.
Built for teams who need reliability
How deployment works
From signup to first shared file in under an hour.
Email and password. No credit card upfront. We provision your isolated Nextcloud instance in German data centers.
Set team members, storage quota, sharing rules, and integrations (Slack, Teams, email). All in the Nextcloud admin panel.
Already on Dropbox? We help you move files over. Starting from scratch? Your team installs the mobile app and desktop client on their machines.
Email and password. No credit card upfront. We provision your isolated Nextcloud instance in German data centers.
Set team members, storage quota, sharing rules, and integrations (Slack, Teams, email). All in the Nextcloud admin panel.
Already on Dropbox? We help you move files over. Starting from scratch? Your team installs the mobile app and desktop client on their machines.
Create your account
Email and password. No credit card upfront. We provision your isolated Nextcloud instance in German data centers.
Configure your workspace
Set team members, storage quota, sharing rules, and integrations (Slack, Teams, email). All in the Nextcloud admin panel.
Migrate or start fresh
Already on Dropbox? We help you move files over. Starting from scratch? Your team installs the mobile app and desktop client on their machines.
Start sharing
Upload files. Share with team. Create shared folders. Collaborate with clients using secure public links. It works like Dropbox. But it is yours.
Trust and compliance built in
Nextcloud is the most audited open-source file platform on Earth.
GDPR compliant
Your data stays where you choose. No surveillance. No third-party scanning. Full compliance with EU data protection law.
Open source (AGPL-3.0)
36.9K developers have audited the code. Security through transparency. Not a black box. You can read every line.
German infrastructure
Your data is isolated in German data centers. Secure, protected, and never transferred to the US. Full EU data sovereignty and control.
Simple, transparent pricing
All plans include EU-hosted infrastructure, automatic backups, and 24/7 monitoring. Pick the size that fits your team.
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Frequently asked questions
Get answers about private cloud file hosting, Nextcloud, and how Opsily runs it for you.
Private cloud file hosting means storing, syncing, and sharing files on infrastructure you control or designate instead of public cloud providers like Dropbox or Google Drive. With Nextcloud on Opsily, you get a fully private, isolated instance running on German servers. Your data never goes through shared infrastructure. No third party has access. No one scans your files or monitors your behavior. It is your cloud.
Stop paying per-user fees. Own your file storage.
Nextcloud on Opsily means zero DevOps, GDPR compliance, and EUR 30-50 per month instead of EUR 600-900. No hidden costs. No vendor lock-in. Your data, your rules.