# Nextcloud: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/nextcloud/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal communications and intranet | 0% | 52 | 33% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Open source | Nextcloud (self-hosted with security hardening)" (Kimi K2, Internal communications)
- "HumHub or Nextcloud (Best Open-Source/Self-Hosted)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Internal communications)

## And against it

- "Free to self-host, but add ~$10+/month hosting + setup time... Avoid if no IT resources." (Grok 4.1 Fast, Internal communications)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Internal communications and intranet: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 59 → 52 of 86.

## In its own words

What Nextcloud's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Open source content collaboration platform (https://nextcloud.com/)
- For: private clouds (https://nextcloud.com/)
- Price stated: Prices are in Euro per year and net/excl. VAT. (https://nextcloud.com/pricing/)
- Starting price: 42€ per user/year (https://nextcloud.com/pricing/)
- Free plan or trial: Instant trial (https://nextcloud.com/)
- Hosting: Germany
- Customers named: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Wirtschaft, Telekom Deutschland, Amnesty International, Technische Universität Berlin, German Federal Information Technology Center (ITZBund), Regio IT, Numih France, Serbian Parliament

## What it publishes

Every page nextcloud.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 12310 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 991 pages, 11 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- case study: 28 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-14
- webinar or virtual event: 116 pages, 12 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-10-29
- conference or event: 218 pages, 14 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-12-09
- report or ebook: 24 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-21
- comparison: 48 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-24
- glossary or explainer: 66 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-18
- podcast or video: 29 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-01-24
- news or press: 158 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-16
- Recent: 2026-12-09 conference or event: Nextcloud open source experience 2026 https://nextcloud.com/blog/event/nextcloud-open-source-experience-2026/
- Recent: 2026-12-08 conference or event: Nextcloud will be present at jres 2026 https://nextcloud.com/blog/event/nextcloud-will-be-present-at-jres-2026/
- Recent: 2026-11-17 conference or event: Nextcloud nato edge 26 https://nextcloud.com/blog/event/nextcloud-nato-edge-26/
- Recent: 2026-11-04 conference or event: Nextcloud tech show madrid https://nextcloud.com/blog/event/nextcloud-tech-show-madrid/
- Recent: 2026-10-29 webinar or virtual event: Doconext dutch webinar https://nextcloud.com/blog/event/doconext-dutch-webinar/
- Recent: 2026-10-27 conference or event: Nextcloud will be present at it sa expo congress https://nextcloud.com/blog/event/nextcloud-will-be-present-at-it-sa-expo-congress/

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.