Nextcloud Hosting - Your private cloud instance with hosting and maintenance

Nextcloud, the best free collaborative suite

With a Nextcloud hosting provider like LRob, all your collaborative working tools are brought together in a single free, open-source platform, with unlimited users. File sharing and synchronization, shared calendar, contact management, internal instant messaging, collaborative editing of text documents, spreadsheets and presentations (thanks to Collabora), note-taking, task management, Kanban-type project boards, online forms...

With Nextcloud hosting at LRob, get the most high performance, updates included, daily outsourced backups and proactive support.
If you're already using Nextcloud, we can migrate it to our servers and take care of it for you.

Freedom and confidentiality.

Thanks to your private Nextcloud instance.

Order my managed Nextcloud instance

From €360/year - Unlimited Users - 128GB

Nextcloud liberates, Nextcloud replaces.

Nextcloud can replace a plethora of solutions. Here is a non-exhaustive list of the services that Nextcloud can advantageously replace:

You may have to change your habits a little. But in the end, it's simpler, freer, and so much healthier.

See also: Nextcloud VS competitors comparison.

All-inclusive service

Your LRob managed Nextcloud host includes everything you need to enjoy Nextcloud:

• 24/7 application monitoring
• Maintenance
• User support
• Nextcloud application update
• Collabora Online Included
• 3-month daily backup retention Included

Collabora Online Suite

Edit your files alone or with others.
Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams.
Directly from your browser.

No hidden limits

• Unlimited users
• No maximum file size

Exclusive hosting on RAID NVMe SSDs

The fastest Nextcloud hosting possible: Thanks to NVME SSD storage with high-IPC CPU servers and a large amount of server RAM, coupled with Redis caching, you can enjoy the fastest, highest-performance Nextcloud experience possible.

NVMe SSD system

Your system files, database and files are all stored on ultra-fast NVMe SSDs in RAID 1 or RAID 5 for a balanced performance/redundancy balance.

Redis cache

Nextcloud caching in server RAM with Redis for even faster response, on powerful servers with ample RAM, CPU and no overload.

Where is your data?

If you don't know where they are, they're no longer your data.

With LRob.fr, your data is in the Hetzner datacenter in Falkenstein, a certified ISO 27001 datacenter.

LRob's hosting is eco-responsible with 100% green energy and some of the best performance thanks to numerous optimizations thought out right from the design stage. You can even take a 360° virtual tour of the datacenter.

10 reasons to choose Nextcloud

The proprietary Microsoft and Google solutions know how to give the impression of being indispensable. But this doesn't have to be the case. Like other forerunners, LRob has been working exclusively with Nextcloud for several years, and in the greatest of comforts.

Here are 10 reasons to do the same:

1. You prefer Nextcloud for its simplicity and consistency.
2. You want all your employees' devices to be easily synchronized to promote smooth, efficient teamwork.
3. You don't trust Google, Microsoft or the US government to guarantee the confidentiality of your personal and business data.
4. You want to avoid the arbitrary limits of proprietary solutions (file size, user quota, various restrictions).
5. You want to control your data: know where it's stored, and who can access it.
6. You don't want to mix email and data storage, which creates a dependency on a single provider and complicates any migration.
7. You refuse to be charged per user and have to manage subscriptions every time a team member joins or leaves.
8. You want to remain free to change host, without losing your data or configuration.
9. You use Linux, or you actively support free software.
10. You'd rather drive the local economy than feed tax-optimizing multinationals.

❓ FAQ - Frequently asked questions - Switching to Nextcloud

Is migrating from Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 complicated?

It's more tedious than difficult. Let's just say that the more data you've disseminated within them, the longer the migration will take. Migrating your documents, calendars, contacts and emails takes a little time, especially if your organization uses these services intensively.
But it's doable, step by step. Tools exist to export your data from Google or Microsoft, and import it into Nextcloud (files, calendars, contacts, etc.).

💡 LRob offers support to plan and carry out the migration smoothly, without disruption of service.
Contact us to discuss your requirements.

Can I synchronize my calendars and contacts with my devices?

Yes, perfectly.
Nextcloud supports the open standards CalDAV (for calendars) and CardDAV (for contacts), compatible with :

• iOS / macOS (native integration)
• Android (with an app like DAVx⁵)
• Thunderbird (with the right plugins)
• Outlook (with a third-party connector)

The result: your appointments, events and address books are always up to date, everywhere.

Can several people collaborate on a document as in Google Docs?

Yes.
Thanks to Collabora Online provided on all Nextcloud instances hosted by LRob, you can edit text documents, spreadsheets or presentations in real time, directly in the browser. Multiple people can write, comment or correct at the same time.

What about videoconferencing and instant messaging?

Nextcloud offers Nextcloud Talk, an integrated solution. Nevertheless visioconferencing, team chat and audio calls are not yet provided by LRob. Instead we provide you with access to our Jitsi Meet instance. This can thus replace tools like Zoom, Slack or Teams.
This is suitable for internal meetings, with the big advantage that everything stays with you.

How do I access Nextcloud?

• Browser-based (complete, intuitive interface)
• Via iOS/Android mobile applications
• Via synchronization clients for Windows, macOS and Linux

You can access your files, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes, project boards, etc., wherever you are.

Do I need to be an IT specialist to manage a Nextcloud instance?

Nextcloud requires rather advanced webmastering and system administration skills. Indeed, whether it's software prerequisites, or Nextcloud instance settings, installation and maintenance require a certain amount of experience.
That's why LRob offers Nextcloud hosting with Maintenance. We manage installation, configuration, a daily 3-month retention backup, updates and support, so all you have to do is enjoy your free and sometimes even increased productivity.

Is it really safe?

Yes, as long as you set up your instance properly and keep it up to date.

Nextcloud also offers :

• Server-side file encryption
• Fine-tuned permissions management
• Two-factor authentication (2FA)
• Access logs, DLP (Data Loss Prevention) rules, etc.

And above all: your data is no longer stored on foreign servers under extraterritorial jurisdiction..

Are there any user or storage limits?

No.

You can create as many users as you like and define the desired storage space for each of them.

You are limited only by the disk space available on the server or on your chosen package. It's up to you.
Some hosts, especially those advertising "unlimited space", may apply various limits on the maximum size of a file, or on the number of files ("inodes"). This is not the case with LRob, which offers you well-defined storage space, with no other limits.

Is it compatible with my current tools?

Nextcloud can integrate or interface with a wide range of systems and protocols:

• CalDAV / CardDAV for calendar and contacts
• WebDAV for files
• IMAP / SMTP for e-mail
• LDAP / Active Directory for user management (not recommended for 1000 reasons, but possible)
• SAML / OpenID Connect for authentication

Why switch to Nextcloud when everything already works with Google or Microsoft?

Because "everything works"... as long as you accept :

• Depend on a single service provider
• expose your data to surveillance or resale
• Pay per user, with costs exploding with growth
• No longer have control over the location or storage of data

Nextcloud is freedom, transparency and digital sovereignty.