# Is Nextcloud enterprise software? **URL:** \ **Category:** šŸ·ļø General\ **Tags:** rant\ **Created:** [February 20, 2026, 8:16am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665 "2026-02-20T08:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rakekniven](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/rakekniven/32/67096_2.png) [@rakekniven](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/rakekniven)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/21 "2026-02-23T18:19:20Z")
> [@MaxiW](#): > > some basic things like uploading files larger than 5GB didnā€™t work. Not true. Uploading a 100GB file isnā€™t an issue on my NUC running NC32 (Ubuntun, apache). Please search the forum as this has been discussed many times over the last years. ---
**Author:** ![bb77](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/bb77/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bb77](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/bb77)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/22 "2026-02-23T18:21:33Z")
> [@MaxiW](#): > > You say that if we want to scale here, we should use Kubernetes, but then we have problems with everything, and then we get ā€œSorry, but we donā€™t offer support for Kubernetes.ā€ Who said that, someone from the forum? This is a community forum run by volunteers. No one here wants to or can certify your environment, nor do they have any authority to tell you what is and isnā€™t supported (except perhaps employees of Nextcloud GmbH who drop by from time to time). If you have an Enterprise subscription, ask your contact at Nextcloud GmbH. > [@MaxiW](#): > > Every time, all apps are deactivated. As a solution, build your own workaround like T -Online or Telekom does it is always a mystery to us, because when it comes to scaling, we are completely left in the lurch, All apps disabled after patching, i.e. even minor versions? That has never happened to me. I donā€™t know if it has anything to do with how you do scaling, and I donā€™t know if T-Online uses ā€œworkaroundsā€ to keep their service running. But the software, and the apps generally work, and at least for me, apps are only disabled if they are not compatible with a new major version of Nextcloud. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyKater](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/jimmykater/32/4850_2.png) [@JimmyKater](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/JimmyKater)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/23 "2026-02-24T15:07:21Z")
> [@bb77](#): > > All apps disabled after patching, these are enterprise-problems. Afaik (from hearsay) you can easily stay with an older version of NC if you like, having an enterprise subscription. So no need to upgrade to a version which doesnā€™t (yet) support your core-apps (though the ā€œfeat.ā€ apps should get new versions, as well) i vote for: leaving enterpriseproblems to the professional guys from NC inc. ---
**Author:** ![bb77](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/bb77/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@bb77](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/bb77)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/24 "2026-02-24T17:34:37Z")
> [@JimmyKater](#): > > > [@bb77](#): > > > > All apps disabled after patching, > > these are enterprise-problems. That was a (rhetorical) question for @MaxiW Again, Iā€™ve never had this problem with minor updates, but yes, with major updates, not all apps are compatible from day one, mainly third-party ones. These are then disabled. However, part of enterprise IT is also having a test environment. No IT professional in an enterprise would just blindly click on an update button. There are engineering teams that test updates in a test environment first, especially when it comes to rolling out a new major release. So, in this case, weā€™re probably not talking about ā€˜enterpriseā€™ in the true sense of the word either. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/tflidd/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tflidd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/25 "2026-02-24T22:32:31Z")
> [@JimmyKater](#): > > i vote for: leaving enterpriseproblems to the professional guys from NC inc. šŸ‘ And for the community part, share details of the setup, report the bugs, then people can look into it, and potentially solve problems. If not, it is kind of waste of time for everyone. Iā€™m out here. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Pan](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/peter_pan/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Peter\_Pan](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Peter_Pan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/26 "2026-02-25T09:53:50Z")
> [@Daphne](#): > > Nextcloud has hundreds of customers and runs on incredibly large instances with millions of users. So yes, it is enterprise software. Yeah, yeah, I read the sales pitch. (-: You got any input on the topics I raised. I already knew that Nextcloud thinks it is enterprise software ā€¦ > [@saettel.beifuss0](#): > > you need people to get behind the migration to Nextcloud. At the moment I am not behind it, so I can hardly convince my co-workers. O:-) > [@tflidd](#): > > but regarding the numbers alone, youā€™d expect a better performance. We run NC client on an i7, 32 gig of ram, nvmw ssd. i donā€™t think it should be such a bottleneck that syncing changes from remote causes folder to be deleted remotely. That feels more like a software-side hickup. other than that, with the performance, we are fine. > [@tflidd](#): > > The OP didnā€™t share more details about the setup. Just it didnā€™t work out like that in real life. > [@zig](#): > > if all you care about is sharing files on your network, its way overkill. Yeah, that is what I figure. It looks like NC is trying to do everything, but none of it is really done. I wanna focus on the file sharing and I did not ask for Talk and Office and Decks and ā€¦ maybe NC is just not the right way for us. > [@JimmyKater](#): > > I bet if NC was that piece of crap Come on, what is happening? Where did I say ā€œpiece of crapā€? Why you tryinā€™ to derail the conversation? I raised concrete technical problems we have. Why not respond to them. Instead of trying to open a ā€œwe against themā€-line and claiming people badmouth ā€œyourā€ poor software? This post was not to find solutions to technical difficulties. I would have chosen another category for that. This was to get a reality check on my perception of NC and what people think and say about it. For the technical side of things: we are in fact evaluating SMB shares on a ZFS right now (versioning, backups, ACLs). It does not have offline sync, but ā€¦ as that mostly causes problems for us in NC anyway. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø ---
**Author:** ![saettel.beifuss0](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/saettel.beifuss0/32/70079_2.png) [@saettel.beifuss0](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/saettel.beifuss0)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/27 "2026-02-25T10:12:37Z")
> [@Peter\_Pan](#): > > At the moment I am not behind it, so I can hardly convince my co-workers. O:-) Thatā€™s perfectly acceptable. In that case, I wouldnā€™t touch Nextcloud with a ten-foot pole. > [@Peter\_Pan](#): > > For the technical side of things: we are in fact evaluating SMB shares on a ZFS right now (versioning, backups, ACLs). If SMB shares are sufficient for you needs, I would care even less about Nextcloud (or any Cloud software). That is like me complaining in the Ferrari Forum about their hard suspension and gas guzzling, when a Toyota Corolla as my daily would probably be a the better fit šŸ˜‰ > [@Peter\_Pan](#): > > It does not have offline sync Not SMB, but clients themselves do. Windows calls this offline files. But be aware, this is opening up another can of wormsā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Cisco30](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/cisco30/32/54605_2.png) [@Cisco30](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Cisco30)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/28 "2026-02-25T10:18:52Z")
> [@Peter\_Pan](#): > > Yeah, that is what I figure. It looks like NC is trying to do everything, but none of it is really done. I wanna focus on the file sharing and I did not ask for Talk and Office and Decks and ā€¦ maybe NC is just not the right way for us. hi If you want to focus solely on file sharing, ā€œSeafileā€ is for you. I used it for years, and itā€™s top-notch for sharing and synchronization. But I needed a calendar, contacts, Talkā€¦ the complete opposite of what you offer. So for the last two years, Iā€™ve been using Nextcloud, and it suits me very well. ---
**Author:** ![zig](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/zig/32/71968_2.png) [@zig](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/zig)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/29 "2026-02-25T17:03:31Z")
i wouldnā€™t say its ā€˜not doneā€™ as all the core apps work quite well. Sure, some of the 3rd party apps are iffy at times, but the main ones are pretty reliable too. I just meant above that its more than ā€˜just sharing of local filesā€™ and if you donā€™t need all the rest, its easier just to use NFS or something. But if you need a complete ā€˜suiteā€™ NC is a great thing. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyKater](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/jimmykater/32/4850_2.png) [@JimmyKater](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/JimmyKater)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/30 "2026-02-25T18:49:48Z")
> [@Peter\_Pan](#): > > I raised concrete technical problems we have simply said: no you didnā€™t. you vented off. nothing more. you posting doesnā€™t meet any requirements of a call for help. Posting your thread under ā€œgeneralā€ clearly shows that this wasnā€™t meant as a call for support. You even checked the mark asking you directly if this posting was a support-case. > [@Peter\_Pan](#): > > Why not respond to them maybe we would respond (and some of us even tried) - but you refrain from giving out details. so some ppl here might think: youā€™re a frustrated user. so yeah maybe NC isnā€™t meant for you guys. OK. You can chose another software suite (some had been mentioned here already). Good luck. If you have a technical problem open a thread under support and fill in the needed details. and then letā€™s see whatā€™s gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![putt1ck](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/putt1ck/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@putt1ck](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/putt1ck)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 6:02am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/33 "2026-02-26T06:02:54Z")
Well now, experiences differ. Iā€™ve had NC installed and configured and operated _since there was an NC to operate_ for 100s of users spread across multiple offices and project sites. With terabytes of files. Have there been issues? Sure, but then again Iā€™ve installed and operated software for enterprises from any number of suppliers and the one thing they all have in common is that they had issues, particularly in early versions. But as others have noted all the issues you outline have solutions. The biggest instance I can access right now to check spec has 26TB of content, a mix of tiny (few kb) and large files (multiple G) and approx 500 users. The users are mostly LDAP/AD auth, some using sync client, some using direct web access. This all runs on a virtualised infrastructure with iscsi storage for content. The DB and frontend run on separate VMs; the frontend runs behind a reverse proxy and has 4G RAM, 8 vcpu, the DB VM has 4G RAM, 6 vcpu. The setup runs fine. For the record worth noting the hosts these VMs are on are old, \>5 years and the iscsi stores are SATA, old and shared with other applications. It runs fine. Could it be faster? Sure. Faster hosts, dedicated ISCSI SSD storage. All costs money but would improve performance. This instance is not NC GMBH supported. ---
**Author:** ![Corinth](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/corinth/32/43734_2.png) [@Corinth](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/Corinth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/34 "2026-02-26T12:59:08Z")
We have been using NC for over eight years, originally for file share and syncing. Home workers and mobile are able to access company documents easily (approx. half millions files). Setting up shares for external clients has mostly been okay. The main issue we faced was the changing interface for creating shares requiring new training. We added Talk when it became a stable app, and have been using this for over six years. That came in very useful when the pandemic hit. This has been far more reliable than Skype, Teams or Zoom (which some of our users tried). For most of our experience, software updates have just worked without issues. Testing is the key (as it should be in any IT environment). On the whole I still recommmend NC if it fits your needs. We have tried and evaluated many cloud sharing environments. The main reasons we stuck with NC was the Open Source nature and on-premises storage. If these are important then use NC. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyKater](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/jimmykater/32/4850_2.png) [@JimmyKater](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/JimmyKater)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/is-nextcloud-enterprise-software/240665/35 "2026-02-26T19:00:33Z")
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