NEXTCLOUD latest features, free or not?

Nextcloud itself is free and the difference is just in terms of support. There is the notification function for the mobile apps, that pass through a Nextcloud company server that are limited for personal users (free use policy up to 500 users):

(if you don’t have to use this feature).

For the office solutions, the default (pre-build) images had some limits as well, usually a number of parallel users (10 or 20). You can build your own images without these limits):

If you want customized desktop/mobile clients, with subscription they can help you. Not sure if you could do all by yourself, the code is open source, so it might just be a bit more painful.