ownCloud Reviews & Insights

Score9.2 out of 10

36 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for ownCloud are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

High Scalability: Many users have praised ownCloud for its high scalability, with several reviewers mentioning that the software is suitable for businesses of various sizes. This indicates that ownCloud can efficiently handle a large number of users and adapt to different environments.

Cross-Platform Compatibility: Numerous reviewers appreciate ownCloud's sync clients for all major platforms, including Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, Android, and iOS. This allows users to seamlessly access their files across different devices and operating systems.

User-Friendly Interface: Several users have mentioned that setting up the environment in ownCloud is easy and quick. They found it simple to create user groups, assign folder ownership, and manage user permissions. This suggests that ownCloud offers a user-friendly interface for managing user access and organizing files.

ownCloud Reviews

2 Reviews

Engineering

The ideal tool for sharing files across your team!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

August 27, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our research group, we used ownCloud for cloud services such as file syncing as well as file sharing—even large files—with others members of the team. It allows us to store files and share them among different people and have our own individual folders. We don't need to worry about forgetting files, because we can always reach out over the net to retrieve them.

Pros

Open plaform, one can federate with others' OwnCloud and share files.
Easy to upload and download documents.
Scalable and lightweight solution for cloud storing.

Cons

The Web user interface can be a little be slow sometimes.
No online video viewer by default.
No online document editor.

Likelihood to Recommend

I'd easily recommend ownCloud to small businesses or teams within organizations. I've not used ownCloud in large deployments, so I'd hesitate before suggesting it in a situation where more than 10 users need support. That said, ownCloud is easy to set up and multiple instances could be used to service a large user base.

João Almeida

Researcher in Engineering at Instituto de Telecomunicações (Telecommunications, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

View profile

A Great DIY or Managed Cloud Service

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 5, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I currently use ownCloud for cloud services such as file syncing, centralized calendar and contacts, as well as file sharing—even large files—with others. As an IT contractor, ownCloud has been great for enabling my access to business information anywhere I have access to the Internet (with limited functionality offline as well). I'm able to use my mobile device so I can schedule events that appear on my phone's calendar, as well as on my desktop/laptop machines. I don't need to worry about forgetting files, because I can always reach out over the net to retrieve them. If I save files on my laptop while with a client, I can access them on my office computer effortlessly. ownCloud is an elegant solution for much of my vital digital resources.

Pros

File Synchronization
Synchronized Contacts
Synchronized Calendar
File Sharing

Cons

Online Document Editor (new feature)
Web Media Player (new feature)

Likelihood to Recommend

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (Farming company, 10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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