Why ownCloud?

The file manager on your desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile is fine as long as you work alone with one device. But you probably need to let more people (or machines) access your files, edit them or add to them, in a controlled and safe yet also easy and convenient way. This is where ownCloud steps in.

ownCloud enables you to share and sync data and keep it safe at the same time, on all platforms. It controls and monitors access and enables collaboration across devices, teams and continents alike, without risking data loss, theft or infringement on privacy regulation.

There are other content collaboration platforms out there, but none of them strike the balance between enhanced productivity and hardened security as well as ownCloud does. 

We are proud to be open source and our team is committed to making open source work for the corporate realm and large scientific endeavors – not despite being open source, but because of it. Our mission is to put digital sovereignty back into the hands of individuals and companies to leverage productivity improvements in a safe, flexible and scalable environment.

Unlike some competitors, ownCloud competently supports the whole product. With ownCloud, extra functionality is provided through API integration with fellow mature open-source software projects.

In a recent market overview of enterprise-grade content collaboration platforms, Gartner included ownCloud as the only open-source option.

Our customers

Across research, public institutions, heavy industry, finance or technology organization, more than 600 customers all over the world are boosting productivity while keeping their data safe with ownCloud.