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ownCloud

Composite Score

8.5 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

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What is ownCloud?

ownCloud is the market-leading open source software for cloud-based collaboration platforms. As an alternative to Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive, ownCloud offers real data security and privacy for you and your data. Store your files in one central location – protected from unauthorized access. Many features designed for absolute data security help you to work productively and securely.

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ownCloud Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

95 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love ownCloud?

0% Negative

7% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 89

Mobility Support

Task Management and Workflow

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Team Collaboration

Access Control and Rights Management

Drag and Drop User Interface

Electronic Signatures

Real-Time Synchronization

3rd-Party Integrations

Large File Optimization

Cognitive Content Services

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 88

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

ownCloud Reviews

Linda J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates ownCloud from other similar products?

With ownCloud, we have it easy when it comes to sharing files and content syncing and it is cloud based and therefore very secure and scalable.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It provides your own data center on-premise, at a trusted service provider or choose owncloud.online,software as service collaboration. You can install owncloud to your environment server with a large data hardrive storage

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Flexible and useful tool if you need or want to implement your own internal Cloud/Filesharing service. It is Open Source which allows for a quite a bit of customization in its implementations

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Khaya D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates ownCloud from other similar products?

Affordability

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Simple workspace interface

What do you dislike most about this product?

Integration with other programs is not easy to achieve

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a good affordable software for startups if you want to save money.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

Shivan y.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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95 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

92 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+98 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love ownCloud?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Mobility Support Software is optimized for mobile usage.

Task Management and Workflow Supports triggers and events for process automation.

Enterprise Grade Security Controls Encryption in-transit and at rest. Remote wiping of data on non-corporate owned devices.

Team Collaboration Allows multiple users to comment on, mark-up, annotate, or edit a document. Provides team sites, workspaces or other landing areas that enhance productivity.

Access Control and Rights Management Ability to discretely control who can access the file.

Drag and Drop User Interface Optimal user interfaces and interactions, such as drag-and-drop and file open-in applications.

Electronic Signatures Form signatures can be captured, stored and reported on electronically

Real-Time Synchronization Synchronization of files to a central repository (on-prem or in the cloud) facilitating access across multiple devices.

3rd-Party Integrations Integration with other identity providers, content management systems, or cloud services.

Large File Optimization Contains optimizations for transfers of large files.

Cognitive Content Services Content services powered by machine learning from optical character recognition to mining user activity for behavioural analytics & automated media tagging.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

ownCloud Reviews

Linda J.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Khaya D.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Shivan y.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Mobility Support

Task Management and Workflow

Enterprise Grade Security Controls

Team Collaboration

Access Control and Rights Management

Drag and Drop User Interface

Electronic Signatures

Real-Time Synchronization

3rd-Party Integrations

Large File Optimization

Cognitive Content Services

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features