Where is Nextcloud located?

Nextcloud is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Who is the current CEO of Nextcloud?

Frank Karlitschek of Nextcloud.

How many employees does Nextcloud have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Nextcloud is 149.

Where does Nextcloud rank among its competitors?

Nextcloud ranks 17th amongst 705 active competitors, of which 100 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Egnyte, which secured an undisclosed amount in Feb, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Nextcloud?

Nextcloud's top competitors include Box, Dropbox and Egnyte. Among them, Egnyte secured the most recent funding round in February, 2025.

Nextcloud - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Competitors & Financials

Nextcloud is an unfunded company based in Stuttgart (Germany), founded in 2016 by Frank Karlitschek. It operates as a Provider of platform for file synchronisation, communication, and content collaboration. Nextcloud has not raised any funding yet. The company has 705 active competitors, including 100 funded and 76 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Box, Dropbox and Egnyte.

Company Details

Provider of platform for file synchronisation, communication, and content collaboration. The platform delivers file storage and sharing, audio and video conferencing, text chat, calendar, contacts, and mail functionalities. It offers document editing, content generation, data summarization, and workflow automation features. The platform is designed for data protection, control, and monitoring of communication.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2016

Location

Stuttgart, Germany

Stage

Unfunded

Ranked

17^th among 705 active competitors

Employee Count

149 as on Aug 31, 2026

Similar Companies

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Nextcloud is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Nextcloud GmbH CIN: D2601_HRB227086 , Germany, Active	Jul 19, 2016	-	-
Nextcloud GmbH CIN: HRB227086 , Germany, Active	Jul 18, 2016	-	40 (As on Dec 31, 2021)

Nextcloud has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of Nextcloud is Frank Karlitschek.

Here are the details of Nextcloud's key team members:

Frank Karlitschek: Founder & CEO of Nextcloud and founder of 1 other company.

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Nextcloud's employee count trend

Nextcloud has 149 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Nextcloud's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Nextcloud include Box, Dropbox and Egnyte. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Nextcloud, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Box 2005, Redwood City (United States), Public	AI based platform for secure collaboration, content management, and workflow	$693M	DFJ, USVP & 38 others	80/100
2nd	Dropbox 2007, San Francisco (United States), Public	Cloud-based enterprise collaboration platform for enterprise file sharing	$607M	Sequoia Capital, T. Rowe Price & 64 others	77/100
3rd	Egnyte 2006, Mountain View (United States), Series F	Platform that offers data governance and file sharing solutions	$136M	Northgate Capital, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners ... & 13 others	75/100
4th	WeTransfer 2009, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Acquired	Cloud-based file sharing and file transfer application	$63.8M	HPE Growth, Highland Capital Partners & 2 others	74/100
5th	BitTorrent 2004, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Cloud-based file sharing software provider	$35.8M	Binance Labs, DCM Ventures & 10 others	70/100
6th	Cortex 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series C	Developer of an internal developer portal using AI technology	$112M	Sequoia Capital, IVP & 23 others	69/100
7th	Conga 2006, Broomfield (United States), Acquired	Provider of document automation, contract lifecycle management, and revenue solutions	$140M	Salesforce Ventures, Insight Partners & 3 others	68/100
8th	SpiderOak 2007, Northbrook (United States), Series C	Provider of zero-trust security solutions for data protection and access control	$35M	Empyrean Software, OCA Ventures & 9 others	67/100
9th	Kiteworks 1999, Palo Alto (United States), Series D	Provider of private data network for secure and compliant data exchange	$650M	Sixth Street, Insight Partners & 3 others	65/100
10th	pCloud 2013, Baar (Switzerland), Series A	Enterprise cloud storage	$3M	-	64/100
17th	Nextcloud 2016, Stuttgart (Germany), Unfunded	Provider of platform for file synchronisation, communication, and content collaboration	-	-	61/100