Files gap analysis

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Comparing Microsoft OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox against Nextcloud

[as of 2024-12-01]

Feature	Microsoft OneDrive	Google Drive	Dropbox	Nextcloud
Separate app for Office	✔️ Outlook	✔️ Google Docs	✔️ Dropbox Paper	❌ We used to have this but quickly switched to only Files for simplicity. Might be nice to do again, like Photos Also mentioned in OpenDesk
Folder upload button	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️ (Done for Nextcloud 30) Forum post and another forum post (currently only via drag & drop) issue and customer issue
Integrated other apps in a right sidebar, including 3rd party apps	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Personal vault	✔️	✔️	➕ app	❌ Issue
View files from different devices	❌	✔️	❌	❌
Folder tree	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️ (Nextcloud 30)
Suggested items	❌	"Home" page	"Suggested from your activity" section	"Recent files"
First run wizard/tutorial			✔️	✔️ similar to changelog issue
Breadcrumbs bar	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Single click/double click behaviour	Single click outside file name: Select Single click on file name: open Double click anywhere: open	Single click anywhere: Select Double click anywhere: open	Single click outside file name: Select Single click on file name: open Double click anywhere: open	Single click anywhere: open Double click: nothing Maybe a11y issue?
Compact view	✔️ List, compact list, tiles	✔️ Cozy, comfortable, compact	✔️ List, large list	❌
Editing PDFs	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️
Document signing	✔️	❌	✔️	❌ issue exists Possible solution: Docuseal
Automations	✔️ powerautomate	❌	✔️	✔️ flow brainstorming required - Add flows to files directly - integrate existing OS automation
Quick filters	❌	✔️ type, people, modified	✔️ recent, starred	✔️ issue
New file open	↗️ New tab	↗️ New tab	↗️ New tab	same tab
Detailed upload manager	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
Advanced file search	❌	✔️ very detailed!	✔️ can filter after searching	✔️ from global search
"Save as" from action menu	❌	❌	✔️	❌

Creating and uploading

Microsoft OneDrive	Google Drive	Dropbox

Sharing

Microsoft OneDrive	Google Drive	Dropbox

cc @AndyScherzinger @sorbaugh @jancborchardt

[Dennis1993]

Hey,

Thanks for the feedback, I think it's great!
I find the topic of sharing in particular a bit complicated with NextCloud. We regularly ask IT support because it is very unclear in the navigation bar on the right who has access and when. See my ticket about this: #19489

There was once a version where sharing was in a separate popup, which was super easy to use and there were never any questions about it.

Very nice setup, hope we can optimize it together!