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Cloud StorageFebruary 23, 2026 Ofclock Security Team 2 min read

Ditch Google Workspace: How to Host Nextcloud on Managed PaaS for Ultimate Privacy

Ditch Google Workspace: How to Host Nextcloud on Managed PaaS for Ultimate Privacy

The Privacy Crisis of 2026

With AI scraping becoming ubiquitous, enterprise companies and independent privacy advocates are actively abandoning massive walled gardens like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. When you store your documents, photos, and corporate calendars in Big Tech ecosystems, you implicitly surrender control over data residency and scraping mechanics.

Enter Nextcloud

Nextcloud is the premier open-source cloud storage and collaboration platform. It offers an incredibly slick, modern interface for file syncing (similar to Dropbox or Google Drive), collaborative document editing, team chat, and calendar management.

Because you own the Nextcloud instance, you own the encryption keys.

The Problem with Nextcloud Hosting

Historically, deploying Nextcloud meant diving deep into PHP configurations, web server maximum upload sizes, Redis caching configurations, and PostgreSQL optimization. It was daunting.

1-Click Nextcloud on Ofclock

Ofclock removes the administration barrier. By deploying Nextcloud through our automated PaaS infrastructure, you receive an instantly accessible, perfectly tuned container running Nextcloud with massive storage ceilings.

  • Automated Backups: Ensure you never lose your mission-critical company files with container volume snapshots.
  • Custom Domain Branding: Serve Nextcloud seamlessly on cloud.yourcompany.com.
  • Encrypted Transport: Ofclock forces secure HTTPS rendering, eliminating man-in-the-middle attack vectors automatically.

It's time to own your data explicitly. Deploy Nextcloud on Ofclock today in under 2 minutes.

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