@ajsadauskas @asklemmy I host Nextcloud on an computer at home using docker. Nextcloud is great as a file, calendar, contact server to replace Google drive and their calendar and contacts sync service.

It does not do photos well at all, neither the memories plugin nor the photos plugin, IMHO. If you are looking to replace Google Photos and are able to self host, I would recommend Immich.

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy I host Nextcloud on an computer at home using docker. Nextcloud is great as a file, calendar, contact server to replace Google drive and their calendar and contacts sync service.

It does not do photos well at all, neither the memories plugin nor the photos plugin, IMHO. If you are looking to replace Google Photos and are able to self host, I would recommend Immich.

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy I have been using Nextcloud on a cheap Australian VPS for a few months now. It is far from a perfect solution, it is slow, the quality of it’s apps are… mixed, BUT, I prefer it over the big tech solutions I used to use by far.

If you do want to go down this route, I recommend getting a cheapo VPS (4 GB of ram will do the job) or setup an old laptop or PC as a home server, then chuck the Nextcloud AIO docker image on it. It handles everything for you and makes life easy.

@ajsadauskas@aus.social @asklemmy@lemmy.ml Nextcloud is a lot better than owncloud IMO

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy It’s awesome! I have storage share from Hetzner.

https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/

I recommend portknox.net. One of the Nextcloud team suggested them to me, and they are pretty awesome.

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy I wish there was a better alternative than NextCloud (or that NextCloud was better). It’s not great, but it’s ok and it depends on what you’re going to use it for.

You should probably find an Australian provider, but look for someone that has an actual Collabora server with your managed account (avoid the community version server which is unstable).

Also, make sure that you can install apps (which in most cases you can), you need them. For instance, if you’re going to use it for photos, the default Photos app very limited and you need the Memories app for timelines and albums.

If some of your money (to the provider) goes into development, not only hosting, it’s probably a better investement.

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy I’m also doing this but doing some of the hosting myself. I’m using @doncow to host my own email. I’m also looking at @cryptpad for apps. Those could fit your needs also. I’m not a nextcloud fan but I think these do have integrations.

@ajsadauskas@aus.social @asklemmy@lemmy.ml I ditched Google & Microsoft and went to #NextCloud.

Overall, works well. The interface is a bit dated looking and sometimes slow, but overall it has not let me down.

@ajsadauskas@aus.social @asklemmy@lemmy.ml Maybe the selfhosted community in lemmy can help you

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy Be aware, that Nextcloud is awesome. But it is also open source and moving fast. Its’ core (Files, Calendar, Contacts) works perfectly for a long time for me now on Windows, Linux and Android. Some things might be a bit clucky but you can always file ideas for improvement. And that is much better than at Google… ;-)

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy I’ve been self-hosting and also use my instance for my private IT business. From what I can tell it’s built on owncloud and the the server commands use the occ command that references that codebase.
Key apps to check out:
- Memories (for photos)
- Deck (for Kanban productivity boards)
- Mastodon Integration
- Polls (Doodle Alternative)
- Forms
-Appointments
- Talk (May need a high-end signaling server but can replace Google Meetup/Teams/Zoom/Slack)

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy How about not using any cloud service at all?

@ajsadauskas @asklemmy I’ve been self-hosting and also use my instance for my private IT business. From what I can tell it’s built on owncloud and the the server commands use the occ command that references that codebase.
Key apps to check out:
- Memories (for photos)
- Deck (for Kanban productivity boards)
- Mastodon Integration
- Polls (Doodle Alternative)
- Forms
-Appointments
- Talk (May need a high-end signaling server but can replace Google Meetup/Teams/Zoom/Slack)