#72 in Collaboration & CommunicationUpdated 2026-08

OpenCloud

by OpenCloud · Open source file sharing and collaboration for digitally sovereign teams

24.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

OpenCloud is an open source file management and sharing platform from the Heinlein Group, aimed at teams working with large data volumes. It can be run on premise or taken as SaaS through selected partners, and includes an integrated office suite for collaboration. The vendor cites encryption, access rights, two-factor authentication, versioning and GDPR compliance.

Best for: Public sector, research, education and business teams needing on-premise or partner-hosted file sharing
Pricing: The captured pages link to a pricing page but show no prices, plans or figures.
Runs on: Self-hosted

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Open source, with a public GitHub repository and community
Runs on premise or as SaaS through selected partners
Integrated office suite for real-time collaboration
Vendor states GDPR compliance and zero-trust data sovereignty

Trade-offs

No prices, plans or licence terms shown on the captured pages
SaaS is offered only via partners, not directly by OpenCloud
On-premise use puts installation, updates and operation on your own IT team
Claims are broad; no capacity, storage or technical limits are given

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 35 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 41 out of 100
Changelog: 0 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 55 out of 100
Operational trust: 25 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 85 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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