Vote for Nextcloud in the CloudComputing-Insider Award 2026

For the tenth time, Nextcloud has been nominated for the CloudComputing-Insider Readers’ Choice Award in the category of Cloud Content Management. That’s a decade of nominations and awards!

But our work is far from done. As hyperscalers keep threatening our digital sovereignty, it’s even more important than ever to show how open source software can offer a solid alternative to Big Tech.

That’s why we hope we can count on your vote and make the importance of data control and open standards visible in this year’s ranking.

Community support and constant enhancements: How Nextcloud keeps evolving

Only a couple of months ago, we launched Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter, our most ambitious Hub release yet, bringing deeper integration, smarter workflows, and privacy-first AI capabilities.

This was rewarded when our CEO & founder, Frank Karlitschek, won the European Open Source Award for Business & Impact, recognizing his work on open source software.

But we couldn’t have done any of that without the continuous support of our community! This includes:

• Thousands of brilliant and motivated developers, testers, translators, writers, and designers
• Contributors at hundreds of enterprises, universities, service providers, and public entities
• Team members at the Nextcloud company
• Our Nextcloud partners

And many more people who engage themselves every day to collaborate around a vision of privacy, control, and freedom as private individuals.

Thanks to their efforts, Nextcloud has become a solid cloud content management alternative to Big Tech solutions for everyone looking for more digital sovereignty.

Why your vote matters: Nextcloud as the best Cloud Content Management tool

If you think our mission of restoring digital sovereignty by giving organizations and individuals full control over their data and IT infrastructure matters, we’d love to have your vote!

Select „Nextcloud“ in the category „Cloud Content Management“ and boost our chances to win. Over the past nine years, your endorsements have helped us take home silver, gold, and five times platinum, and we hope we can count on you again to achieve a top position.

As a nice extra, three lucky voters can win a pair of Teufel Bluetooth headphones!

How to vote for Nextcloud in a couple of easy steps

Are you ready to help Nextcloud defend its position at the top? Voting closes on 31 August, so the sooner you can vote, the better!

The voting page is in German. We recommend you use an online translator if you have any doubts, like the Nextcloud Assistant. We also include the translation of the most common and important words below.

1. Go to the Award page and click „Weiter“ to start the voting process.

2. Scroll down and vote for Nextcloud in the best “Cloud Content Management” category.

3. Click „Weiter“ at the bottom of the page.

4. Add your name and email on the last page to avoid multiple votes and register your vote.

5. Scroll down to tick the data consent box.

6. Scroll down to select if you’d like to be included in the competition to win the Teufel Bluetooth headphones.

7. Click “Umfrage abschließen” (“Complete the survey”) to register your vote.

About CloudComputing-Insider Awards

As a leading specialist portal for everything to do with cloud computing, SaaS, and digital transformation, CloudComputing-Insider offers news updates and in-depth analyses to its readers.

This German B2B platform wants to ensure that its audience, from IT decision-makers to administrators and experts, can fully utilize the potential of modern cloud technologies, including Nextcloud Hub 26 Winter.

The CloudComputing-Insider Awards are organized every year to award top IT manufacturers and providers in categories such as Cloud Content Management, Enterprise SaaS ERP, and Enterprise SaaS CRM.

Cast your vote now for Nextcloud as the winning Cloud Content Management tool, so we can show the world what an open source, privacy-first cloud solution can do for them!