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Nextcloud Talk
Nextcloud Talk · Stuttgart, Germany · founded 2016
What it is
Nextcloud Talk combines meetings, chat, and webinars in a self-hosted communication platform. It can run on an organization’s infrastructure or with a trusted local provider, keeping communications and metadata there. Talk supports private, group, and public calls, URL invitations for external participants, and chat that remains after calls end. Users can share Nextcloud Files documents, connect rooms with files, calendars, and tasks, and use online office sidebars. Federated chats and calls can cross Nextcloud servers, with bridges to IRC, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, Mattermost, and XMPP. Apps are available for web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, and a public API supports integrations. Nextcloud describes end-to-end encrypted calls, layered encryption, brute-force protection, suspicious-login detection, and a security bug bounty. Typical private setups handle 6–10 participants, or up to 20 without video and with good connections. Webinars and large calls require the High Performance Backend. Standard costs €71.29 a year, Premium €104.99, and Ultimate €204.75, each starting at 100 users.
For and against
For
- Self-hosted or trusted-provider deployment
- Web, desktop, and mobile apps
- Federation and service bridges
- Guest access through invitation URLs
- End-to-end encrypted calls described
Against
- Paid plans start at 100 users
- Talk costs extra on listed plans
- Typical private calls handle 6–10 participants
- Large calls require backend capacity
The verdict
Nextcloud Talk connects calls and chat with Nextcloud files, calendars, and tasks while supporting self-hosting. Check participant limits, backend requirements, and 100-user plan minimums before choosing it.
Who it suits
It suits organizations wanting self-hosted meetings and chat connected to Nextcloud collaboration tools. Larger webinars need the High Performance Backend and dedicated capacity.
Plans and prices
Standard
minimum 100 users · Nextcloud Talk is optional at extra cost
Read 8 Oct 2026 · nextcloud.com
Premium
minimum 100 users · Nextcloud Talk is optional at extra cost
Read 8 Oct 2026 · nextcloud.com
Ultimate
minimum 100 users · Nextcloud Talk is optional at extra cost
Read 8 Oct 2026 · nextcloud.com
On the record
- Apps
- Nextcloud lists Talk desktop clients for Windows, macOS and Linux, mobile apps for Android and iOS, and browser use.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Backend requirement
- Webinars and public video conferencing with a lobby, plus SIP phone dial-in, require the Nextcloud Talk High Performance Backend.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Calls and chat
- Talk supports private, group and public calls, external participants invited by URL, and chat that remains available after a call ends.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Channels
- Nonextcloud.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Collaboration
- Users can share Files documents in chats, link chat rooms with files, calendars and tasks, and collaborate through online office sidebars.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Developer integration
- Nextcloud’s developer manual says apps can access Talk capabilities through a public API and that Talk is an optional app that must be installed and enabled.docs.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Federation and bridges
- Talk supports federated chats and calls across Nextcloud servers and bridging to services including IRC, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, Mattermost and XMPP.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Free option and trial
- Nextcloud lists free single-user provider accounts with 2 GB or more storage and offers a free 30-day test of the hosted High Performance Backend.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Guest access
- Yesnextcloud.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Nextcloud Files,Nextcloud Groupware,Nextcloud Calendar,Nextcloud Deck,Nextcloud Whiteboard,Matterbridge,Microsoft Teams,Discord,Matrix,IRC,Slack,Mattermost,XMPP,Pexip,SIPnextcloud.com · read 20 Sep 2026
- Large calls
- The High Performance Backend supports webinars and large calls with hundreds or thousands of participants, but requires significant dedicated bandwidth and processing capacity.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy and compliance
- Nextcloud says self-hosting keeps communications and metadata on the organization’s infrastructure and cites GDPR and CCPA among relevant compliance regimes.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Nextcloud Talk combines meetings, chat and webinars in one communication platform.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The product page describes end-to-end encrypted calls, multi-layered encryption, brute force protection, suspicious-login detection and a $10,000 security bug bounty.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Talk is a self-hosted, on-premises audio, video and chat service that can also be hosted by a trusted local provider.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Small deployment limits
- Nextcloud says a typical private setup handles calls with 6–10 participants, or up to 20 when participants have good network connections and do not use video.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The enterprise pricing page lists portal support and response times of two business days for Standard, one business day for Premium, and 1h, 4h, 12h or 24h for Ultimate.nextcloud.com · read 8 Oct 2026
