Please recommend to me a Nextcloud provider!
Desired features:
a)Free or cheap
b)End-to-end encryption
c)I should not be forcibly logged out at regular intervals.
Features I do not care about include:
a)Large storage capacity. 2-3 GB is enough.
b)Very high bandwidth: because the files I'm going to be putting in it are small.
I am currently using tab.digital. Their free plan works well enough for some uses, but it doesn't provide E2EE. Their cheapest paid plan is about $60 per year, which is more than I'd prefer to spend.
Things I expect to use it for:
1)Notes. This includes typing short notes on my phone of things I need to remember to do when I am in front of my computer (and having them sync automatically to my computer). It also includes typing or copying information on my computer that I may need to access from my phone later.
The "no-forced logout" requirement is because I may need to access a note quickly when I have no or unreliable internet. If the note was downloaded onto my phone already, I shouldn't be locked out of seeing it. (This is why I decided against Notesnook).
The requirement for E2EE is because I'll sometimes write notes like "Change student X's grade on assignment Y to Z." I am not comfortable giving such information to any third-party company, even if they claim they store it in a "FERPA-compliant" way.
Currently I use Standard Notes for this purpose, but I recently learned it is owned by Proton, so I want to move away from it.
2)Syncing documents that I am frequently editing between my laptop and desktop.
Currently I use Nextcloud with my current provider (tab.digital), but I have to be careful not to put any files with sensitive data (like student information) into my Nextcloud folder.
3)(Maybe) Calendar and Contacts: Currently I use Google for both of these but I want to move away from relying on Google.
Things I will probably not use Nextcloud for:
1)Making a full encrypted backup of all my user files. I already have both local and remote backups that work well, using Rclone+local hard drive and Rclone+Pcloud. I will use Nextcloud to sync documents I am actively editing a lot, but other documents will live outside of Nextcloud in my /home/Documents folder and will not automatically sync with my laptop.
EDIT:
Nextcloud's site suggests two providers: Tab.digital (the one I am using now) and thegood.cloud. I actually made a thegood.cloud account in February 2024, and I used it for a few days before my account was abruptly deleted without notice and without explanation. I also can't find any information as to whether their free plan uses E2EE.
#NextCloud
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