Lark vs Nextcloud Office
Lark
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| Figure | Lark | Nextcloud Office |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $6/mo | €5.94/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 3 |
| Spec score · Collaborative Document Software | 9.0 (#1) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Headquarters | Singapore | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Integrations | TrustRadius lists integrations including Salesforce Agentforce Sales, Jira, Zoom Workplace, Asana, Trello, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Zapier, Sentry, Grafana Cloud and Giphy. | Office integrates with Nextcloud Talk, Tasks, Mail, desktop editing, file conversion API and Nextcloud Assistant. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.8 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings | 4.7 out of 5 from 10K ratings. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.6 out of 5 from 195 reviews | 4.4 out of 5 from 199 reviews. |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.4 out of 5 from 33 reviews | 4.6 out of 5 from 443 reviews. |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.1 out of 5 from 14.9K reviews | 4.9 out of 5 from 85.9K reviews. |
| Rating on Trustpilot | 3.5 out of 5 from 14 reviews | 2.5 out of 5 from 50 reviews. |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 9.2 out of 10 from 4 reviews and ratings | 8.6 out of 10 from 48 reviews. |
| Security | Lark says it uses industry-standard encryption and continuous system monitoring, and that employees do not have access to user data by default. | Nextcloud describes TLS in transit, optional AES-256 encryption at rest, and optional per-folder end-to-end encryption for stored data. |
| Support | Lark’s customer terms list help-desk email support on weekdays, 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Singapore Time, with an intended initial response within one business day. | Nextcloud says its enterprise plan includes long-term support, guaranteed response times, and rapid security updates. |
Plans
Lark
- Lark Base StarterFree
- StarterFree
- StarterFree
- Basic$6 a month
- Lark Base Pro$8 a month
- Pro$12 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Lark Base EnterprisePriced on request
Nextcloud Office
- Standard€71.29 a year
- Premium€104.99 a year
- Ultimate€204.75 a year
In their own words
Lark
Lark brings workplace communication and collaboration tools together in one platform, including chat, calendars, document creation and cloud storage. In video meetings, participants can edit shared Docs in the call window. Starter includes unlimited real-time translation, while AnyCross provides drag-and-drop workflow automation and integrations, including ready-to-use solutions. The App Directory lists third-party tools for areas such as collaboration, recruitment, expense control, CRM and ERP. Developers can use the Open Platform to build custom bots, web apps and blocks, with more than 2,500 APIs available. Lark supports web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Starter is limited to 20 users, 100 GB of storage and one-on-one video meetings; its listed allowances also include 18 months of message history and 1,000 automations per month. Basic, Pro and Enterprise list higher user, storage, meeting or automation allowances. The maker describes Starter as intended for small teams with simple communication needs and Enterprise for large companies needing advanced security and organizational management. A free plan is listed.
Nextcloud Office
Nextcloud Office is a collaborative suite for editing text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and PDFs. Powered by Euro-Office, it works with Microsoft file formats and ODF; Nextcloud says OOXML files receive high-fidelity rendering. Write supports shared drafting, comments, tracked changes, and exports. Spreadsheet includes formulas, functions, sorting, filtering, and visualizations. Present handles animations and multimedia, with presenter tools and exports to PPTX, ODP, PDF, and images; the PDF Editor supports comments, annotations, redactions, and fillable forms. People can share and edit files together through web and mobile interfaces while keeping them on their Nextcloud server. Integrations include links to Nextcloud content, document conversion, and document chat with Nextcloud Assistant. It runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, web, and self-hosted deployments. The suite is free and open source. Enterprise subscriptions start at 100 users; Standard is €71.29 a year, Premium €104.99 a year, and Ultimate €204.75 a year, with Office optional at extra cost on each plan.