Collabora Online

Collabora Online is the professional, LibreOffice-based office suite for the browser: word processing (Writer), spreadsheets (Calc) and presentations (Impress) run directly on your server rather than in a US cloud. Several people can edit the same document simultaneously in real time – just like with Google Docs, but without your content ever leaving the server. With Managed Collabora Online Hosting from OpenHosting, you get this office environment as a ready-to-use service, seamlessly integrated into your Nextcloud if required.

Important for day-to-day office work: Collabora reliably opens and saves Microsoft formats such as DOCX, XLSX and PPTX. Your customers and partners won’t realise that you’re working without Microsoft 365 – you’ll continue to exchange the same files.

Who is Collabora Online suitable for?

Collabora Online is ideal for Swiss SMEs that want to collaborate on documents whilst retaining control over their data. Trust offices and law firms can work on confidential contracts and financial statements as a team without uploading them to US-based cloud services. Agencies draft proposals and quotations together with remote teams, whilst local authorities and associations manage minutes and budgets collaboratively. Collabora is particularly useful as a complement to an existing or new Nextcloud installation: together, they provide a comprehensive Swiss alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

Collabora Online hosting in Switzerland

OpenHosting operates your Collabora instance on a fully managed basis in Swiss data centres in the Zurich region. Your documents remain in Switzerland in compliance with the nDSG; daily 3-2-1 backups (hourly under the Business Plan), updates, monitoring and support are included in the price. We’ll set up the technical integration with Nextcloud or ownCloud for you – you can simply open your documents with a single click in your browser.

A cost advantage over Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace: you pay per server rather than per user. Managed Collabora Online Hosting is available from CHF 19 per month for up to 20 documents open simultaneously – the Business plan removes this limit and also supports the mobile apps. We’ll help you migrate your existing Office files and set up your working environment.