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Free Self-Hosted Document Sharing & Collaboration for Small Business with Pydio Cells

Are you a small business (under 50 users) that needs to share and collaborate on documents internally and with partners but can’t use SaaS platforms for security, compliance or privacy reasons? If this sounds like your organization, Cells may be the right solution for you. And best of all, there is a free version tailored for small businesses.

On-Premise, Secure Document Collaboration with Cells

Share and Collaborate on Documents

Pydio Cells is a highly secure, cloud-native, scalable, self-hosted, open-core document sharing and collaboration platform that is intuitive for end users and powerful for admins - wow, that was a mouthful. 

Here are a few of the reasons Cells might be right for your organization: 

  • Easy set-up: Cells is quick and easy to set up on your own server or cloud. And you’ll find step-by-step installation and configuration instructions here.
  • Full control: Because Cells is self-hosted and runs on your servers or your private cloud, you control everything from where your data is stored to performance and security.
  • Intuitive end-user experience: Cells’ near-zero learning curve means users are up and running, creating collaboration spaces, sharing documents and working together from day one, without specialized training.
  • Seamless collaboration: The platform allows your teams to work together seamlessly, without worrying whether they are using the latest version of a file, while also offering helpful features like access control and the ability to set expiring links at the Cell and document level.
  • Advanced search: With all the documents and files your teams create, finding anything can quickly become a challenge. Cells’ powerful search functionality now includes NLP-powered assisted search to provide helpful suggestions on search terms. 
  • Access on the go: Cells allows your teams, partners, and customers to search for and access documents securely – anywhere and on any device.
  • Analytics and compliance: Cells has a full suite of customizable dashboards as well as reporting and compliance audit tools to help admins and managers do their jobs efficiently.

And much much more

Although it was initially designed as a document-sharing and collaboration platform our clients are using Cells in a variety of different ways that you might find helpful.

File Transfer

Most of our clients tell us they no longer use file transfer solutions like WeTransfer or Dropbox and just rely on Pydio.

Document Management

Cells provides a winning combination of advanced document management features and powerful sharing and collaboration capabilities. Our clients tell us they love the fact they don’t have to operate (and pay for) two separate platforms.

Virtual Data Room

Virtual data rooms are still a functionality many organizations need to share and collaborate on sensitive documents. like financials and M&A. Cells can also double as your data room solution.

Document Portal

Maybe it’s just fancy marketing-speak for a sharing and collaboration tool, but several of our clients tell us they use Cells as their document portal.

Digital Asset Management

Cells can manage more than just files; it is also a great tool for storing, managing, cataloging and sharing a wide range of files. So for several of our clients, Cells plays the role of a DAM solution.

Knowledge Management

If you can’t find the knowledge your organization creates, then you can’t leverage it. Clients tell us that they take advantage of Cells’ metadata, tagging, automation and advanced search to look after their knowledge management needs.

Need more? Upgrade to Connect or Enterprise

If you need advanced or enterprise features like white labeling, SSO, enhanced security protocols like MFA and ACLs, customizable automation or premium support, check out our Connect and Enterprise packages to find out which package fits your needs.

Is Cells Right for your Small Business?

Does your organization need to share and collaborate on documents and files? 

Do you need the control that only a self-hosted solution can provide?

Are you looking for a platform that solves problems without adding complexity to your IT challenges? 

Pydio Cells is a perfect solution to your sharing and collaboration needs.

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