When we launched Perch, the goal was simple: give European teams a privacy-first, flat-rate alternative to Google Workspace \u2014 no per-user fees, no US servers, no compromises on GDPR compliance. That foundation hasn’t changed. But we’ve been busy building, and today we want to walk you through everything that’s new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perch has always been built on Nextcloud<\/a> \u2014 giving you file sync, shared calendars, team chat, and collaborative documents through Collabora Office<\/a> in one place. But we know that modern teams need more than just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So we’ve expanded the app catalogue. Every Perch plan now supports the following application bundles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The core of Perch. Sync your files, collaborate on documents in real time, share calendars, and chat with your team \u2014 all in a single EU-hosted workspace. Collabora gives you full Microsoft Office format compatibility without sending a single byte to a US server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Need a website or a content hub? You can now spin up a managed WordPress instance directly on Perch. It lives in the same EU infrastructure as the rest of your tools, so your site and your team data stay under the same compliant roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For developer teams, this one’s big. Forgejo<\/a> is a self-hostable, open-source Git platform \u2014 a privacy-respecting alternative to GitHub \u2014 and Woodpecker CI<\/a> plugs straight into it for continuous integration and deployment pipelines. Build, test, and ship code without routing your source through third-party servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every deployment on Perch gets a clean, ready-to-use hostname under our When you’re ready to make things official, custom domain support lets you point your own domain to your Perch instance. Whether it’s Data loss is not a theoretical risk \u2014 it’s a matter of when, not if, without proper backups. Every Perch plan now includes automated daily backups with retention periods scaled to your plan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n No manual setup required. Your data is backed up automatically, and if something goes wrong, you can restore to any point within your retention window. It’s one less thing to worry about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All plans come with solid base storage, but we know data grows fast \u2014 especially when your whole team is syncing files and running CI pipelines. That’s why you can add extra storage to any plan at \u20ac0.10 per GB per month<\/strong>, in 5 GB increments, without migrating to a new plan or touching your configuration. Just add what you need, when you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s something we want to be clear about: Perch is a fully managed platform<\/strong>. You don’t need a sysadmin on your team. You don’t need to know what Docker is. If you can send an email, you can run Perch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But “managed” means more than just keeping the servers running. It means we’re here when something isn’t working the way you expected. It means when you email us, a person replies. And it means that when a customer asks for a feature \u2014 whether that’s a new app bundle, a different backup schedule, or a workflow integration \u2014 we actually listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perch is early, and that’s honestly an advantage for you right now. Features get added fast. If something is missing from your workflow, tell us<\/a>. We’d rather build what our customers actually need than guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNextcloud & Collabora Office<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Forgejo & Woodpecker CI<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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.perched.eu<\/code> domain \u2014 so you’re up and running the moment your instance is provisioned. No fiddling with DNS before you can even log in.<\/p>\n\n\n\nfiles.youragency.com<\/code> or git.yourstartup.io<\/code>, your team and clients see your brand, not ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Plan<\/th> Backup Retention<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Solo<\/td> 7 days<\/td><\/tr> Team<\/td> 14 days<\/td><\/tr> Business<\/td> 30 days<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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