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# An IT set up for a startup/SME: Nextcloud, Mattermost, Mailcow and more
I had a client who wanted to avoid vendor lock-in.
They wanted:
- Mailboxes under 7 different domain names
- an alternative to Google Drive, docs, sheets
- an alternative to Slack
- an alternative to Calendly
- an alternative to Airtable
- an alternative to Zoom
- an ERP for HR and accounting
- a password management system for the whole organisation
Solutions:
- Mailcow
- Nextcloud
- Mattermost (MM)
- Nextcloud's applications Calendar and Appointments
- Grist
- Big Blue Button
- ERPNext
- Vaultwarden
We customized Nextcloud as such:
- Shared folders per team/department with 'Workspace'
- Set up collaborative documents: spreadsheet, slides/decks and documents with Collabora
- Activated Nextcloud's application Forms to run surveys
- Activated Nextcloud's Calendar and Appointments to have a booking system (alternative to Calendly)
- Connected MM and Nextcloud to share files from MM to Nextcloud
- Activated Nextcloud's application Deck, a Kaban system within Nextcloud
For mailboxes, we use an instance of Mailcow which includes the ability for them to:
- manage the mailboxes of multiple domain names
- create unlimited email addresses
- create common email addresses e.g. <code>contact@example.com</code>
- create wildcard email addresses e.g. <code>client-\*@example.com</code>
Next steps are:
- set up LibreSign to their Nextcloud instance to sign documents
- set up an instance of Grist to replace Airtable
- set up Big Blue Button and link that to their Nextcloud instance as well as a Mattermost to start calls from within either apps
- set up ERPNext for HR and accounting
- set up an instance of Vaultwarden to store, share and manage permissions of passwords
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