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TECH ValidatedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

Private Email Storage

builder posts asking

latest ask seen 3w ago

+2 product posts seen in community

see the posts →

different people asking

across 1 platform

who →

rivals shipping · web scan

see prices →

$4.99

cheapest rival / mo

range →

In their words

"I don't want anything from private documents to my personal thoughts being scanned" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

Proton Drive — "too expensive for the 3TB plan" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Mega — "does not meet email solution needs" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Proton — "too slow" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Gmail — "Google is very likely scanning everything coming into my email" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Proton Mail — "only offers so much space (1GB, right?)" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Pain, in numbers

Quantified only where a builder stated a real figure — no LLM estimates.

50GB of Gmail messages“I have 50GB of Gmail messages that I want to transfer and access frequently.”

75% full (of 15GB)“email keeps reaching 75% full (of 15GB)”

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

At least 1TB of secure cloud storageSecure, privacy-focused email service for 50GB of archived Gmail messageshosted in EUemail storagecalendar supportdrive storage

Competitor pricing

Named rivals & real prices 🔒

Rivals charge $4.99/mo · names — log in ↗

How we checked

Where we searched

3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces

Verification funnel

73 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below

Last scan

9d ago · auto-refreshed every 10 days

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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts

What the numbers suggest

9 rivals shipping (fact bar) see prices → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.

4 builder posts asking · 4 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.

4 demand signals vs 9 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.

0 willingness-to-pay quotes yet → no one has named a price — validate pricing before building.

last new signal 22 days ago → conversation is recent.

Signal history

4 tracked posts (4 asks · 0 product/news) first post Jun 2024 ▲ 1 in the last 30 days

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · 2 earlier posts before this 12-month window carried into the baseline · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

4 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.

4 reddit

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