TECHValidatedⓘ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.
"I'm looking for an e-mail+cloud storage which is secure, hosted in EU and faster than proton drive"
— 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 ↗
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
18 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 18 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 46 days ago → conversation is quiet lately.
Signal history
4 tracked posts (4 asks · 0 product/news)first post Jun 20240 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.