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Ask HN: What email, calendar, cloud providers do you use/recommend

2 points by omgmajk ↗ HN
I have been struggling a long time to get out of the google grip and am using my own domain currently on proton, together with their mail plus package which is quite nice. But I want to know what other people use, recommend and so on.

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roadtonyc
I'm using Zoho suite for one of my domains, overall very good and seems stable.
omgmajk
Looks cool, but seems more like an office suite? I can't find their other services when I look around.
tredre3
He's probably talking about their Workspace package which is part of Zoho Suites (everything on zoho is very confusing and their website is like a maze, that's why I personally left the ecosystem but I digress).

Zoho Workspace replaces Google mail/drive/docs/calendar/sso/tasks/meet/etc.

Most concise overview I could find is their pricing matrix page:

https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html?src=float

roadtonyc
You nailed it, its a maze, too many services and below par UI/UX but it does the job.
oshout
Check out Synology NAS

They're extremely versatile with loads of first & third party apps, protocols, integrations, and possible connections.

You can use the cloud as a backup or hybrid, or even stick another NAS elsewhere and make your own cloud of sorts. I don't have experience with load balancing to different sites but it's probably possible.

The backup features are tough to beat cost and function-wise, especially for m.365, g.workspace and hypervisor/vm.

They connect to both enterprise and personal cloud stuff (azure, OneDrive, Google drive, etc.) They also provide iscsi, replication and so much more.

And yes there are mail and calendar apps provided by Synology. You can also find and install third party apps for it, as well as use docker to host anything.

Oh and some of the apps like "photos" can replace, for example, Google photos both the service and phone app. It will do face recognition and automatic scene recognition all on-device.

I've probably only barely touched on what they can do, all without a steep learning curve.

They're the bee's knees.