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Looking for a solution to replace gmail, docs, drive - Zoho? (lemmy.ml)

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I recently dumped my Pixel for an iPhone. Feels dirty, but it's fine.

I've also been following the story of how Google Drive has lost a bunch of customer files and is just closing bug reports and support tickets without offering help, and I'm worried that Google is not an acceptable backup solution because they don't seem to give a shit about customers... and why would they? They own the world. Fuck mere humans.

Anyhoo, I'm trying to figure out where to move my backups (100GB), my docs (I'd love something where I can do sheets and docs in browsers and mobile apps), and probably my email too, because why not... but I suppose I could do email through proton or skiff or anyhing, but everyone offers it.

I'm currently looking at Zoho as the possible best option. It looks like I could do all three for like $6/mo which seems reasonable. Does anyone use it?

How are the docs and sheets? Is searching email robust? Mobile apps? Does Zoho hate customers as much as Google? Will they eventually?

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[–] shalafi 2 points 11 months ago

My experience with Zoho is out of date, but I was happy with them several years ago.

I'm fine with Google everything ATM. I keep local backups and Google Drive for offsite. 2TB for ~$100/yr. I think? I have one weird issue with Drive, but I don't expect much support as it's probably my fault/misunderstanding. Plus, it all works well with our (wife's) Androids. Easy sharing, all that.

We use Google at work for our IdP and that's been nice for a distributed work force. OTOH, no centralization kinda sucks. My team may be enforcing Active Directory this year. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Maybe we can pair on this and learn together? Love to investigate Zoho gain. Always looking for new solutions and Zoho never turned me off.