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Are they a scam?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487436", "title": "Migrating to the EU", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390233", "title": "Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"compare": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 3, "warn": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 792389136, "item_id": 49524321, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49524321", "by": "dlcarrier", "date": "2026-09-01", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I just recently signed up for Infomaniak (www.infomaniak.com) which I believe meets all those requirements", "excerpt": "I just recently signed up for Infomaniak (www.infomaniak.com) which I believe meets all those requirements, although I can't speak for their uptime, because I haven't used it long enough. It does let you use IMAP on the free account, which is what drew me to them.", "context": "", "use_case": "email hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternative to Proton Mail?"}, {"id": 788189936, "item_id": 49261871, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49261871", "by": "dlcarrier", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I prefer Infomakiak, because their free tier includes IMAP", "excerpt": "Infomaniak or Proton. They're both Swiss security-focused competitors to the Google office ecosystem. I prefer Infomakiak, because their free tier includes IMAP, which is crucial for accessibility tools, but it is also useful for general API access such as automated tools.", "context": "", "use_case": "personal email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What email provider do you recommend for personal email?"}, {"id": 771287136, "item_id": 48205446, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48205446", "by": "dmacvicar", "date": "2026-05-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The experience has been nothing but awesome. I love the Android clients (mail, calendar sync)", "excerpt": "After I moved away from Google services as much as I could (https://www.mac-vicar.eu//posts/2020-10-20-migrating-away-google-services/), and after some years on mailbox.org, which I did not enjoy, I ended moving to Infomaniak. The experience has been nothing but awesome. I love the Android clients (mail, calendar sync) and I am also using their AI services for light tasks. Management UI is a bit confusing but not the", "context": "moved away from Google services", "use_case": "email, calendar, light AI", "switched_from": "mailbox.org", "story": "Infomaniak transitions to a foundation model to protect user data privacy"}, {"id": 771280656, "item_id": 48205041, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48205041", "by": "ku1ik", "date": "2026-05-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The service is solid, never had any issues.", "excerpt": "This is a good news. I moved my domains from DNSimple to Infomaniak last year, as part of my rely-less-on-US-infra-and-services strategy. I chose them for their dedication to privacy, ethics and transparency. This change reassures me this was a good choice. For those who are/were considering Infomaniak and are wondering about the quality of service: I use it for DNS only. Their UI is less than ideal but not bad once ", "context": "moving away from US infrastructure", "use_case": "DNS hosting", "switched_from": "DNSimple", "story": "Infomaniak transitions to a foundation model to protect user data privacy"}, {"id": 771279104, "item_id": 48204944, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48204944", "by": "alex_suzuki", "date": "2026-05-20", "stance": "warn", "quote": "But their management UI is just... horrible?", "excerpt": "I use Infomaniak for personal domains, along with DNS. I really want to like them. But their management UI is just... horrible? Also the product offering feels increasingly unfocused, with kSuite and kDrive.", "context": "", "use_case": "personal domains and DNS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Infomaniak transitions to a foundation model to protect user data privacy"}, {"id": 771268336, "item_id": 48204271, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48204271", "by": "flakeoil", "date": "2026-05-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Overall I'm very happy with them.", "excerpt": "Infomaniak and infomaniak.com is definitely not a scam. I have used them for email, calendar, cloud storage and domain names for over 10 years. I have not used them for servers/VPS. Overall I'm very happy with them. They are probably not the cheapest however. And again, it's definitely not a scam. Why not simply ask them about the pricing and why it didn't match the expected price. EDIT: And just to complete my answe", "context": "user for over 10 years", "use_case": "email, calendar, cloud storage, domains", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Anyone have experience with infomaniak.com? Are they a scam?"}, {"id": 759822785, "item_id": 47488924, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488924", "by": "darthcloud", "date": "2026-03-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019m really happy with Infomaniak, migrating all my domains was a breeze.", "excerpt": "As a Canadian, I\u2019ve been thinking since last year about migrating to non-US services and applications. My main goal is simply to avoid giving money or data directly to US corporations. I have no illusions, these non-US services probably still benefit US companies in some ways. They\u2019re rare, but I\u2019ve consciously decided to stay away from some Canadian alternatives. The main customers of most Canadian tech companies ar", "context": "Canadian avoiding US services", "use_case": "domain registrar", "switched_from": "NameCheap", "story": "Migrating to the EU"}, {"id": 758283457, "item_id": 47392716, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47392716", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-03-15", "stance": "compare", "quote": "I was also looking at infomaniak.com .", "excerpt": "I wonder about their pricing. I was also looking at infomaniak.com . I'm trying to move away from MS 365 myself, both because of Trump, AI but also because Microsoft keeps making it work worse and worse with Firefox. The latest thing (as of a day or 2 ago) is every 30 minutes redirecting my outlook web to the \"You just signed out of your account\" page :( So I have to sign back in every time I use it, it used to simpl", "context": "Firefox user", "use_case": "replacing MS 365", "switched_from": "Microsoft 365", "story": "Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform"}]}