Email Shouldn't Be a Luxury
We're building email that puts you in control
Professional email and office is becoming something only established companies can afford. That's backwards. Every business, every startup, every creator deserves a web compatible virtual office without having to choose between paying very high per-seat fees or using personal addresses.
We've watched this unfold for years. Top Workspace pricing keeps climbing. Small businesses end up with a handful of "official" email addresses while everyone else uses personal Gmail. It's not just expensive - it's unprofessional and it creates communication chaos.
A story of many
"I only create email accounts for the operations team"
— Sandra, SheCodes
When email becomes a line item you have to justify, companies start rationing it. Important conversations get fragmented or even lost. This isn't just about money - it's about the fundamental breakdown of business communication.
Control Matters More Than Features
Here's something we learned: people don't want more features. They want control. They want their email to live where they choose, work how they expect, and cost what makes sense for their business.
So we built VenMail around three simple principles:
- Your email should live where you want it to live. Not trapped in someone else's system.
- Pricing should be based on what you use. Not how many people work for you.
- You should have the tools you actually need. Not a hundred features you'll never touch.
What This Actually Means
For us, this means building email infrastructure that works with your own storage. AWS S3, Google Cloud, even your own server. Your email stays yours, period. No exporting, no worrying about a provider shutting down and taking your communications with them.
It means charging for storage, not seats. A 5-person team and a 50-person team pay about the same if they use the same amount of storage. Because email infrastructure costs are about storage and processing, not about how many people use it.
It means including the features that growing teams actually need: follow-ups, tracking, campaigns, document handling. The things that help you communicate better and grow your business, without forcing you to juggle three different tools.
This Isn't New
You can piece together open source tools like CryptPad to get similar functionality, but the user experience suffers. We're not inventing something revolutionary - we're creating a unified office workspace with a pricing model that keeps things simple for growing teams.
We're Part of Something Bigger
You might have noticed our other project, Venia.cloud - an open source office suite. That's not separate from this work. It's the same mission: building tools that respect the people who use them.
Software should work for you, not shareholders. It should give you control, not take it away. It should be affordable, not exclusive. These principles guide everything we build.
This Is Bigger Than Email
What we're doing with VenMail is part of a larger shift. People need more privacy sensitive/respsecting products; tools that feel clean and cohesive not fragmented.
We're not trying to be the biggest email provider. But rather, one that understands that email is fundamental infrastructure, not a luxury service.
If you believe in this vision - if you're tired of the status quo and want to be part of building something better - we'd love to have you with us. Not as customers, but as fellow travelers who believe technology should serve humanity, not the other way around.
Have thoughts about this?
We're genuinely interested in your perspective.
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