Where is the data actually hosted?

Inside the EU, full stop. Primary storage, backups, and all processing happen on EU infrastructure. No replicas leave the bloc.

What about the US CLOUD Act?

Verkio is a Swedish company with no US presence, so the CLOUD Act doesn't apply to us. Foreign access requests go through Swedish and EU legal channels.

Will it work with Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird?

Yes. Verkio is standards-based — IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV, CardDAV — so any modern client connects directly.

When does Verkio launch?

July 2026. Join the waitlist and we'll be in touch when accounts open.

Can I migrate from Google Workspace or Microsoft 365?

Yes. Migration tools for mail, calendar, contacts, and documents are part of the launch plan.

How is pricing structured?

Per-seat monthly or annual billing in EUR, with no per-feature surcharges. Specifics ship with the launch.

Do you use any US-based subprocessors?

Our goal is none in the data path. We publish a current subprocessor list at launch and flag any change before it happens.

What happens to my data if I leave?

Full export in standard formats. No lock-in, no ransom on the way out.

Is Verkio open-source?

The client side is built on open standards so any compliant tool works. We'll share more on the backend approach closer to launch.

Why Verkio — Verkio

Why Verkio

Quiet by design.

Open standards, calm defaults, one address book, full export. Four choices most suites get backwards.

Standards-first.: IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV, CardDAV from day one. Use Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook, k-9, or DAVx⁵ — we don't lock you into our app.
Quiet.: No AI features scanning your mail. No engagement notifications. No 'you might be interested in' upsell. We don't compete for your attention — we get out of your way.
One suite, one address book.: Mail, calendar, contacts, docs, wikis — one login, one address book, one bill. Not five products bolted together with single sign-on.
Yours to leave.: Full export in open formats anytime. GDPR Article 20 made real, not a support-ticket process. No ransom on the way out.

Negative space

Things we deliberately don't have.

Verkio is defined as much by what we leave out.

AI features that quietly read your mail.
Engagement metrics counting how addicted you are.
Read receipts that work differently in every client.
A 'team activity' feed nobody asked for.
'Smart' inbox categorisation hiding your mail.
Data brokers anywhere in the subprocessor list.

Residency

Where your data lives.

Every layer of the stack — storage, keys, DNS, vendors — sits inside the EU.

EU-owned infrastructure
Stored, processed, and backed up inside the EU, on infrastructure owned and operated by European companies.
Encrypted at rest
Encryption keys live in an EU-located KMS we operate, included by default — not an upgrade tier.
EU-resolving DNS
The lookups that point you at our servers stay in Europe, too.
European jurisdiction
EU jurisdiction, GDPR-native by design. Access requests run through European legal channels.
European subprocessors
Email delivery, payments, support — every vendor in the data path is EU-domiciled. The list is published; changes get 30 days' notice.

Comparison

How Verkio compares.

Side-by-side with the two suites most teams default to today.

Feature	Verkio	Google Workspace	Microsoft 365
EU-owned infrastructure	Yes	No (Google Cloud)	No (Microsoft Azure)
Verkio runs on infrastructure operated by EU-domiciled providers — never AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, not even their European regions. Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure are US-owned hyperscalers; their EU regions are still operated by US companies.
Outside US CLOUD Act	Yes	No (US parent)	No (US parent)
The US CLOUD Act compels US-incorporated companies to produce customer data on request, regardless of where it is stored. Google and Microsoft are US corporations and therefore exposed. Verkio is European with no US entity in the data path.
GDPR-native by design	Yes	Compliant via DPA	Compliant via DPA
GDPR is built into Verkio's data model — data minimisation, lawful-basis tracking, cascading deletion, machine-readable export. Google and Microsoft are GDPR-compliant via their Data Processing Agreements, but their products were designed for a global market and treat GDPR as a configuration layer.
Customer keys managed in the EU	Yes, by default	Paid add-on	Paid add-on (E5)
Verkio's encryption keys live in an EU-located KMS we operate, by default — no upgrade tier. Google Cloud CMEK and Microsoft Double Key Encryption are paid add-ons (E5 for Microsoft), and the underlying key infrastructure often still runs on US clouds.
Open standards (IMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV)	Yes	Limited	Limited
Verkio supports IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV, and CardDAV as first-class protocols. Any standards-compliant client (Thunderbird, Apple Mail, k-9, DAVx⁵) connects directly. Google and Microsoft technically support them, but with limited features and mandatory app passwords for accounts using 2FA.
EU-resolving DNS	Yes	Global routing	Global routing
Authoritative DNS for verkio.eu is hosted on EU-owned providers — never Route 53 (Amazon), Cloud DNS (Google), or Azure DNS. Google and Microsoft typically route DNS for tenant domains globally, so lookups may transit US-operated nameservers.
AI bundled into the suite by default	None	Yes (Gemini)	Yes (Copilot)
Verkio doesn't ship AI features that summarise your mail, scan your calendar, or train on your data. Google and Microsoft increasingly bundle AI (Gemini, Copilot) into their core suites — with opt-out controls that vary by tier and admin policy.
Unified search across the suite	Yes	Partial	Partial
Search in Verkio returns results from every part of the suite at once: mail, calendar, contacts, documents, and wikis appear in the same results. Google and Microsoft offer search across some surfaces but coverage is inconsistent — e.g., Outlook search doesn't find OneDrive docs without leaving Outlook.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Something missing? hello@verkio.eu

- Where is the data actually hosted?
  Inside the EU, full stop. Primary storage, backups, and all processing happen on EU infrastructure. No replicas leave the bloc.
- What about the US CLOUD Act?
  Verkio is a Swedish company with no US presence, so the CLOUD Act doesn't apply to us. Foreign access requests go through Swedish and EU legal channels.
- Will it work with Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird?
  Yes. Verkio is standards-based — IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV, CardDAV — so any modern client connects directly.
- When does Verkio launch?
  July 2026. Join the waitlist and we'll be in touch when accounts open.
- Can I migrate from Google Workspace or Microsoft 365?
  Yes. Migration tools for mail, calendar, contacts, and documents are part of the launch plan.
- How is pricing structured?
  Per-seat monthly or annual billing in EUR, with no per-feature surcharges. Specifics ship with the launch.
- Do you use any US-based subprocessors?
  Our goal is none in the data path. We publish a current subprocessor list at launch and flag any change before it happens.
- What happens to my data if I leave?
  Full export in standard formats. No lock-in, no ransom on the way out.
- Is Verkio open-source?
  The client side is built on open standards so any compliant tool works. We'll share more on the backend approach closer to launch.
- Do you have AI features?
  No. We have features.

From the founder

Hi, I'm Benji. I built Verkio because every time Gmail rolled out a new AI feature my IT-admin friends sighed a little harder. I think email should be boring, yours, and built to last decades — and that the only sustainable way to build that is from inside the EU, on open standards, by a small company that doesn't need to grow forever. If that resonates, join the waitlist.

— Benji, founder

Launching July 2026

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