An objective comparison of private
and/or secure email services...
Reports
Summary
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Switzerland | PGP | All client apps (web, mobile, Bridge) | Yes | Free Plan - 1 GB, 1 address, no custom domain. Mail Plus from €3.99/mo (annual) or €4.99/mo, with custom domain and increased storage | Yes (Mail Plus, €4.99/m) | Yes (Mail Plus, 10 addresses) (Unlimited plan, 15 + hide-my-email aliases) | Yes, but through Bridge | Yes (2024, by Securitum; SOC 2 Type II 2025) | Yes (BTC only) | Email for One-time Verification | Yes (Android and iOS) | Yes | View Report ↗ |
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Germany (14 Eyes) | TutaCrypt (post-quantum hybrid) | Client Apps Only | No | Free Plan - 1GB, 1 address, no custom domain. Revolutionary plan from €3/mo (15 aliases, 20 GB, 3 custom domains). Legend plan €8/mo (30 aliases, 500 GB, 10 custom domains) | Yes (Revolutionary Plan, €3.00/m) | Yes (15 in Revolutionary, €3/m) Catch-all supported | No | Apparently, but not published | No (But ProxyStore gift cards accepted | None | Yes (Android and iOS) | Yes | View Report ↗ |
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United States (5 Eyes) | Signal Protocol | Only frontend | N/A (No webmail) | Free Plan - ∞ emails, 25 MB per email (∞ attachments per account), no custom domain. Buisness plan ($15/month) allows for a custom domain, 50 MB attachments, email analytics, read receipts, aliases, and a catch-all email. | Yes (Business plan, $15/m) | Yes (Business plan, $15/m) | No | No | No | None | Yes (Android, iOS and desktop) | No | — |
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Belgium (14 Eyes) | PGP | No | No | Free Plan - 1 GB (500MB email + 500MB docs), 1 address. Base plan €2.50/m (5GB, 10 aliases). Entry plan €3.50/m (10GB, custom domain, IMAP/POP3/SMTP) | Yes (Entry Plan, €3.50/m) | Yes (Base Plan, €2.50/m, 10 aliases) | Entry Plan, €3.50/m (IMAP, POP3, SMTP) | No | Yes (BTC and LTC) | Recovery Email Only | Yes | Yes | View Report ↗ |
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Germany (14 Eyes) | PGP | No | Exit Node available, but no direct access to the web interface through onion site | No free plan. Light €1/m, Standard €2.50/m (annual) or €3/m, Premium €7.50/m (annual) or €9/m | Yes (Standard Plan, €2.50/m annual) | Yes (25 in Standard Plan, €2.50/m annual) (3 in Light Plan, €1.00/m) | Yes (IMAP, POP3) | No | No | Requires full name | No | Yes | View Report ↗ |
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Netherlands (9 Eyes) | PGP | No | No | No free plan, flat fee of €3.25 / month for everything | Yes (Paid Plan, €3.25) | Yes (Paid Plan, €3.25) | Yes (IMAP) | No | No | Requires phone number | No | Yes | — |
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Germany (14 Eyes) | PGP | Partially (uses and contributes to open source) | No | No free plan. Pricing is €1 / month | No | Yes (2 included free, additional €0.10/m, max 20) No catch-all | Yes (IMAP, POP3) | No | No (Card, PayPal, Bank Transfer, Cash) | Payment Info Only | No | Partial | — |
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Norway (14 Eyes) | PGP | Client Apps Only | No | No free plan. Starts at $19.95 / year (Micro), up to $179.95 / year (Max250). Lower rates available with 3-year billing | Yes (Micro Plan, ~$1.66/m) | Yes 100 @runbox aliases included in all plans. $4.75 / year per 5 additional aliases | Yes (IMAP, POP, SMTP) | No | Yes (BTC only) | Full name, recovery email | No | Yes | — |
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Switzerland | PGP | Yes | No | No free plan. Starts at CHF 5.00 / mo, basic features only. Groupware account is CHF 9.90 | Yes (Group Plan, CHF 9.90/m) | Yes (Group Plan Only, CHF 9.90/ m) | Yes (IMAP, POP, SMTP) | No | No (Card, PayPal, Bank Transfer) | Full name, recovery email | No | Yes | — |
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Sweden (14 Eyes) | PGP | No | No | No free plan. Pricing is $4 / month | Yes (Paid Plan + $15 setup fee) | Yes Max 10 text aliases No catch-all | Yes (IMAP) | No | Yes (BTC only) | None | No | Yes | — |
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Netherlands (9 Eyes) | PGP | No | No | No free plan. Starts at $5 / month, but without custom domain feature | Yes (Domain Plan, $5.85) | Yes Unlimited aliases Catch-all (only for custom domains) | Yes (IMAP, SMTP) | Apparently, but not published | Yes (BTC only, but only personal accounts) | None | No (Web + IMAP clients) | Yes | — |
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Netherlands (9 Eyes) | PGP (Off-by-default) | Yes | Yes | Free, payment set for each additional feature | Yes (Donation required) | Plus-addressing only ([email protected]) | Yes (IMAP, POP, SMTP) | No | Yes (BTC, XMR and FAIR) | Email for One-time Verification | No (Mobile app, but no mail) | Yes | — |
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Canada (5 Eyes) | PGP | No | No | No free plan. Personal plan $59.99/year (~$5/mo). Business/HIPAA plans from $11.99/mo | Yes (Business Plan, $5.99/m) | Yes (Small Business Plan, $5.99/m) | Yes (POP, SMTP) | No | No | Full name, recovery email | Yes (iOS only; IMAP for Android) | Yes | — |
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United States (5 Eyes) | DIME | No | No | Not accepting new registrations. Existing users: $30 - $60 / year, depending on storage requirements | No | No | No | No | No | Full name, recovery email | No | No | — |
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United States (5 Eyes) | PGP | Yes | No (Paid plans have IMAP/POP3/SMTP access) | Free Plan - (only forwarding) unlimited domains, aliases, and custom domains. Paid plans start from $3/mo and allow SMTP, IMAP, POP3, and API access | Yes | Yes (Unlimited) | Yes (Enhanced and Team Plans) (SMTP, IMAP, POP3) | No | Yes | None | Yes (Compatible with any email client; e.g. Apple Mail, Thunderbird Mobile) | Yes | View Report ↗ |
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