Choosing the Best Email Service
On this page you can find an email comparison. This makes it easier for you to choose an privacy-based email service. You can choose the email service that fits. The list we made is a collection of the most privacy friendly email services. This is also the reason why this list isn't a big list with all email services. Negative (red) scores are not necessarily reflective of the companies or their polciies, but it can help you if you want to choose one of these services.
The following colors mean the following: Green = “Generally good”, Yellow = “Something of concern” and Red = “Something major of concern”. Blank cells = “Undefined or for reader’s knowledge only”
Email Comparison
| EMAIL SERVICE | JURISDICTION Based In (Country) | JURISDICTION Fourteen Eyes Country | JURISDICTION Enemy of the Internet | LOGGING Logs Payment Info | LOGGING Logs IP Address | ACTIVISM Anonymous Payment Method | ACTIVISM Accepts Cash | ACTIVISM Accepts Gift Cards | ACTIVISM Accepts Crypto Currency | ACTIVISM Open Source Platform | ACTIVISM PGP Key Available | ACTIVISM Gives back to Privacy Causes | ACTIVISM Meets PrivacyTools IO Criteria | WEBMAIL Webmail Access | WEBMAIL Header Info Stripped | PROTOCOLS POP3 | PROTOCOLS IMAP | PROTOCOLS SMTP | SECURITY User can Control Private Key | SECURITY Encryption (In Transit) | SECURITY Encryption (At Rest) | 2FA 2FA Option | AVAILABILITY # of Addresses | AVAILABILITY Custom Domain | FEATURES Supports CalDAV | FEATURES Supports WebDAV | FEATURES Supports CardDAV | FEATURES Supports ActiveSync | STORAGE Email Storage (in GB) | STORAGE Document Storage (in GB) | WEBSITE # of Persistent Cookies | WEBSITE # of External Trackers | WEBSITE Server SSL Rating | WEBSITE SSL Cert issued to | PRICING $/ Month (Annual Pricing) | PRICING $/ Connection / Month | PRICING Free Trial | PRICING Refund Period (Days) | ETHICS Falsely Claims 100% Effective | ETHICS Incentivizes Social Media Spam | POLICIES Forbids Spam | POLICIES Requires Ethical Copy | POLICIES Requires Full Disclosure | AFFILIATES Practice Ethical Copy | AFFILIATES Give Full Disclosure |
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| CryptoHeaven | Canada | Five | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | SSL/TLS | TDE | Yes | 5 | Yes | No | No | No | No | 0.20 | 0.00 | 9 | 3 | F | No SSL Cert | 5.50 | 1.10 | Yes | 30 | No | No | No | No | ||||
| Posteo | Germany | Fourteen | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | SSL/TLS | OpenPGP | Yes | 2 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | A+ | Self | 1.25 | 0.63 | Yes | 14 | |||||||
| Tutanota | Germany | Fourteen | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | SSL/TLS | AES | Yes | 5 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | A+ | Self | 1.25 | 0.25 | Yes | 14 | ||||||||
| NeoMailbox | Switzerland | Cooperative | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | STARTTLS | PGP | No | 1 | Yes | No | No | No | No | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | A | Self | 4.17 | 4.17 | Yes | 30 | |||||||||
| ProtonMail | Switzerland | Cooperative | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Some | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | SSL/TLS | OpenPGP | Yes | 5 | Yes | No | No | No | No | 5.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | A+ | Self | 4.00 | 0.80 | Yes | 0 | |||||||||
| LavaBit | USA | Five | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | SSL/TLS | No | 1 | No | No | No | No | No | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | A | Self | 2.50 | 2.50 | No | 0 | |||||||||||
| CTemplar | Iceland | No | No | No | Free | Free | Free | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | SSL/TLS | PGP | No | 1 | No | No | No | No | No | 0.05 | 0.00 | 2 | 3 | A | No SSL Cert | 0.00 | 0.00 | Free | -1 | No | No | No | No |