Gmail
Outlook
Proton MailPick
Service5.7k
Swiss email where your mailbox is encrypted so the provider can't read it, with apps on every platform.
- Minimal tracking
- Partly open
- Partly encrypted
- Account needed
- Free plan
- Android
- iPhone
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Web
Fastmail
Service in Email, Email aliases
Fast, ad-free email with calendar and masked addresses; paid for by subscriptions rather than ads.
Not end-to-end encrypted: Fastmail can technically read stored mail.
Privacy passport
0 of 5 checks- No trackingNot statedThe maker doesn't say.
- Open sourceNoThe code is closed.
- Only you can read itNoThe provider can technically read your data, even if it promises not to.
- No accountNeededYou need an account to use it.
- Free$5/month billed yearlyPaid only.
Where it stands among 14 email services
No tracking
Yes
Partly
Not stated
Open source
Yes
Partly
No
Only you can read it
Yes
Partly
No
Not stated
No account
Yes
No
Free
Yes
No
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Other email services
TutaPick
Service8k
German email and calendar that encrypt the whole mailbox, including subject lines and contacts.
- No tracking
- Partly open
- End-to-end encrypted
- Account needed
- Free plan
- Android
- iPhone
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Web
ThunderbirdPick
App
Free desktop and Android mail app from the Mozilla family that works with any provider and supports OpenPGP.
- Minimal tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- No account
- Free
- Android
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
mailbox.org
Service
Long-running German email provider with calendar, drive and optional PGP encryption, paid for by its users.
- No tracking
- Closed source
- Partly encrypted
- Account needed
- €1/month billed yearly
- Web
Posteo
Service
Ad-free German email you can sign up for and pay anonymously, with optional encryption of your stored mail.
- No tracking
- Closed source
- Partly encrypted
- Account needed
- €1/month
- Web
Mailfence
Service
Belgian email suite with calendar and documents, and built-in OpenPGP for encrypting messages you choose.
- No tracking
- Closed source
- Partly encrypted
- Account needed
- Free plan
- Android
- iPhone
- Web