Gmail
Outlook
Yahoo Mail
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
Proton Mail
Service in Email
Swiss email where your mailbox is encrypted so the provider can't read it, with apps on every platform.
Subject lines aren't end-to-end encrypted; mail to non-Proton users is only encrypted with a password.
Privacy passport
1 of 5 checks- No trackingMinimalOnly opt-in or anonymous first-party telemetry, such as crash reports.
- Open sourcePartlyThe apps are open source; the server or some parts are not.
- Only you can read itPartlySome of it is end-to-end encrypted, or encryption is opt-in.
- No accountNeededYou need an account to use it.
- FreeFree planA free plan, with paid upgrades.
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
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
StartMail
Service
Dutch email service with unlimited disposable aliases and one-click PGP encryption, from the makers of Startpage.
- No tracking
- Closed source
- Partly encrypted
- Account needed
- $4.99/month billed yearly
- Web