Private alternatives to Gmail

Tuta

Service

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

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

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

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

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

Fastmail

Service

Fast, ad-free email with calendar and masked addresses; paid for by subscriptions rather than ads.

• Tracking not stated
• Closed source
• Provider can read it
• Account needed
• $5/month billed yearly

Infomaniak Mail

Service

Free Swiss email from an independent hosting company, with servers in Switzerland and no ads in the inbox.

• Tracking not stated
• Closed source
• Provider can read it
• Account needed
• Free plan

FairEmail

App

Android mail app built around privacy: it blocks tracking images and links and stores mail only on your phone.

• Minimal tracking
• Open source
• Stays on device
• No account
• Free plan

SimpleLogin

Service

Gives every website its own forwarding address, so you can reply from it and switch it off if it gets spam.

• No tracking
• Open source
• Account needed
• Free plan