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Proton Mail
Proton AG · CH · since 2014-05
Swiss-based encrypted email with E2EE between Proton users and PGP for outside contacts. Free 1GB tier, paid plans add custom domains and Bridge for desktop clients. Largest privacy-mail provider.
Open sourceAuditedE2EEGPL-3.0Freemium
Pros
- + Mature ecosystem (Mail/VPN/Drive/Calendar/Pass)
- + Strong UX vs alternatives
- + Independent audits
Cons
- − Bridge required for desktop IMAP
- − Search inside encrypted body limited
- − Has logged IPs under court order historically
Highlights
- ▸Swiss jurisdiction (no NSL)
- ▸Open source clients on all platforms
- ▸Bridge for IMAP/SMTP with desktop clients
Specs at a glance
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Open source
- Yes
- E2EE
- Yes
- Audited
- Yes
- Self-host
- No
- HQ
- CH
- Pricing
- freemium
- Platforms
- 6 platforms