Proton Mail
Proton Mail is an end-to-end encrypted email service from Switzerland. Messages are encrypted so that not even Proton can read them, making it a strong alternative to Gmail and Outlook.
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European alternatives to Gmail
Gmail is the free email service of Google and one of the most used mailboxes in the world. It is funded by the wider Google advertising ecosystem, and your mailbox lives under United States jurisdiction.
The services below are European alternatives to Gmail: each one is run by a company headquartered in the EU, the EEA or the EFTA, and we describe its hosting and open-source status honestly through tags.
Tuta Mail
Tuta (formerly Tutanota) is an encrypted email service from Germany. Mailboxes, calendars and contacts are end-to-end encrypted, and the apps are fully open source.
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Mailbox.org
Mailbox.org is a privacy-focused email and office provider from Berlin, Germany. It combines secure email with calendar, contacts, cloud storage and online office tools.
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StartMail
StartMail is a private email service from the Netherlands, created by the team behind the Startpage search engine. It offers unlimited disposable aliases and built-in PGP encryption.
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Posteo
Berlin-based, ad-free email built on green energy and open standards, paid for by a flat monthly fee rather than your data.
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Mailfence
A Belgian secure email suite with browser-based OpenPGP encryption, digital signatures and an integrated calendar and document store.
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Mailo
A long-running French webmail service offering mail, calendar, contacts and file storage on servers located entirely in France.
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Runbox
A privacy-focused Norwegian email host that owns and runs its own servers in Oslo, powered by renewable hydroelectric energy.
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Infomaniak kMail
The free, privacy-respecting email service of Swiss cloud provider Infomaniak, part of its kSuite productivity platform.
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Soverin
A Dutch, privacy-first email provider offering ad-free mail with custom domains for individuals and hosting partners alike.
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eclipso
A German privacy-focused mail and cloud provider offering email, file storage, calendar and contacts from servers in Germany.
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