protonmail.com

Proton

Who runs Proton, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest secure email service alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
StartMail

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Proton

Proton protonmail.com

Proton Mail is the world’s largest secure email service with over 100 million users. Available on Web, iOS, Android, and desktop. Protected by Swiss privacy law.

Wikidata: end-to-end encrypted e-mail service from Proton AG

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Proton tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 19 alternatives below has fewer; 8 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool
  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Proton

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Proton, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    StartMail startmail.com English No trackers

    Private, Secure and Encrypted Email You Can Trust | StartMail

    Secure your emails with StartMail's encryption and customizable aliases, ensuring ultimate privacy and protection for your data.

    Compare StartMail with Proton →
  2. 02
    Mailfence mailfence.com English No trackers

    Secure and private email | Mailfence encrypted email service

    Mailfence is the only secure and private email service that gives you control. A free, interoperable encrypted email service protected by Belgian privacy law.

    Compare Mailfence with Proton →
  3. 03
    Tuta tuta.com English No trackers

    Tuta: Turn ON privacy for free with secure emails, calendars & contacts | Tuta

    Tuta guarantees your data stays private for free & without ads. Quantum-resistant encryption makes Tuta the best secure technology solution to protect your privacy.

    Compare Tuta with Proton →
  4. 04
    Posteo posteo.de English No trackers

    Email green, secure, simple and ad-free - posteo.de -

    Posteo is an innovative email provider that is concerned with sustainability and privacy and is completely ad-free. Our email accounts, calendars and address books can be synchronised - we use comprehensive encryption.

    Compare Posteo with Proton →
  5. 05
    mailbox mailbox.org English No trackers

    mailbox Suite for individuals and businesses

    Your digital workspace with email, cloud, office & meet. Secure & GDPR-compliant for businesses, public authorities and private individuals. ▶ Try us now!

    Compare mailbox with Proton →
  6. 06
    Fastmail fastmail.com English No trackers

    Email and calendar made better | Fastmail

    Fast, private email hosting for you or your business. More productive, lightning fast, simple and built to save you time.

    Compare Fastmail with Proton →
  7. 07
    Eppie eppie.io No trackers

    Eppie

    Encrypted peer-to-peer instant email

    Compare Eppie with Proton →
  8. 08
    mail.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Free email accounts | Register today at mail.com

    Email how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up today!

    Compare mail.com with Proton →
  9. 09
    Sync sync.com English 9 trackers

    Secure Cloud Storage & Internet Storage Services | Sync

    Secure cloud storage and collaboration that helps you stay secure and connected in the cloud. Learn about our online storage options today!

    Compare Sync with Proton →
  10. 10
    Tresorit tresorit.com English 3 trackers

    End-to-End Encrypted Cloud Storage for Businesses | Tresorit

    Share files securely with anyone using encrypted cloud storage. Get the highest standard of data security in the cloud.

    Compare Tresorit with Proton →
  11. 11
    Infomaniak SA infomaniak.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Control your data governance with an independent cloud. Solutions hosted in the heart of Europe, designed to protect your confidentiality.

    Compare Infomaniak SA with Proton →
  12. 12
    MEGA mega.co.nz Top 1K No trackers

    MEGA

    MEGA provides free cloud storage with convenient and powerful always-on privacy. Claim your free 50GB now!

    Compare MEGA with Proton →
  13. 13
    MEGA mega.nz Top 10K 1 tracker

    MEGA

    MEGA provides free cloud storage with convenient and powerful always-on privacy. Claim your free 20GB now

    Compare MEGA with Proton →
  14. 14
    GMX gmx.ch German 1 tracker

    GMX - kostenlose E-Mail, Cloud, Nachrichten & Freemail

    Kostenlose E-Mail-Adresse erstellen, Nachrichten lesen und Fotos & Dateien in der GMX Cloud sicher speichern. Jetzt registrieren!

    Compare GMX with Proton →
  15. 15
    Threema threema.ch Top 10K English No trackers

    Threema – Secure Communication For Individuals and Companies

    The secure instant messenger from Switzerland. GDPR-compliant messaging for individuals and organizations that value privacy, security and data protection.

    Compare Threema with Proton →
  16. 16
    pCloud pcloud.com English No trackers

    pCloud - Secure Cloud Storage for Files, Photos & Documents

    Store, sync, and share your files securely with pCloud. Get up to 10 GB of free secure cloud storage and access your files from any device, anywhere.

    Compare pCloud with Proton →
  17. 17
    Temp Mail temp-mail.org Top 10K English

    Website

    Compare Temp Mail with Proton →
  18. 18
    EmailOnDeck emailondeck.com English 1 tracker

    Temp Mail - Free Temporary & Disposable Email | EmailOnDeck

    Free temp mail in 2 easy steps - no signup. A disposable inbox that actually works and lasts longer than 10 minutes. Stop spam, protect your privacy.

    Compare EmailOnDeck with Proton →
  19. 19
    Mimecast mimecast.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Human Risk Management & Advanced Email Security | Mimecast

    Protect email and collaboration tools with Mimecast. Manage human risk and stay ahead of cyber threats with advanced security solutions.

    Compare Mimecast with Proton →
  20. 20
    Abnormal abnormalsecurity.com English 1 tracker

    Behavioral AI for Email, Identity, and AI Security | Abnormal AI

    Abnormal AI is a behavioral AI security platform that protects email, identity, and AI—and stops insider threats. Trusted by 5,000 organizations.

    Compare Abnormal with Proton →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Proton’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Proton uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Proton adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 6 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
88 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Proton’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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