Welcome to the Email Comparison! This section is meant to be a resource to those who value their privacy, specifically those looking for information on Email Services (that isn’t disguised advertising). As this project grew, information was requested on Email Services for privacy.

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Simple Email Comparison

wdt_ID EMAIL SERVICE PRIVACY Jurisdiction PRIVACY Logging PRIVACY Activism TECHNICAL Serv Conf TECHNICAL Security TECHNICAL Availability BUSINESS Website BUSINESS Pricing BUSINESS Ethics 223 DigitalSafe 1.00 1.00 6.00 3.50 3.00 7.00 3.00 8.00 0.00 215 Rackspace 4.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 0.00 5.00 4.00 8.00 4.00 216 Rediffmail 2.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 2.00 7.00 12.00 0.00 4.00 217 Redpin 4.00 1.00 6.00 1.00 2.00 7.00 8.00 7.00 0.00 218 ScryptMail 4.00 1.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 7.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 219 TuffMail 2.00 1.50 6.00 1.00 2.00 7.00 7.00 3.00 0.00 220 VFEmail 4.00 1.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 8.00 5.00 0.00 4.00 221 Yandex 2.00 1.50 5.00 1.00 1.00 5.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 222 Zoho 4.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 6.00 0.00 5.00 214 PolarisMail 2.00 2.00 6.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 EMAIL SERVICE

Green = “Generally good”

Yellow = “Something of concern”

Red = “Something major of concern”.

See how these fields are calculated here.

You can download the original (up-to-date) file using these links:

Excel – xlsx | LibreOffice – ods

Color blind? There’s a version of the table for you here.

Detailed Email Comparison

wdt_ID EMAIL SERVICE JURISDICTION Based In (Country) JURISDICTION Fourteen Eyes? JURISDICTION Enemy of the Internet LOGGING Logs Payment Info LOGGING Logs IP Address ACTIVISM Anonymous Payment Method ACTIVISM Accepts Cash ACTIVISM Accepts Gift Cards ACTIVISM Accepts Crypto Currency ACTIVISM Open Source Platform ACTIVISM PGP Key Available ACTIVISM Gives back to Privacy Causes ACTIVISM Meets PrivacyTools IO Criteria WEBMAIL Webmail Access WEBMAIL Header Info Stripped PROTOCOLS POP3 PROTOCOLS IMAP PROTOCOLS SMTP SECURITY User can Control Private Key SECURITY Encryption (In Transit) SECURITY Encryption (At Rest) 2FA 2FA Option AVAILABILITY # of Addresses AVAILABILITY Custom Domain FEATURES Supports CalDAV FEATURES Supports WebDAV FEATURES Supports CardDAV FEATURES Supports ActiveSync STORAGE Email Storage (in GB) STORAGE Document Storage (in GB) WEBSITE # of Persistent Cookies WEBSITE # of External Trackers WEBSITE # of Proprietary APIs WEBSITE Server SSL Rating WEBSITE SSL Cert issued to PRICING $ / Month (Annual Pricing) PRICING $ / Connection / Month PRICING Free Trial PRICING Refund Period (Days) ETHICS Falsely Claims 100% Effective ETHICS Incentivizes Social Media Spam POLICIES Forbids Spam POLICIES Requires Ethical Copy POLICIES Requires Full Disclosure AFFILIATES Practice Ethical Copy AFFILIATES Give Full Disclosure 185 CryptoHeaven Canada Five No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes SSL/TLS TDE Yes 5 Yes No No No No 0.20 0.00 9 3 3 F No SSL Cert 5.50 1.10 Yes 30 No No No No 184 CounterMail Sweden Fourteen No Yes No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes SSL/TLS OpenPGP Yes 1 Yes No No No No 0.50 0.00 0 0 0 C Self 4.91 4.91 No 14 186 Fastmail Australia Five No No No No Yes Some No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes SSL/TLS Yes 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes No 25.00 10.00 0 1 1 A+ Self 4.16 4.16 Yes 0 No No No No 187 Gmail USA Five Yes Yes Yes No Free Free Free No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SSL/TLS None Yes 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 15.00 15.00 0 0 6 A Self 0.00 0.00 Free -1 188 Hushmail Canada Five No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No SSL/TLS PGP Yes 1 Yes No No No No 10.00 0.00 3 2 0 A+ Self 4.17 4.17 Yes 60 No No No No 189 KolabNow Switzerland Cooperative No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SSL/TLS None No 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes No 2.00 2.00 1 1 1 A+ Self 8.85 8.85 Yes 0 190 LavaBit USA Five Yes Email No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes SSL/TLS No 1 No No No No No 5.00 5.00 0 0 2 A Self 2.50 2.50 No 0 191 Mailbox.org Germany Fourteen No No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SSL/TLS PGP Yes 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2.00 0.10 0 1 0 A+ Self 1.07 0.36 Yes 14 192 Mailfence Belgium Fourteen No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SSL/TLS PGP Yes 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5.00 9.00 0 0 1 A+ Self 2.68 0.27 Yes 0 193 NeoMailbox Switzerland Cooperative No No Email No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes STARTTLS PGP No 1 Yes No No No No 1.00 0.00 0 0 0 A Self 4.17 4.17 Yes 30 EMAIL SERVICE JURISDICTION Based In (Country) JURISDICTION Fourteen Eyes? JURISDICTION Enemy of the Internet LOGGING Logs Payment Info LOGGING Logs IP Address ACTIVISM Anonymous Payment Method ACTIVISM Accepts Cash ACTIVISM Accepts Gift Cards ACTIVISM Accepts Crypto Currency ACTIVISM Open Source Platform ACTIVISM PGP Key Available ACTIVISM Gives back to Privacy Causes ACTIVISM Meets PrivacyTools IO Criteria WEBMAIL Webmail Access WEBMAIL Header Info Stripped PROTOCOLS POP3 PROTOCOLS IMAP PROTOCOLS SMTP SECURITY User can Control Private Key SECURITY Encryption (In Transit) SECURITY Encryption (At Rest) 2FA 2FA Option AVAILABILITY # of Addresses AVAILABILITY Custom Domain FEATURES Supports CalDAV FEATURES Supports WebDAV FEATURES Supports CardDAV FEATURES Supports ActiveSync STORAGE Email Storage (in GB) STORAGE Document Storage (in GB) WEBSITE # of Persistent Cookies WEBSITE # of External Trackers WEBSITE # of Proprietary APIs WEBSITE Server SSL Rating WEBSITE SSL Cert issued to PRICING $ / Month (Annual Pricing) PRICING $ / Connection / Month PRICING Free Trial PRICING Refund Period (Days) ETHICS Falsely Claims 100% Effective ETHICS Incentivizes Social Media Spam POLICIES Forbids Spam POLICIES Requires Ethical Copy POLICIES Requires Full Disclosure AFFILIATES Practice Ethical Copy AFFILIATES Give Full Disclosure

Green = “Generally good”

Yellow = “Something of concern”

Red = “Something major of concern”

Blank = “Undefined or for reader’s knowledge only”

See what these fields mean here.

You can download the Email Comparison Chart in other formats below:

Excel – xlsx | LibreOffice – ods | CSV – csv

Color blind? There is a version of the table for you here.

I make every effort to keep the data on the Email Comparison Chart up to date. However, parts of it could potentially be incorrect for various reasons – including if a given Email service is not transparent and does not make the data available on their official site. Please do your own research if this is of concern. Note also that if a company does not make available certain data on their website, I may assume the worst and a default field will be used. This in no way means I am making a claim about a service, but rather noting the data they lack.

If you are with an Email company and you’d like to request an update to your information, feel free to contact me citing a proper source on the official website and I will be happy to update your data!

(Data last updated on 5/27/2018)

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

–That One Privacy Guy