Secure Email

When on the lookout for a secure email provider, you have to keep in mind factors like data center location, end-to-end encryption, and zero-access guarantee. Here are our top picks of 2024.

ProtonMail

End-to-end encryption: Yes
Server location: Switzerland
Pricing: Free to $30/month

• Security is top notch
• Streamlined and modern UI
• Subject lines lack end-to-end encryption
• Not designed for sending emails en-masse
• Email destruction

Mailbox.org

End-to-end encryption: Yes
Server location: Germany
Pricing: €1/month to €25/month

• Lots of additional tools
• Friendly UI
• No free plan
• No metadata encryption

Zoho Mail

End-to-end encryption: Yes

Server location: US, Europe, Australia, China, and India

Pricing: $1/user/month to $4/user/month

• User friendly and feature rich
• End-to-end encryption
• No zero-knowledge guarantee
• No live chat support

Posteo

End-to-end encryption: No
Server location: Germany
Pricing: $1/month

• Trustworthy handling of user data
• DANE-based authentication system
• Ad free
• No end-to-end encryption

Privatemail

End-to-end encryption: Yes

Server location: United States

Pricing: $8.95/month to $64.95/month

• Feature-rich cloud storage offering
• Strong security practices with end-to-end encryption
• Expensive
• Subject to lax privacy legislation