Email alternatives to Gmail
Tuta: Based in Germany, Tuta offers an end-to-end encrypted email service (with encrypted calendar!). Tuta Mail recently shipped an email importer, making it easier to migrate away from your current provider. The free plan offers encryption, 1 GB of storage, and one calendar, and paid plans start at €3 per month. The company has taken a strong stance against incorporating AI in its email client.
Fastmail: Based in Australia, Fastmail has been operating since 1999. While it doesn’t offer end–to-end encryption, it’s no slouch when it comes to security. It doesn’t offer a free option, but plans start at a reasonable €6 per month.
Proton: Based in Switzerland, Proton has long been synonymous with privacy. What started as an end-to-end encrypted email service has expanded to offer a calendar, wallet, VPN, password manager, and cloud storage, making it a pretty compelling Google competitor. (That being said, we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out their CEO’s recent praise of Trump.)
Looking to extricate yourself from Google? We’re rounding up some of the top alternatives out there for email, search, writing, and more.