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Disroot vs Proton Mail Comparison

Feature
Overview
Rating4.88.5
Pricing
  • $0.00/moFree
  • $0.92/mo5 GB extra storage (annual)
  • $9.17/mo60 GB extra storage (annual)
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  • Free: $0 — 1 GB mailbox, no fixed term
  • 5 GB extra storage (annual): EUR 11/year, shareable across mail, cloud and CryptPad storage
  • 60 GB extra storage (annual): EUR 110/year, shareable across mail, cloud and CryptPad storage
  • $4.99/moMail Plus (individual, annual)
  • $12.99/moProton Unlimited (individual, annual)
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  • Mail Plus (individual, annual): $59.88/year at renewal ($47.88 first year with the introductory rate)
  • Proton Unlimited (individual, annual): $155.88/year at renewal ($119.88 first year with the introductory rate)
Free tierFree tier
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1 GB mailbox at no cost, no time limit, no feature gating versus paid storage tiers — the only difference paid tiers add is more space.

Limited free tier
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1 GB storage, 1 email address, 150 messages/day, 10 hide-my-email aliases, no custom domain

Established20152014
PlatformsNot specified
WindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS
Privacy
JurisdictionNetherlands
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Stichting Disroot.org (a Dutch foundation), Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KVK) number 69988099. Servers are owned and operated in a data center in the Netherlands; the Terms of Service state the platform is subject to Dutch law. Run entirely by volunteers with no venture funding.

Switzerland
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Proton AG, Route de la Galaise 32, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva. Since June 2024 the primary shareholder is the non-profit Proton Foundation, also based in Geneva. Proton Europe sàrl (Luxembourg) is the designated EU GDPR representative.

Independent security auditNone on recordSecuritum 2021
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Source-code security audit of the redesigned Proton Mail web client and Proton Calendar, prior to release

Source codeFully open sourceFully open source
Zero-access encryptionNoYes
Intra-provider E2EENoYes
External PGPManual importManual import
Past data breachNoNo
TelemetryOpt-inOn unless you opt out
Features
HostingCloudCloud
Custom domain supportYesYes
AliasesLimitedUnlimited
Anti-spam approachNot separately documented as a technical methodology beyond standard server-side mail filtering; the Privacy Statement discloses that email server logs (sender/recipient addresses, connecting IPs) are retained for 48 hours to prevent brute-force attacks and aid debugging, and specifies that message content is not read except for service operation, troubleshooting, or suspected Terms of Service violations.PhishGuard flags spoofing and phishing using sender authentication (SPF/DKIM/DMARC) and metadata such as headers, link URLs and attachment hashes, not message content, since encryption prevents Proton from reading it; a machine-learning model retrains on user feedback (marking spam/phishing or rescuing a message from spam).
Bundled services
CloudPadPaste BinChatCalendarContacts
CalendarDriveVPNPass