Gmail vs Tuta Comparison

Feature	Gmail Visit →	Tuta Visit →
Overview
Rating	5.4	7.9
Pricing	$0.00/moFree (15 GB shared) $7.00/moGoogle Workspace Business Starter (annual, after the first-year discount) Show billing detailsHide billing details Free (15 GB shared): Free Google Workspace Business Starter (annual, after the first-year discount): US$4.90 per user per month for the first 12 months on annual billing, then US$7.00	$3.00/moRevolutionary (individual, annual) $8.00/moLegend (individual, annual) Show billing detailsHide billing details Revolutionary (individual, annual): Billed yearly, taxes included; €4.32/month if billed monthly Legend (individual, annual): Billed yearly, taxes included; €9.60/month if billed monthly
Free tier	Limited free tier Show detailsHide details 15 GB of storage shared across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Photos; the paid Google One and Workspace plans raise that ceiling.	Limited free tier Show detailsHide details 1 GB storage, 1 calendar, 3 labels, no custom domain, no extra addresses
Established	2004	2011
Platforms	AndroidiOS	WindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS
Privacy
Jurisdiction	United States Show detailsHide details Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, is the controller named in Google's privacy policy. Google reports US national-security (FISA) requests separately from its global requests report, in ranges rather than exact counts.	Germany Show detailsHide details Tutao GmbH, Deisterstr. 17a, 30449 Hanover, Germany. Registered at the District Court of Hanover, HRB 208014.
Independent security audit	None on record	None on record
Source code	Closed source	Fully open source
Zero-access encryption	No	Yes
Intra-provider E2EE	No	Yes
External PGP	Not supported	Not supported
Past data breach	No	No
Telemetry	Always on	No telemetry
Features
Hosting	Cloud	Cloud
Custom domain support	No	Yes
Aliases	Limited	Limited
Anti-spam approach	AI-powered filtering Google says stops more than 99.9% of spam, phishing and malware, plus sender-authentication requirements for bulk senders that Google says cut unauthenticated messages 75%. Google's privacy policy lists 'email you write and receive' among the content it collects, and with smart features on Google uses Gmail data to provide those features; Google states Gmail content is not used for ads personalization.	SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MTA-STS harden the infrastructure against phishing and spam at the protocol level; Tuta blocks external content (images, videos) in emails by default and warns when the technical sender differs from the visible From address, without scanning encrypted message content.
Bundled services	Google DriveGoogle Photos	CalendarDrive