Alternatives to mailbox.org
Privacy-focused German mail and office
mailbox.org ranks #4 of 12 in Email services, with an Alt Score of 74. It is proprietary, sold by subscription from €1/month and available on Web, iOS and Android. 10 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Privacy-conscious individuals, families, freelancers, and businesses (including public-sector organizations) in Europe who want an ad-free, encrypted alternative to mainstream email and cloud providers.
An integrated email and office suite: ad-free encrypted email (PGP, S/MIME, TLS) with custom domains and disposable addresses, shared calendar and contacts, Drive cloud storage, video conferencing (Meet), and collaborative documents (Office). Data is hosted on the provider's own servers in certified German data centers under GDPR, with no tracking or data selling. Family/business plans let multiple users share calendars, contacts, and storage while keeping separate inboxes.
Users sign up on mailbox.org, choose a plan tier (Light, Standard, or Premium, with a 30-day free trial), and optionally migrate existing email from another provider. They then access mail, calendar, drive, meet, and office tools through a single unified web login (or standard email/calendar clients via IMAP/CalDAV).
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Ranked alternatives
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Email services checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
| Email services checklist | mailbox.org | Proton Mail | Tuta | Posteo | Zoho Mail | Fastmail |
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Every fact and feature listed for mailbox.org is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-11
Heinlein Hosting GmbH
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Pricing model Subscription verified 2026-07-11
€ 1.00 per month
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Starts at €1/month verified 2026-07-11
€ 1.00 per month
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Platforms Web, iOS, Android verified 2026-07-11
Add the mailbox Suite to the home screen of your iPhone or iPad to launch mailbox directly in its own window.
https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/account/setting-up-the-progressive-web-app-pwa-from-mailbox/ -
Status active verified 2026-07-11
© 2026 mailbox
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E2E encryption Partial verified 2026-07-11
PGP in the webmail client, without the need for additional software.
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Custom domain support Yes verified 2026-07-11
Custom domain names can be used
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Storage (free tier) No verified 2026-07-11
Everyone can try their favourite mailbox price plan for 30 days at no cost
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Aliases included Yes verified 2026-07-11
3 aliases @mailbox.org
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Calendar & contacts Yes verified 2026-07-11
Calendar and address book
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IMAP/SMTP access Yes verified 2026-07-11
IMAP, imap.mailbox.org, 993, SSL/TLS, Your mailbox password
https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/e-mail/e-mail-configuration/ -
Jurisdiction Yes verified 2026-07-11
Our servers are located exclusively in Germany (Berlin), as this ensures German data protection law and the European GDPR apply.
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Catch-all addresses Yes verified 2026-07-11
If you use your own domain for e-mails at mailbox, you are also free to use a so-called catch-all.
https://kb.mailbox.org/en/private/custom-domains/use-your-own-domain-with-catch-all/ -
Ad-free Yes verified 2026-07-11
No advertising and no tracking
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Import from competitors Yes verified 2026-07-11
Our migration partner Audriga takes care of the complete transfer of your mailboxes – fully automatically and securely.
https://mailbox.org/en/move-mailbox-migrate-your-emails-securely/
FAQ
Yes. Proton Mail, Tuta and Zoho Mail have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Proton Mail and Tuta — every license claim links its source.