# Alternatives to Skiff

A privacy-first suite of encrypted mail, documents and storage. Notion acquired Skiff in February 2024 and shut the service down on 9 August 2024, with mail forwarding ending in February 2025.

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Category: Email services

## Overview

- **Who it's for**: Privacy-conscious individuals, journalists, and small teams who wanted an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Workspace for email, storage, and documents.
- **What you get**: Skiff offered end-to-end encrypted email (Skiff Mail), file storage (Skiff Drive), collaborative documents (Skiff Pages), and calendar, all encrypted so even Skiff couldn't read user data. It included custom domain support, aliases, and a free tier alongside paid plans. The suite emphasized zero-access encryption over feature parity with mainstream productivity tools.
- **How it works**: Users signed up with an email/password or crypto wallet, and their keys were generated and stored client-side so data was encrypted before it left the device. Mail, files, and docs were then accessed through web and mobile apps, with sharing done via encrypted links or invited collaborators. Notion acquired Skiff in February 2024 and shut the service down later that year, migrating users to Notion Mail.

## Profile

- **Status**: discontinued (verified 2026-07-11)

## Ranked alternatives

| # | App | Alt Score | Licence | Platforms |
|---|-----|-----------|---------|-----------|
| 1 | [Fastmail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/fastmail.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 2 | [Gmail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/gmail.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 3 | [Hey](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/hey.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, macOS, Windows, Linux |
| 4 | [iCloud Mail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/icloud-mail.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, macOS |
| 5 | [mailbox.org](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/mailboxorg.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |
| 6 | [Migadu](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/migadu.md) | building | Proprietary | Web |
| 7 | [Outlook.com](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/outlookcom.md) | building | Proprietary | Windows, macOS, iOS, Android |
| 8 | [Posteo](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/posteo.md) | building | ? | Web |
| 9 | [Proton Mail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/proton-mail.md) | building | GPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 10 | [StartMail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/startmail.md) | building | Proprietary | Web |
| 11 | [Tuta](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/tuta.md) | building | GPL-3.0 | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS |
| 12 | [Zoho Mail](https://altcatalog.com/alternatives/zoho-mail.md) | building | Proprietary | Web, iOS, Android |

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## Sources

Sources for Skiff. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.

- **Status**: discontinued — <https://skiff.com/data-migration> (verified 2026-07-11)
  - Quote: “All Skiff services, including Mail, Pages, Calendar and Drive, were sunset on August 9, 2024, as part of Skiff's acquisition by Notion.”

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