US-based service. Data subject to US jurisdiction
by Google
Gmail is Google's email service for personal accounts and Google Workspace. It offers search, spam filtering and integration with Google services. Standard Gmail uses provider-managed encryption rather than end-to-end encryption by default. Google states that Gmail message content is not used for advertising; smart features and separately connected Gemini services have distinct data controls.
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Quick answer: 21 European alternatives to Gmail are listed, from 8 countries. 2 are open source and 9 have a free plan. Top picks: Proton Mail, Tuta Mail and Posteo.
| # | Product | Country | From | Pricing | Free plan | Open source | Self-host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proton Mail | 🇨ðŸ‡Switzerland | €3.99 per month, billed annually | Freemium | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2 | Tuta Mail | 🇩🇪Germany | €3 per month, billed annually | Freemium | Yes | Yes | Not verified |
| 3 | Posteo | 🇩🇪Germany | 1 EUR per month | Subscription | No | No | No |
| 4 | mailbox.org | 🇩🇪Germany | € 1 per month | Subscription | No | No | No |
| 5 | Mailfence | 🇧🇪Belgium | Not verified | Freemium | Yes | Not verified | Not verified |
| 6 | Hostpoint E-Mail | 🇨ðŸ‡Switzerland | CHF 2 per month | Subscription | No | No | No |
| 7 | GMX Email | 🇩🇪Germany | Not verified | Freemium | Yes | No | No |
| 8 | Seeweb Mail | 🇮🇹Italy | Not verified | Subscription | No | No | No |
| 9 | Soverin | 🇳🇱Netherlands | €3.25 per month, billed annually | Paid | No | No | No |
| 10 | Runbox | 🇳🇴Norway | €19.95 per year | Subscription | No | No | No |
| 11 | WEB.DE E-Mail | 🇩🇪Germany | €3.99 per month | Freemium | Yes | No | No |
| 12 | Migadu | 🇨ðŸ‡Switzerland | $ 19 / year | Paid | No | Not verified | No |
| 13 | netim | 🇫🇷France | €1 per month | Paid | Yes | No | No |
| 14 | Kolab Now | 🇨ðŸ‡Switzerland | CHF 5 per month | Subscription | No | Not verified | No |
| 15 | eclipso | 🇩🇪Germany | 1.49 € per month | Freemium | Yes | Not verified | No |
| 16 | Mailo | 🇫🇷France | €1.50 / month | Freemium | Yes | No | No |
| 17 | Combell Email | 🇧🇪Belgium | €2.99 / month | Subscription | No | No | No |
| 18 | Raidboxes Emails | 🇩🇪Germany | €3.00 per month | Subscription | No | No | No |
| 19 | inbox.eu | 🇱🇻Latvia | €9.99 / year per user | Freemium | No | No | No |
| 20 | Infomaniak kMail | 🇨ðŸ‡Switzerland | Not verified | Freemium | No | Not verified | No |
| 21 | mail.de | 🇩🇪Germany | €0.99 per month | Freemium | Yes | No | No |
A dash means we have not verified that attribute. Migration difficulty is shown only where the editor tested the switch.
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Pick Proton Mail if you want PGP applied automatically in Outlook, Apple Mail or Thunderbird.(our assessment)
Checked against Proton Mail's homepage, security page, privacy policy, pricing page and about page.
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Where it falls short
Pick Tuta Mail if you want an encrypted search index kept locally on your device.(our assessment)
Checked against Tuta Mail's homepage, security page, pricing page, legal notice and about page.
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from 1 EUR per month (homepage)
Pick Posteo if you want crypto mail storage and export over standardised interfaces at any time.(our assessment)
Checked against Posteo's about page, faq page, homepage, privacy policy and legal notice.
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from € 1 per month (pricing page)
Pick mailbox.org if you want disposable addresses to protect you from spam and unwanted contacts.(our assessment)
Checked against mailbox.org's private page, homepage, security page, t cs cancellation policy page, pricing page, legal notice and certified quality page.
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Pick Mailfence if you want to create, import and publish OpenPGP keys with nothing to install.(our assessment)
Checked against Mailfence's homepage, secure email.jsp page, privacy policy, legal notice and about page.
Hostpoint E-Mail is an email address with your own domain name, plus hostpoint drive and calendar.
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Pick Hostpoint E-Mail if you want email bundled with Hostpoint Drive and a calendar on your own domain.(our assessment)
Checked against Hostpoint E-Mail's homepage, about page and kontakt agb.html page.
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Pick GMX Email if you want seven anti-spam modules and a blacklist for persistent scammers.(our assessment)
Checked against GMX Email's homepage, about page and security page.
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Pick Seeweb Mail if you want a WhiteLabel option to resell email boxes under your own brand logo.(our assessment)
Checked against Seeweb Mail's features page, privacy policy and about page.
Soverin is private alternative to free email providers.
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from €3.25 per month, billed annually (pricing page)
Pick Soverin if you want a service that removes the sender's IP address from email headers.(our assessment)
Checked against Soverin's homepage and pricing page.
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from €19.95 per year (pricing page)
Pick Runbox if you want sub-accounts for a family, and tools to move all or part of your email.(our assessment)
Checked against Runbox's homepage, pricing page and about page.
WEB.DE E-Mail is free email address, FreeMail and news.
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Pick WEB.DE E-Mail if you want netID, a unified registration and login procedure.(our assessment)
Checked against WEB.DE E-Mail's homepage, webdeagb page, datenschutz page and legal notice.
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from $ 19 / year (pricing page)
Pick Migadu if you want no limits on addresses or domains, and SIEVE scripts to filter mail.(our assessment)
Checked against Migadu's homepage, pricing page, legal notice, privacy policy and about page.
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Pick netim if you want email hosting from an ICANN-accredited registrar of your domain names.(our assessment)
Checked against netim's homepage, comparison chart page and legal notice.
by Apheleia IT AG
Kolab Now launched in 2013 as a public service built on the open-source Kolab groupware platform, operated by Apheleia IT AG (formerly Kolab Systems AG) from Bern, Switzerland. It provides a full groupware suite — email, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes, and file storage — hosted entirely in Switzerland under Swiss privacy law. The company is a founding contributor to Collabora Online and champions software freedom as a core principle.
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from 1.49 € per month (homepage)
Pick eclipso if you want to send physical mail, faxes and SMS from the browser.(our assessment)
Checked against eclipso's european gmail alternative page, homepage, security page, about page, tos page and legal notice.
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from €1.50 / month (homepage)
Pick Mailo if you want to send registered emails and use videoconferencing.(our assessment)
Checked against Mailo's homepage, legal notice and privacy policy.
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Pricing: from €2.99 / month (email hosting page)
Pick Combell Email if you want Hosted Exchange mailboxes with push notifications, calendars and meeting rooms.(our assessment)
Checked against Combell Email's email hosting page and about page.
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Pricing: from €3.00 per month (email hosting page)
Pick Raidboxes Emails if you want a catch-all that forwards mail sent to non-existent addresses.(our assessment)
Checked against Raidboxes Emails's email hosting page and about page.
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Pricing: from €9.99 / year per user (pricing page)
Pick inbox.eu if you want to mount cloud files as a network drive via WebDAV.(our assessment)
Checked against inbox.eu's homepage, secure file storage page, pricing page, inbox eu mail page, privacy policy and legal notice.
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Pick Infomaniak kMail if you want AI that helps write, reply to and translate your emails.(our assessment)
Checked against Infomaniak kMail's service mail page, pricing page, legal notice and about page.
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Pricing: from €0.99 per month (homepage)
Pick mail.de if you want biometric authentication on your devices, for example fingerprint or Face ID.(our assessment)
Checked against mail.de's homepage, sicherheit page, legal notice and datenschutz page.
Our assessment, based only on the checked statements above.
We checked 20 of the 21 alternatives on this page against each company's own website in September 2026. Every line in the grey panels comes from that company’s own site, and a second check tried to disprove it before we kept it. A dash in the table means we could not verify that detail. "Pick it if" lines are our own assessment, based only on those checked statements.
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