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European Email Services Alternatives

Email providers from European companies, as alternatives to Gmail and Outlook, from end-to-end encrypted services such as Proton Mail and Tuta Mail to classic webmail.

23 European alternativesSee the shortlist
Proton Mail — secure, private email by default, based in Switzerland

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10 Free Options
2 Open Source
1 Self-Hosted
8 Countries

What actually separates these email providers

What does encryption mean at each provider?

The same word covers different things. Tuta says all user data is stored end-to-end encrypted, except metadata such as the addresses of senders and recipients, which the email protocol needs; it does not use PGP but its own implementation, and you can send an encrypted email to someone outside Tuta by setting a password. Proton Mail says end-to-end encryption makes messages accessible only to you and your recipients. Mailfence, mailbox.org and eclipso build on OpenPGP in the webmail (mailbox.org and eclipso also on S/MIME), so you create or import keys without installing anything; eclipso includes this in its free plan. Posteo offers inbound encryption with PGP or S/MIME. At GMX, end-to-end encryption is an option you choose per email.

Sources: Tuta: security, Proton: trust, Mailfence, mailbox.org: security, eclipso, Posteo, GMX: security

Can you keep using your own mail app?

Tuta states that it does not offer IMAP, so you use its own apps. Proton Mail lists email client support via IMAP and SMTP. Posteo, mailbox.org, Mailfence, Migadu, Soverin, inbox.eu, Mailo and eclipso all name IMAP access on their own pages.

Sources: Tuta: security, Proton: pricing, Posteo, Migadu, Soverin, mailbox.org: terms, Mailfence, eclipso, inbox.eu: mail, Mailo: terms of use

Can you bring your own domain?

Posteo says own domains cannot be used with it. Most others allow it, usually on a paid plan: mailbox.org on its Standard and Premium plans, Proton Mail from Mail Plus with one custom domain, Tuta with unlimited aliases and a catch-all on the Revolutionary and Legend plans. Runbox, Mailfence and Soverin also support your own domain, and Hostpoint sells email on your own domain name bundled with a drive and a calendar.

Sources: Posteo: FAQ, mailbox.org: private, Proton: pricing, Tuta: pricing, Runbox: pricing, Mailfence, Soverin, Hostpoint

What do the free plans give you?

Most free plans give about 1 GB: Proton Mail, Tuta, Mailfence and Mailo all state 1 GB, and Proton's free plan has one address. eclipso Freemail has 4 GB, one address and no aliases, and may show ads. mail.de has two free options: FreeMail with 1 GB and advertising, or FreeMail Zero without advertising, with 500 MB and a limit of 25 sent emails a day. WEB.DE can be used free of charge if you consent to advertising tracking and personalised advertising, and it may delete the contents of free mailboxes not logged into for more than 180 days. Among paid plans, mail.de starts at €0.99 per month.

Sources: Proton: pricing, Tuta: pricing, Mailfence, eclipso, mail.de, WEB.DE: Datenschutz, Mailo, eclipso: European Gmail alternative

Is it a mailbox or an alias service?

SimpleLogin is not a mailbox. It forwards mail sent to your aliases to an inbox you already have, and replies go out from the alias so your real address stays hidden. Its free plan has 10 aliases and one mailbox.

Sources: SimpleLogin, SimpleLogin: pricing

Checked in September 2026 against the sources linked under each answer.

Notable

  • Create, import, publish and manage OpenPGP keys, with nothing to install
  • Digitally signed email guarantees the recipient that it was sent by you and only you
  • Password encrypted messages, where a password agreed between the sender and the recipient encrypts the message
  • 1 GB on Free, 11 GB on Base, 40 GB on Entry, 78 GB on Pro and 225 GB on Ultra
  • Free accounts are suspended after 7 months of inactivity and totally deleted 5 months later

Pick Mailfence if you want to create and manage OpenPGP keys with nothing to install.(our assessment)

Checked against Mailfence's homepage, secure email.jsp page, privacy policy, legal notice and about page.

Notable

  • Mail Collector files third party inboxes into the GMX account
  • Scans inbound and outbound emails and attachments for all types of malware
  • Mailboxes protected from spam with seven anti-spam modules

Checked against GMX Email's homepage, about page and security page.

Notable

  • Builds an encrypted search index kept locally on your device or in your browser and searched there
  • Sends encrypted emails to external recipients by defining a password
  • End-to-end encrypted calendar to schedule and store all your appointments confidentially

Where it falls short

  • Revolutionary and Legend plans give unlimited email alias addresses and catch-all on your custom domain. source
  • Does not offer IMAP. source
  • Does not use PGP, but a slightly different implementation. source
  • Storage: 1 GB on Free, 20 GB on Revolutionary, 500 GB on Legend
  • Free allows 1 calendar and 3 labels; Revolutionary and Legend allow unlimited calendars and labels

Pick Tuta Mail if you want an encrypted search index kept locally on your device or browser.(our assessment)

Checked against Tuta Mail's homepage, security page, pricing page, legal notice and about page.

Notable

  • Gives each of your employees a professional email that includes your domain name
  • Lets you read emails, contacts and calendars on a mobile phone or tablet, with an assistant that configures the accounts
  • Encrypted emails that can only be read from your account, protecting messages against interception
  • 500 emails sent per day and 100 recipients per message (the same figure in every plan column of the comparison)
  • Large file attachments up to a maximum of 3 GB (the same figure in every plan column of the comparison)

Pick Infomaniak kMail if you want AI that helps you write and reply to emails.(our assessment)

Checked against Infomaniak kMail's service mail page, pricing page, legal notice and about page.

Notable

  • Access email via smartphone, webmail or a desktop client
  • Plesk panel gives control over usage statistics of available space for each account
  • Automatically analyzes each incoming message to protect the email domain from spam and scams

Pick Seeweb Mail if you want to resell professional email boxes with a custom brand logo.(our assessment)

Checked against Seeweb Mail's features page, privacy policy and about page.

Hostpoint E-Mail is an email address with your own domain name, plus hostpoint drive and calendar.

Notable

  • Email address on your own domain name, bundled with Hostpoint Drive and a calendar
  • Moving service to bring an existing website, domains and email over to Hostpoint
  • Saves data several times a day to multiple independent, identical storage clusters in separate fire protection zones

Pick Hostpoint E-Mail if you want your data in identical storage clusters across separate fire protection zones.(our assessment)

Checked against Hostpoint E-Mail's homepage, about page and kontakt agb.html page.

WEB.DE E-Mail is free email address, FreeMail and news.

Notable

  • Unified registration and login procedure (netID) based on the standard of the European netID Foundation

Where it falls short

  • Use without third-party ad banners (Premium mailbox) and without ad tracking (TrackFree) requires a paid subscription. source
  • Email contents of FreeMail mailboxes with no logins for more than 180 days (via web, app or IMAP/POP) may be deleted without prior notice

Checked against WEB.DE E-Mail's homepage, webdeagb page, datenschutz page and legal notice.

Notable

  • Create aliases, forwarding rules and autoresponders with a few clicks
  • Webmail client, so you are reachable from anywhere
  • Catch-all function forwards emails sent to non-existent addresses on your domain to a specific mailbox

Pricing: from €3.00 per month (email hosting page)

  • Mini offers 3 mailboxes with 3 GB of storage, Starter 10 mailboxes with 10 GB, and Pro 25 mailboxes with 25 GB
  • Mail Mini: 3 mailboxes, 3 GB mail storage, 5 aliases per mailbox and 50 forwardings per mailbox

Pick Raidboxes Emails if you want a catch-all that forwards emails sent to non-existent addresses to a specific mailbox.(our assessment)

Checked against Raidboxes Emails's email hosting page and about page.

Notable

  • Mailboxes synchronised across all devices, with an e-mail address based on a domain name
  • Hosted Exchange mailboxes with instant push notifications, calendar management, task lists and meeting rooms
  • Most tools can be used directly in the browser without installing anything

Pricing: from €2.99 / month (email hosting page)

Pick Combell Email if you want Hosted Exchange mailboxes with instant push notifications and meeting rooms.(our assessment)

Checked against Combell Email's email hosting page and about page.

SimpleLogin is an open source email alias solution.

Notable

  • Emails sent to an alias are forwarded to your inbox without the sender knowing anything
  • Replies to a forwarded email are sent from your alias and your real email stays hidden
  • Catch-all on your own domain lets you use any word at your domain as an alias

Where it falls short

Pricing: from $36 / year (pricing page)

  • Free plan: at most 10 aliases
  • Free ($0): 1 mailbox

Pick SimpleLogin if you want replies sent from your alias so your real email stays hidden.(our assessment)

Checked against SimpleLogin's about page, homepage, pricing page, legal notice and privacy policy.

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Which should you choose?

  • Pick Combell Email if you want Hosted Exchange mailboxes with instant push notifications and meeting rooms.
  • Pick Hostpoint E-Mail if you want your data in identical storage clusters across separate fire protection zones.
  • Pick Infomaniak kMail if you want AI that helps you write and reply to emails.
  • Pick Mailfence if you want to create and manage OpenPGP keys with nothing to install.
  • Pick Raidboxes Emails if you want a catch-all that forwards emails sent to non-existent addresses to a specific mailbox.
  • Pick Seeweb Mail if you want to resell professional email boxes with a custom brand logo.

Our assessment, based only on the checked statements above.

How we checked this

We checked 10 of the 11 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.

Our methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are there free European email services?

Yes. SimpleLogin, netim, GMX Email, WEB.DE E-Mail, Mailo, Mailfence, mail.de, eclipso and 2 more (see the table) are free or have a free plan, according to the pricing each company publishes. Free plans usually carry limits; each product page links to the company's terms.

Which European email services are open source?

Tuta Mail and Proton Mail publish their source code under an open-source licence. Each product page shows the licence and where the code is.

Which European email services can you host yourself?

SimpleLogin can be run on your own servers, according to its own documentation.

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