Proton
ProtonMail

Break free from Gmail

You should be able to choose what happens to your data. With Proton, only you can read your emails.

Your favourite features, plus privacy

Big Tech, such as Gmail, makes money by scanning your emails and collecting your data so it can target you with ads. Proton Mail believes your emails belong to you. We do not track your data or show ads. And we provide all the features you need to quickly manage your workflow and organize your inbox.

Comparison of Proton Mail and Gmail
Comparison of Proton Mail and Gmail

Inbox features

Proton Mail
Proton Mail
Gmail
Gmail
Price


Pay for more storage and products, starting at $3.49/m

You pay with your privacy

Your favorite Gmail features
Works on all your devices, great mobile apps
Free Calendar included
Privacy first: no data harvesting
No ads
End-to-end encryption
Blocks trackers and marketers from spying on you
Free VPN included
Protected by strong Swiss privacy laws

Proton Mail plans and pricing

No credit card required
  • storage
  • users
  • email addresses
30-day money-back guarantee
  • storage
  • users
  • extra email addresses for you
  • Support for custom email domains
  • Unlimited folders and labels
  • hide-my-email aliases
  • Priority customer support

Premium value included

  • Mail
  • Calendar
Recommended
30-day money-back guarantee
  • storage
  • users
  • extra email addresses for you
  • Support for custom email domains
  • Unlimited folders and labels
  • Unlimited hide-my-email aliases
  • Dedicated customer support
  • Ultra fast and private VPN
  • Encrypted password manager
  • Encrypted cloud storage for photos and documents
  • Advanced account protection

Premium value included

  • Mail
  • Calendar
  • VPN
  • Drive
  • Pass
30-day money-back guarantee
  • storage
  • Up to users
  • extra email addresses for you
  • Support for custom email domains
  • Unlimited folders and labels
  • Unlimited hide-my-email aliases
  • Dedicated customer support
  • Ultra fast and private VPN
  • Encrypted password manager
  • Encrypted cloud storage for photos and documents
  • Advanced account protection
  • Proton Scribe writing assistant

Premium value included

  • Mail
  • Calendar
  • VPN
  • Drive
  • Pass

Keep your conversations private

Thanks to Proton Mail's end-to-end encryption and zero-access encryption, nobody besides you can read your messages. It's not just we won't spy on your emails — we can't.

Keep trackers out of your inbox

Proton Mail automatically blocks all spy trackers found in promotional emails, preventing senders from spying on your mail activity.

Quickly unsubscribe from newsletters

Keep your encrypted inbox clutter-free and remove yourself from mailing lists with one click.

Organize your schedule privately

Create events, send invitations, and set reminders while keeping all details of your calendar private.

No ads. Ever.

We'll never show privacy-invading ads. The only way we make money is through paid subscriptions to our premium plans.

Open source and audited

All Proton Mail apps are open source and audited by independent experts. Anyone can verify our apps do what we claim.

Join the Proton community

Proton is more than just an email service. We're at the forefront of a movement that's fighting for a better internet.

Protected by strict Swiss laws

Protected by strict Swiss laws Proton is based in Geneva, meaning your emails are protected by Switzerland's data protection laws, some of the strongest in the world.

Switch to Proton in one click

Moving your existing emails, contacts, and calendars to your new secure inbox is easy. Our Easy Switch tool handles it all in a single click.

Proton Mail protects your privacy but also has the features you need to quickly and easily communicate and collaborate.

The World Wide Web and Proton were born at CERN.

Our story begins at CERN, where the web was born

Proton was founded in 2014 by scientists who met at CERN and united over a shared vision of a more secure and private internet. We are scientists, engineers, and specialists working to protect civil liberties online.

Everyone deserves a better internet where privacy is the default.

We believe a better world starts with privacy

Proton is building a better internet where privacy is the default. By choosing and advocating Proton, you stay in control of your data and join a community of millions who believe privacy is worth fighting for.

100 million users trust Proton with their privacy

In less than 10 years, Proton has grown from a small community to a privacy-first ecosystem, with more than a 100 million satisfied users. See what they have to say about us.

PC Mag Editor's Choice Winner

"If you’d like to reclaim at least some of your privacy, consider switching to an encrypted email provider that puts your security first, like Proton Mail. Its wealth of added features combined with effective end-to-end email encryption makes Proton Mail an Editors' Choice winner for email encryption service."
PC Mag, 2023

What our users say

@hexnobody
Twitter user

Just exported 20 years of Gmail and imported to Proton Mail - then deleted it all in Gmail.

Quite soon, Google will no longer know who I am.

Jack Dorsey
Twitter co-founder

My favorite email service

Mark Ruffalo
American actor and producer

I love my ProtonMail

@EddieUSAxyz
Twitter user

My Choice for a Gmail alternative? @ProtonMail - Been using a paid account for over 2 years and it's great. Good customer service also!

@shauno1369
Twitter user

I moved to @ProtonMail 2 years ago and never looked back. The feeling of freedom you get when you know you are not being tracked is uplifting.

@dhh
Twitter user

I'm a big fan of @ProtonMail! They kept the light on for small tech, independent mail service providers while nobody else seemed to give a damn.

@DebLRobison
Twitter user

You get what you pay for. In the case of big tech, if you pay nothing, you get used. I quit using Gmail and switched to @ProtonMail

Compare our plans

Compare our plans
Features
Storage
Users
Priority customer support
Easy Switch import assistant
Proton Sentinel program
Dark Web Monitoring
ProtonMail
Email addresses
Support for custom email domains
Messages per day
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Folders
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Labels
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Custom filters
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Attachments size
25 MB
25 MB
25 MB
25 MB
Desktop app
14-day free trial
HTML signatures
End-to-end encryption
Password-protected emails
Encrypted contact details
Hide-my-email aliases
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Unlimited
Short @pm.me address
Contact groups
Email client support (via IMAP/SMTP)
Auto-reply
Catch-all email
Automatic forwarding
Auto-delete spam and trash
Schedule and snooze emails for any time
New Proton Scribe writing assistant
Add-on with free trial
Add-on with free trial
ProtonCalendar
Personal calendars
End-to-end encryption
Calendar sharing
Send and receive invitations
ProtonDrive
Drive storage
Online document editor
End-to-end encryption
Share files and folders via link
Advanced sharing security
Version history
ProtonVPN
Devices
Countries
5 countries
5 countries
5+ servers in 5+ countries
5+ servers in 5+ countries
VPN speed
Medium
Medium
Highest
Highest
Worldwide streaming services
P2P/BitTorrent
NetShield malware and ad-blocker
Secure Core servers
Tor over VPN
VPN Accelerator
Custom DNS
LAN connections
Strict no-logs policy
No ads
Unlimited volume/bandwidth
DNS leak prevention
Kill switch/always-on VPN
Encrypted VPN servers
Router support
Split tunneling (Android and Windows)
ProtonPass
Vaults
Integrated 2FA authenticator
Unlimited logins and notes
Unlimited credit cards
Unlimited devices
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Millions of people worldwide trust Proton Mail to keep their communications private.

Choose an email that is secure and private by default.