Atomic Mail vs Mailfence
It is a trade-off. Mailfence has the higher Safety grade (6.5 against 5.5), while Atomic Mail has the higher Privacy grade (6.6 against 5.9).
Atomic Mail
Estonian encrypted email with no phone number and seed-phrase account recovery
Privacy
6.6/ 10
Fair
Safety
5.5/ 10
Fair
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Mailfence
Belgian OpenPGP email suite with a free tier and Bitcoin or Litecoin payment
Privacy
5.9/ 10
Fair
Safety
6.5/ 10
Fair
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Atomic Mail | Mailfence | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | ||
| KYC policy | No ID mentioned | No ID mentioned |
| Custody | N/A | N/A |
| Sign-up | No account needed | Email required |
| Open source | No | No |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Coins | Not published | BTC, LTC |
| Pay with | Card | Card, Crypto, PayPal, Bank transfer |
| Fees | Core service free; optional paid plans via Stripe or app stores | Free plan available; paid plans billed in advance (monthly, quarterly or yearly). Subscriptions are not refunded. |
| Limits | Website and mail logs, including IP addresses, kept for up to 7 days | Free accounts are suspended after 7 months of inactivity and deleted 5 months later. |
| Founded | Not published | 1999 |
| Jurisdiction | Estonia | Belgium |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Atomic Mail
No email needed
Both
No phone neededLegal entity disclosed
Only Mailfence
5+ years operatingRequires email
Where they sit among email
Questions
Is Atomic Mail or Mailfence safer?
Mailfence has the higher Safety grade: Atomic Mail 5.5, Mailfence 6.5, out of 10.
Does Atomic Mail or Mailfence require KYC?
Atomic Mail is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Mailfence is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).
Which has more incidents on record?
Atomic Mail has 0 and Mailfence has 0 documented incidents in the registry.