Atomic Mail vs Onion Mail
Onion Mail has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 6.5 against 5.5, and Privacy 7.4 against 6.6.
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 →
Onion Mail
Email with an official onion address, PGP storage encryption and anonymous signup
Privacy
7.4/ 10
Strong
Safety
6.5/ 10
Fair
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Atomic Mail | Onion Mail | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | ||
| KYC policy | No ID mentioned | No ID mentioned |
| Custody | N/A | N/A |
| Sign-up | No account needed | No account needed |
| Open source | No | No |
| Tor onion address | No | Yes |
| Coins | Not published | XMR, BTC, ETH |
| Pay with | Card | Crypto, Monero, Card |
| Fees | Core service free; optional paid plans via Stripe or app stores | Free plan (receive only, 50 MB); paid plans from $4/month |
| Limits | Website and mail logs, including IP addresses, kept for up to 7 days | Free accounts cannot send mail and are blocked after 3 months of inactivity |
| Founded | Not published | 2017 |
| Jurisdiction | Estonia | United States |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Atomic Mail
Nothing distinct
Both
No phone neededNo email neededLegal entity disclosed
Only Onion Mail
Tor onion serviceAccepts Monero5+ years operating
Where they sit among email
Questions
Is Atomic Mail or Onion Mail safer?
Onion Mail has the higher Safety grade: Atomic Mail 5.5, Onion Mail 6.5, out of 10.
Does Atomic Mail or Onion Mail require KYC?
Atomic Mail is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Onion Mail is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).
Which has more incidents on record?
Atomic Mail has 0 and Onion Mail has 0 documented incidents in the registry.