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Atomic Mail vs Posteo

Posteo has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 6.5 against 5.5, and Privacy 7.8 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 →

Posteo

Berlin email provider at €1/month that separates payments from accounts; takes cash

Privacy

7.8/ 10

Strong

Safety

6.5/ 10

Fair

ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

Atomic MailPosteo
Category Email Email
KYC policy No ID mentioned ID never required
Custody N/A N/A
Sign-up No account needed No account needed
Open source No No
Tor onion address No No
Pay with Card Cash, Bank transfer, Card, PayPal
Fees Core service free; optional paid plans via Stripe or app stores €1 per month
Limits Website and mail logs, including IP addresses, kept for up to 7 days Not published
Founded Not published 2009
Jurisdiction Estonia Germany
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 Posteo

Accepts cash5+ years operating

Where they sit among email

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Questions

Is Atomic Mail or Posteo safer?

Posteo has the higher Safety grade: Atomic Mail 5.5, Posteo 6.5, out of 10.

Does Atomic Mail or Posteo require KYC?

Atomic Mail is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Posteo is KYC level 0 (ID never required).

Which has more incidents on record?

Atomic Mail has 0 and Posteo has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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