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Atomic Mail vs Runbox

It is a trade-off. Runbox has the higher Safety grade (6.5 against 5.5), while Atomic Mail has the higher Privacy grade (6.6 against 6.2).

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 →

Runbox

Long-running Norwegian email host that takes crypto and even cash by mail

Privacy

6.2/ 10

Fair

Safety

6.5/ 10

Fair

No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

Atomic MailRunbox
Category Email Email
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, BCH, ADA, ETH, LTC, XLM, USDC
Pay with Card Card, PayPal, Bank transfer, Crypto, Cash
Fees Core service free; optional paid plans via Stripe or app stores Paid plans after a 30-day trial
Limits Website and mail logs, including IP addresses, kept for up to 7 days Email delivery logs kept 10 days, webmail logs one month
Jurisdiction Estonia Norway
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only Atomic Mail

No phone neededNo email needed

Both

Legal entity disclosed

Only Runbox

Accepts cash5+ years operatingRequires email

Where they sit among email

2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 PRIVATE AND SAFE SAFE, ASKS MORE PRIVATE, LESS PROVEN PRIVACY GRADE → SAFETY GRADE → Proton Mail Privacy 7.2 · Safety 7.3 Tuta Privacy 6.5 · Safety 7.3 Posteo Privacy 7.8 · Safety 6.5 Onion Mail Privacy 7.4 · Safety 6.5 mailbox Privacy 7.0 · Safety 6.5 Runbox Privacy 6.2 · Safety 6.5 StartMail Privacy 6.2 · Safety 6.5 Mailfence Privacy 5.9 · Safety 6.5 Riseup Mail Privacy 7.2 · Safety 6.0 Disroot Privacy 6.7 · Safety 6.0 LNemail Privacy 8.5 · Safety 5.7 Atomic Mail Privacy 6.6 · Safety 5.5 Mailum Privacy 7.8 · Safety 5.4 CounterMail Privacy 6.4 · Safety 5.0 monocles Privacy 5.8 · Safety 5.0 cock.li Privacy 7.0 · Safety 4.8 NeroMail Privacy 8.4 · Safety 4.6 ghostBox Privacy 6.9 · Safety 4.6
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Questions

Is Atomic Mail or Runbox safer?

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

Does Atomic Mail or Runbox require KYC?

Atomic Mail is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Runbox is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).

Which has more incidents on record?

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

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