Atomic Mail vs Tuta
It is a trade-off. Tuta has the higher Safety grade (7.3 against 5.5), while Atomic Mail has the higher Privacy grade (6.6 against 6.5).
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 →
Tuta
German encrypted email and calendar with open-source clients and a free tier
Privacy
6.5/ 10
Fair
Safety
7.3/ 10
Strong
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Atomic Mail | Tuta | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Yes |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Pay with | Card | Card, PayPal |
| Fees | Core service free; optional paid plans via Stripe or app stores | Not published |
| Limits | Website and mail logs, including IP addresses, kept for up to 7 days | Not published |
| Founded | Not published | 2011 |
| Jurisdiction | Estonia | Germany |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Atomic Mail
No email needed
Both
No phone neededLegal entity disclosed
Only Tuta
Open source5+ years operating
Where they sit among email
Questions
Is Atomic Mail or Tuta safer?
Tuta has the higher Safety grade: Atomic Mail 5.5, Tuta 7.3, out of 10.
Does Atomic Mail or Tuta require KYC?
Atomic Mail is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Tuta is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).
Which has more incidents on record?
Atomic Mail has 0 and Tuta has 0 documented incidents in the registry.