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CounterMail vs Runbox

It is a trade-off. Runbox has the higher Safety grade (6.5 against 5.0), while CounterMail has the higher Privacy grade (6.4 against 6.2).

CounterMail

Swedish OpenPGP webmail with no IP logging; closed to new registrations

Privacy

6.4/ 10

Fair

Safety

5.0/ 10

Caution

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

CounterMailRunbox
Category Email Email
KYC policy No ID mentioned No ID mentioned
Custody N/A N/A
Sign-up Not published Email required
Open source No No
Tor onion address No No
Coins Not published BTC, BCH, ADA, ETH, LTC, XLM, USDC
Pay with Card, Bank transfer Card, PayPal, Bank transfer, Crypto, Cash
Fees $29 (6 months) to $79 (24 months) when listed Paid plans after a 30-day trial
Limits Not published Email delivery logs kept 10 days, webmail logs one month
Jurisdiction Sweden Norway
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only CounterMail

No-logs policy

Both

Nothing distinct

Only Runbox

Accepts cash5+ years operatingLegal entity disclosedRequires 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 CounterMail or Runbox safer?

Runbox has the higher Safety grade: CounterMail 5.0, Runbox 6.5, out of 10.

Does CounterMail or Runbox require KYC?

CounterMail is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Runbox is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).

Which has more incidents on record?

CounterMail has 0 and Runbox has 0 documented incidents in the registry.

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