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CounterMail vs StartMail

It is a trade-off. StartMail 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 →

StartMail

Paid private email from the Startpage founders; annual plans payable in Bitcoin

Privacy

6.2/ 10

Fair

Safety

6.5/ 10

Fair

No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →

Side by side

CounterMailStartMail
Category Email Email
KYC policy No ID mentioned No ID mentioned
Custody N/A N/A
Sign-up Not published No account needed
Open source No No
Tor onion address No No
Coins Not published BTC
Pay with Card, Bank transfer Crypto, Card
Fees $29 (6 months) to $79 (24 months) when listed $4.99/month billed annually when checked
Founded Not published 2014
Jurisdiction Sweden Netherlands
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only CounterMail

No-logs policy

Both

Nothing distinct

Only StartMail

5+ years operatingLegal entity disclosed

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 StartMail safer?

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

Does CounterMail or StartMail require KYC?

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

Which has more incidents on record?

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

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