Mailfence vs monocles
Mailfence has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 6.5 against 5.0, and Privacy 5.9 against 5.8.
Mailfence
Belgian OpenPGP email suite with a free tier and Bitcoin or Litecoin payment
Privacy
5.9/ 10
Fair
Safety
6.5/ 10
Fair
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
monocles
German privacy project bundling email, cloud, chat and search in one paid account
Privacy
5.8/ 10
Fair
Safety
5.0/ 10
Caution
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Mailfence | monocles | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | ||
| KYC policy | No ID mentioned | No ID mentioned |
| Custody | N/A | N/A |
| Sign-up | Email required | Email required |
| Open source | No | No |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Coins | BTC, LTC | Not published |
| Pay with | Card, Crypto, PayPal, Bank transfer | Card |
| Fees | Free plan available; paid plans billed in advance (monthly, quarterly or yearly). Subscriptions are not refunded. | Full account €30 per 6 months; starter account €12 per 6 months |
| Limits | Free accounts are suspended after 7 months of inactivity and deleted 5 months later. | Unpaid registrations are deleted after 7 days |
| Founded | 1999 | Not published |
| Jurisdiction | Belgium | Germany |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Mailfence
5+ years operatingLegal entity disclosedNo phone needed
Both
Requires email
Only monocles
Nothing distinct
Where they sit among email
Questions
Is Mailfence or monocles safer?
Mailfence has the higher Safety grade: Mailfence 6.5, monocles 5.0, out of 10.
Does Mailfence or monocles require KYC?
Mailfence is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). monocles is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned).
Which has more incidents on record?
Mailfence has 0 and monocles has 0 documented incidents in the registry.