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Onion Mail vs Runbox

They are level on Safety. Onion Mail has the higher Privacy grade, 7.4 against 6.2.

Onion Mail

Email with an official onion address, PGP storage encryption and anonymous signup

Privacy

7.4/ 10

Strong

Safety

6.5/ 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 →

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Onion 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 Yes No
Coins XMR, BTC, ETH BTC, BCH, ADA, ETH, LTC, XLM, USDC
Pay with Crypto, Monero, Card Card, PayPal, Bank transfer, Crypto, Cash
Fees Free plan (receive only, 50 MB); paid plans from $4/month Paid plans after a 30-day trial
Limits Free accounts cannot send mail and are blocked after 3 months of inactivity Email delivery logs kept 10 days, webmail logs one month
Founded 2017 Not published
Jurisdiction United States Norway
Incidents on record 0 0
Published tests (180 days) 0 0

Only Onion Mail

No email neededNo phone neededTor onion serviceAccepts Monero

Both

5+ years operatingLegal entity disclosed

Only Runbox

Accepts cashRequires email

Where they sit among email

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Questions

Is Onion Mail or Runbox safer?

They have the same Safety grade, 6.5 out of 10.

Does Onion Mail or Runbox require KYC?

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

Which has more incidents on record?

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

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