Swiss end-to-end encrypted email with a free tier; paid plans payable in Bitcoin or cash
Privacy 7.2
Safety 7.3
Email Since 2017 Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Onion Mail review
Email with an official onion address, PGP storage encryption and anonymous signup
- No account needed
- Accepts Monero
- Tor onion address
- No email needed
- Company named
- 5+ years operating
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Documentation reviewed
Privacy
7.4/ 10
Strong
Safety
6.5/ 10
Fair
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
Onion Mail review in short
Onion Mail is an email provider operating since 2017. Its terms put it at KYC level 1 of 4: no ID mentioned. NoKYC Score grades it 7.4/10 for privacy (strong) and 6.5/10 for safety (fair). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. No incidents are on record.
- Category
- KYC level
- 1 of 4: No ID mentioned
- Grades
- Privacy 7.4/10, Safety 6.5/10
- Sign-up
- No account needed
- Fees
- Free plan (receive only, 50 MB); paid plans from $4/month
- Limits
- Free accounts cannot send mail and are blocked after 3 months of inactivity
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Onion address
- Yes
- Incidents on record
- 0
- Last reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
Cite this review
NoKYC Score, "Onion Mail review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/onionmail
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What Onion Mail is
Onion Mail is an email service run by Onion Search Engine LLC, with a web interface on the clearnet and at an official onion address. The FAQ says registration is anonymous, with no personal data, recovery email or phone number, and that stored mail is encrypted server-side with the PGP public key a user uploads. The free plan has 50 MB and can only receive mail; paid plans from $4/month add outbound sending and are payable by card through Stripe or with Monero, Bitcoin or Ethereum. The FAQ says IP addresses are logged for clearnet visits but are not present when the onion address is used, and the privacy policy allows disclosure to law enforcement where legally required. Free accounts are blocked after three months of inactivity.
What Onion Mail offers, and what to watch
7 of 14 privacy and safety features, 0 warnings in its terms.
"Not stated" means its own pages do not say.
Identity
- ID never required Not stated
- No account needed Yes Usable without creating an account, or the account is only a random number.
- No email needed Yes An email address is not required to sign up or use it.
- No phone number Yes A phone number is never required.
Payment
- Accepts Monero Yes Monero hides sender, receiver and amount, so the payment cannot be traced to you.
- Accepts Lightning Not stated
- Accepts cash Not stated
Access
- Tor onion address Yes An official .onion address, reachable only through Tor.
- Works without JavaScript Not stated
Trust
- Open source Not stated
- No-logs policy Not stated
- Independent audit Not stated
- Company named Yes The operating company and its jurisdiction are published.
- 5+ years operating Yes Has operated continuously for five years or more.
Warnings
- May ask for ID Not in terms
- Email required Not in terms
- Phone number required Not in terms
- Closed source Not in terms
- Nobody accountable Not in terms
Does Onion Mail require KYC?
- 0 Never
- 1 Not mentioned
- 2 Rare
- 3 On risk flag
- 4 Mandatory
KYC level 1: No ID mentioned. No identity requirement appears anywhere in the terms or documentation.
FAQ: registration is anonymous and no private information is requested; the privacy policy contains no identity-document clause.
How the grades add up
Both grades start at 50 points and move by fixed, published amounts. Nothing is adjusted by hand. The total is divided by ten.
Privacy
7.4- Starting points 50
- KYC level 1: No ID mentioned +12
- No email needed +3
- No phone needed +1
- Tor onion service +4
- Accepts Monero +4
- Total, clamped to 0–100 74
Safety
6.5- Starting points 50
- 5+ years operating +10
- Legal entity disclosed +5
- Total, clamped to 0–100 65
Test ledger
Real transactions run by our editors. A badge without a ledger is an assertion; this is the proof.
No test transactions published yet
The grades above rest on Onion Mail’s terms and documentation. Tests will appear here with the date, route, amount band and result as they are run.
Incidents on record
No incidents are on record for Onion Mail. If you have a documented case, report it.
User reviews
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Onion Mail: common questions
Does Onion Mail require KYC?
Onion Mail is rated KYC level 1 of 4 on this site: no ID mentioned. FAQ: registration is anonymous and no private information is requested; the privacy policy contains no identity-document clause.
Is Onion Mail safe to use?
Onion Mail has a Safety grade of 6.5 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 7.4 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.
Is Onion Mail legit?
Onion Mail is a working email provider that has operated since 2017. It publishes the company that runs it, in United States. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 6.5 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.
Is Onion Mail a scam?
NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. No incidents are on record for Onion Mail.
Do I need an account or email to use Onion Mail?
No account needed.
What fees does Onion Mail charge?
Free plan (receive only, 50 MB); paid plans from $4/month. Fees were recorded from Onion Mail's own pages and can change; check before you send.
What are Onion Mail's limits?
Free accounts cannot send mail and are blocked after 3 months of inactivity.
Does Onion Mail have a Tor onion address?
Yes. Onion Mail publishes an official onion address, shown on this page. Open it in Tor Browser.
Which cryptocurrencies does Onion Mail support?
Onion Mail supports XMR, BTC, ETH.
Can I use Onion Mail over Tor?
Yes. Onion Mail publishes an official onion address, shown on this page.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.