# Posteo review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades

> Posteo is an email provider operating since 2009. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 7.8/10 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.

Source: NoKYC Score, "Posteo review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/posteo

## Key facts
- **Category:** Email
- **KYC level:** 0 of 4: ID never required
- **Grades:** Privacy 7.8/10, Safety 6.5/10
- **Sign-up:** No account needed
- **Fees:** €1 per month
- **Jurisdiction:** Germany
- **Incidents on record:** 0
- **Last reviewed:** 22 Oct 2026
- **Official website:** https://posteo.de/en

## What it is
Posteo is an independent, advertising-free email provider based in Berlin that charges €1 per month. Its payment page explains that the company does not connect data received during payment with email accounts, having built its own system to keep payment information and accounts strictly separated, and that this holds whether a customer pays by bank transfer, PayPal, credit card or cash. No personal information is requested at sign-up. Posteo does not accept cryptocurrency; cash sent by post is its anonymous payment route. The company also publishes transparency reports on requests from authorities.

## What the terms say about ID
Payment page states no user information is connected with accounts and payments are kept strictly separate, allowing anonymous use.

## Features and warnings
- **Identity:** ID never required: yes; No account needed: yes; No email needed: yes; No phone number: yes
- **Payment:** Accepts Monero: not stated; Accepts Lightning: not stated; Accepts cash: yes
- **Access:** Tor onion address: not stated; Works without JavaScript: not stated
- **Trust:** Open source: not stated; No-logs policy: not stated; Independent audit: not stated; Company named: yes; 5+ years operating: yes
- **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

## Questions
### Does Posteo require KYC?
Posteo is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Payment page states no user information is connected with accounts and payments are kept strictly separate, allowing anonymous use.

### Is Posteo safe to use?
Posteo has a Safety grade of 6.5 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 7.8 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.

### Is Posteo legit?
Posteo is a working email provider that has operated since 2009. It publishes the company that runs it, in Germany. 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 Posteo 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 Posteo.

### Do I need an account or email to use Posteo?
No account needed.

### What fees does Posteo charge?
€1 per month. Fees were recorded from Posteo's own pages and can change; check before you send.

### Does Posteo have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Posteo's own pages.

### Can I use Posteo over Tor?
Posteo does not publish an official onion address.

## Sources
- https://posteo.de/en/site/payment

How grades are calculated: https://nokycscore.com/methodology