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 2011 Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Tuta review
German encrypted email and calendar with open-source clients and a free tier
- No account needed
- Open source
- No email needed
- Company named
- 5+ years operating
- No phone number
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Documentation reviewed
Privacy
6.5/ 10
Fair
Safety
7.3/ 10
Strong
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
Tuta review in short
Tuta is an email provider operating since 2011. Its terms put it at KYC level 1 of 4: no ID mentioned. NoKYC Score grades it 6.5/10 for privacy (fair) and 7.3/10 for safety (strong). 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 6.5/10, Safety 7.3/10
- Sign-up
- No account needed
- Jurisdiction
- Germany
- Incidents on record
- 0
- Last reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
Cite this review
NoKYC Score, "Tuta review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/tuta
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What Tuta is
Tuta, formerly Tutanota, is an encrypted email and calendar service based in Germany whose client applications are open source. It offers a free tier and paid plans, and registration does not require a phone number or an existing email address. The support pages note that some new accounts are disabled automatically by spam detection or for terms-of-service violations, which can affect sign-ups from Tor or VPN addresses. No direct cryptocurrency or cash payment option was found on the pricing and support pages read for this review, so paid plans appear to rely on conventional payment methods.
What Tuta offers, and what to watch
6 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 Not stated
- Accepts Lightning Not stated
- Accepts cash Not stated
Access
- Tor onion address Not stated
- Works without JavaScript Not stated
Trust
- Open source Yes The code that matters is public and can be inspected.
- 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 Tuta 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.
No identity documents, phone number or existing email are requested at sign-up; anonymous payment options were not found.
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
6.5- Starting points 50
- KYC level 1: No ID mentioned +12
- No phone needed +1
- Open source +2
- Total, clamped to 0–100 65
Safety
7.3- Starting points 50
- Open source +8
- 5+ years operating +10
- Legal entity disclosed +5
- Total, clamped to 0–100 73
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 Tuta’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 Tuta. If you have a documented case, report it.
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Tuta: common questions
Does Tuta require KYC?
Tuta is rated KYC level 1 of 4 on this site: no ID mentioned. No identity documents, phone number or existing email are requested at sign-up; anonymous payment options were not found.
Is Tuta safe to use?
Tuta has a Safety grade of 7.3 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 6.5 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.
Is Tuta legit?
Tuta is a working email provider that has operated since 2011. It publishes the company that runs it, in Germany. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 7.3 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.
Is Tuta 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 Tuta.
Do I need an account or email to use Tuta?
No account needed.
Does Tuta have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Tuta's own pages.
Can I use Tuta over Tor?
Tuta does not publish an official onion address.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.