Processing
End-to-end encrypted cloud
How product activity is processed.
INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE
Proton Mail
An encrypted email service using end-to-end encryption for supported private-email flows and zero-access encryption for stored mailbox content.
- Web · Desktop · Mobile
- End-to-end encrypted cloud
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Category
- Communication
Privacy at a glance
A quick view of the dimensions most useful for comparing this product. Unconfirmed facts stay explicitly unconfirmed.
Identity
Email account
Whether an account is needed to use it.
Tracking
First-party analytics
Reported analytics and tracking posture.
Ownership & source
Mixed
Availability of the product source code.
Offline support
Partial
Whether core use can continue offline.
Self-hosting
No
Whether you can run it on your own infrastructure.
What to know
Why it stands out
- Mailbox content is protected with zero-access encryption, and messages between Proton users are end-to-end encrypted automatically.
- Proton publishes client source code and states that its services and cryptographic implementations undergo independent audits.
Trade-offs
- Ordinary email sent to or received from external providers is not automatically end-to-end encrypted unless PGP or password-protected delivery is used.
- Proton can process account, billing, anti-abuse, delivery, sender/recipient, timestamp, and legal-compliance metadata described in its policies.
Best for
People wanting a privacy-focused hosted email service without running their own mail infrastructure.
Consider another option when
Users who require every external email to be end-to-end encrypted regardless of recipient capability.
Technical details
Complete privacy-profile dimensions, grouped for easier review. Each value is retained from the catalogue record.
4 groups · 18 dimensions
- Processing
- End-to-end encrypted cloud
- Storage
- Encrypted cloud
- Offline support
- Partial
- Self-hosting
- No
- Data export
- Yes
- Data deletion
- Yes
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Evidence
9 public sources collected
- Proton Mailproton.me · Product page · encrypted email, open-source clients, pricing model, and platform availability
- Proton Mail Securityproton.me · Documentation · zero-access and end-to-end encryption boundaries
- Proton Privacy Policyproton.me · Privacy policy · account, metadata, legal, retention, and deletion practices
View all 9 sources
- Proton Mail repositoriesgithub.com · Source repository · public client and cryptography source
- Proton security and auditsproton.me · Security audit · audit and security program claims
- Proton Mail pricingproton.me · Product page · free, personal, family, and business plan boundaries
- Proton Mail Privacy Policyproton.me · Privacy policy · mail-specific account, metadata, retention, and service practices
- Proton Terms of Serviceproton.me · Terms · current service terms
- Proton Mail post-quantum encryptionproton.me · Documentation · 2026 rollout of post-quantum protection for encrypted mail
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