Disroot Email vs Neir
Disroot Email
disroot.org
Neir
neir.ioSide by side
| Figure | Disroot Email | Neir |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $4.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 7 |
| Spec score · Secure Email Providers | 9.4 (#2) | 9.1 (#7) |
| Spec score · Email providers | 8.9 (#9) | 8.8 (#12) |
| Client integrations | The official page lists Thunderbird, Evolution, KMail, Claws Mail, Mailpile, K-9 Mail, FairEmail and Apple Mail as usable clients. | The documented mail-client integrations include Thunderbird, Apple Mail and Outlook, with iOS setup profiles and Android Thunderbird instructions. |
| End-to-end encryption | Disroot recommends GPG for end-to-end email encryption and says Mailvelope can provide PGP encryption with webmail in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. | No |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Sweden |
| Mail protocols | The service lists IMAP over SSL on port 993, SMTP with STARTTLS on port 587, SMTPS with TLS on port 465, and POP over SSL on port 995. | Neir supports IMAP, POP3 and SMTP using separate revocable app passwords. |
| Support | Disroot links to setup instructions for configuring email clients and says users can consult them for extra help. | Neir lists email support at [email protected] and support through Telegram and X. |
| Webmail | Disroot webmail is powered by Roundcube and includes threaded messages, filters, folders, attachment previews, and MIME and HTML support. | The service works in any modern browser and also offers a JavaScript-free webmail edition. |
| What it does | Disroot provides privacy-oriented email alongside other federated online services, with browser webmail and standard mail-client protocols. | Neir provides private email with Account-Key authentication, encrypted webmail copies, aliases and no advertising profiles. |
Plans
Disroot Email
- FreePrice not published
- Free emailFree
- Free mailboxFree
- Extra mailbox storage€0.15 a month
- Custom domain linkingPrice not published
- Extra storagePrice not published
Neir
- FreeFree
- Pro$4.99 a month
- FreeFree
- Pro$4.99 a month
- Pro 3-month prepay$14.97, paid once
- Pro 6-month prepay$27, paid once
- Pro 12-month prepay$51 a year
In their own words
Disroot Email
Disroot Email provides free email accounts through webmail and desktop or mobile email clients. Its Roundcube webmail includes threaded messages, filters, folders, attachment previews, and MIME and HTML support. Mail clients can connect using IMAP over SSL, SMTP with STARTTLS, SMTPS with TLS, or POP over SSL; suggested options include Thunderbird, Evolution, KMail, ClawsMail, Mailpile, K-9 Mail, FairEmail, and iOS Mail. Connections to the mail server use SSL, while outgoing messages use TLS if the recipient’s server supports it. Messages remain unencrypted on Disroot’s servers unless users encrypt them themselves. Disroot says its data is stored on its own servers in a Netherlands data center. Email logs may include usernames, IP addresses, and sender and recipient addresses; they are retained for 48 hours and not backed up. The free email plan includes a 1 GB mailbox and 64 MB attachments. Plus addressing routes sub-addresses to the original mailbox. Users can link a custom domain for sending and receiving mail through a lifetime feature tied to a donation amount they choose. The service supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, Windows, and extensions.
Neir
Neir is an email service with webmail, a desktop app, support for standard mail clients, Tor access, and a no-JavaScript webmail option. It supports IMAP, POP3, and SMTP clients including Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and Outlook, and is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web. Webmail message-body copies and attachments are encrypted to the account’s OpenPGP key, but ordinary email is not end-to-end encrypted by Neir: incoming mail arrives over SMTP in the open, and the mail system processes plaintext and retains protocol-compatible mailbox copies. The open-source desktop app, licensed under AGPL-3.0, includes native notifications, automatic locking, and a local cache sealed with a key from the system vault. The Free plan costs nothing and includes a 10 MB mailbox and 10 random aliases; sending to addresses outside Neir requires Pro. Pro costs $4.99 a month and includes a 5 GB mailbox, unlimited aliases, and external sending. Signup does not require a legal name, phone number, recovery email, birth date, or ID. Neir is based in Sweden.