Hushmail vs mailbox
Hushmail
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| Figure | Hushmail | mailbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | €1/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 3 |
| Spec score · Business Email Hosting | 8.6 (#5) | 7.5 (#24) |
| Spec score · Private Email Services | 8.6 (#9) | 7.6 (#23) |
| Spec score · Secure Email Providers | 8.6 (#11) | 7.6 (#22) |
| Spec score · Email providers | 8.3 (#13) | 7.7 (#22) |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 1999 | 2014 |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Berlin, Germany |
| Mailbox storage | 15 | 2 |
| Mail protocol support | imap_smtp | imap_smtp |
Plans
Hushmail
- Personal Basic$59.99 a year
- Personal + NordVPN$95 a year
- Hushmail for Healthcare Essentials$14.99 a month
- Hushmail for Professionals$14.99 a month
- Hushmail for Healthcare Growth$17.99 a month
- Personal Use$59.99 a year
In their own words
Hushmail
Hushmail provides encrypted email, secure web forms, and electronic signatures for individuals and businesses. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and the web, supports custom domains, and works with IMAP and SMTP. Hushmail says it combines OpenPGP with SSL/TLS, with messages between Hushmail customers remaining OpenPGP-encrypted on its servers. Secure-message recipients use an inbox link and may sign in with Google, Outlook, or Apple. Healthcare forms support encrypted responses, signatures, and templates for intake, assessments, file transfer, and appointment requests. Every healthcare plan includes a signed Business Associate Agreement, and the company says its healthcare service supports HIPAA compliance. Personal Use starts with 15 GB and unlimited aliases but is not intended for healthcare professionals and lacks an archive, BAA, and IMA. Personal Basic costs $59.99 a year; healthcare plans start at $14.99 a month.
mailbox
mailbox is a paid email service from a maker founded in 2014 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It works on the web, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux, and supports IMAP and SMTP; Light also includes POP3 access. End-to-end encryption and custom domains are supported. There is no free plan, though a 30-day trial is listed. Light costs €1.00 per month when billed annually and includes 2 GB of mailbox storage, three @mailbox.org aliases, a calendar, and an address book. Standard costs €4.00 per month, billed monthly, and includes 20 GB of mailbox storage, 25 @mailbox.org aliases, 50 custom-domain aliases, 10 GB of Drive storage, Office, and Meet. Premium costs €12.00 per month, billed monthly, with 50 GB of mailbox storage, 25 @mailbox.org aliases, 250 custom-domain aliases, 100 GB of Drive storage, Office, and Meet. The listed plan differences let users choose among storage and alias allowances, with Office and Meet included on the two higher plans.