Riseup Email vs Secria Mail

Riseup Email is a free email account available through webmail or a mail client. Riseup describes the service as part of movement-run communications infrastructure for activists and allies. New accounts require an invite code from someone who trusts the applicant, and each account has 1 GB of storage. Riseup recommends Thunderbird and lists mail-client options for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS. Clients connect using IMAP or POP, with SMTP for outgoing mail. Riseup says messages are individually encrypted on its servers and can be unlocked with the account password, but the service is not end-to-end or client encrypted unless users add Mailvelope or another OpenPGP solution. It says it does not log users’ internet addresses or include the sender’s IP address in outgoing email. Riseup services have Tor onion services, and email to certain activist providers is delivered over them. Trash messages are deleted after 21 days and Spam after 7 days. Riseup does not back up all old messages, so users are responsible for keeping their own copies. The service is funded entirely by small user donations.

Secria Mail is an email service that encrypts messages on the user’s device before they leave, with decryption intended for the recipient. It also describes zero-access encryption for stored mail. Its listed exchange methods combine ML-KEM-1024 and X25519; other specified protections include TLS 1.2+, DKIM, Argon2id password hashing, and per-email ephemeral keys. Tracking pixels are removed automatically, and senders do not see the user’s IP address or location. Email tools include aliases, attachments, rich text, folders, search, and mail import; the FAQ also describes PST import and export. Custom domains and Secria Sentinel breach alerts are available on paid tiers. Secria Mail runs on web, iOS, and Android. The Free plan costs nothing and lists 1 GB storage, two aliases, three folders, and mail import. Mail Plus is listed at $2.49 a year, billed $59.76 for two years and renewing yearly at $39 after that period. Secria says it does not use message content for advertising or sell personal information.