Hushmail
By Hush Communications Corporation, Canada
Paid OpenPGP-based email from Hush Communications in Vancouver, aimed at personal and healthcare use.
At a glance
- Cheapest plan per year
- $59.99
- Personal, renewal not stated
- Your own domain from
- Not offered
- Not stated for every plan
- Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Who can read stored mail
- The provider can
- Encryption runs server-side; Hushmail can decrypt under a BC court order
Good to know
- Hushmail holds the keys to your stored mail
- 2007: Under a Canadian court order, Hushmail decrypted and handed cleartext emails to US authorities (United States v. Stumbo).
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every provider's answer. Hushmail is outlined.
Who can read your stored mail
The provider can
Only you 3
Only you, if switched on 4
The provider can 16
Not stated 1
Ads on the free plan
No free plan
Your own domain
Not stated
On a personal plan 12
Only on a business plan 3
Not offered 2
Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
Yes, standard IMAP
Yes, standard IMAP 17
Through a bridge app 1
No, its own apps only 3
Where the company is based
Canada
European Union 7
Switzerland or Norway 5
Elsewhere 4
Plans and prices
In USD, as listed by Hushmail on 2026-10-16.
Free
None
Personal
$59.99/yr
- People
- 1
- Storage
- 15 GB
- Own domains
- Not stated
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Not stated
Billed annually; unlimited aliases; custom domain supported (number not stated). Not introductory; renewal not stated.
Who can read your mail
- Provider can't read stored mail
- NoNo
- Subject lines encrypted
- NoNo
- Encrypted between its own users
- Not statedNot stated
- Encrypted mail to outsiders
- YesYes
- Built-in PGP
- YesYes
- Ads on the free plan
- No free planNo free plan
- Mail used for ads
- NoNo
- AI and your mail
- Not stated
Who you're trusting
- Owner
- Hush Communications Corporation
- Operating company
- Hush Communications Canada Inc.
- Based in
- Canada
- Mail stored in
- Canada
- Open-source apps
- NoNo
- Transparency report
- Not foundNot found
- Latest audit
- None published
- Known incidents
- 2007
Apps and features
- Web Yes
- iPhone Yes
- Android No
- Windows No
- macOS No
- Linux No
- Works in Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird
- Yes, on every planYes, on every plan
- POP3
- YesYes
- Exchange ActiveSync
- Not statedNot stated
- Security key or passkey sign-in
- Not statedNot stated
- Authenticator-app 2FA
- YesYes
- Extra addresses
- Unlimited on personal plans
- Hide-my-email aliases
- Not statedNot stated
- Catch-all for your domain
- Not statedNot stated
- Calendar
- Not statedNot stated
- Contacts
- Not statedNot stated
- File storage
- Not statedNot stated
- Sieve filters
- Not statedNot stated
- Scheduled send
- Not statedNot stated
- Undo send
- Not statedNot stated
- Import from Gmail or Outlook
- Not statedNot stated
- Export your whole mailbox
- Not statedNot stated
- Auto-forwarding
- Not statedNot stated
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Sources (10)
- Hushmail: aboutVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Hushmail pricingVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Hushmail personal plansVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Hushmail privacy policyVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Hushmail Help: security analysisVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Wikipedia: HushmailNews or reference, checked 2026-10-16
- HushmailVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Hushmail Help: Android via IMAPVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16