StartMail
By StartMail B.V., Netherlands
Paid Dutch email from the founders of Startpage, with built-in PGP, password-protected messages and unlimited aliases.
At a glance
- Cheapest plan per year
- $59.88
- Personal, same price at renewal
- Your own domain from
- $59.88/yr
- Personal
- Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Who can read stored mail
- Not stated
- Encrypted user vaults, 'inbox encrypted when logged out; not fully zero-access like pure E2EE providers while logged in'
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every provider's answer. StartMail is outlined.
Who can read your stored mail
Not stated
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
On a personal plan
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
Netherlands
European Union 7
Switzerland or Norway 5
Elsewhere 4
Plans and prices
In USD, as listed by StartMail on 2026-10-16.
Free
None
Personal
$59.88/yr
- People
- 1
- Storage
- 20 GB
- Own domains
- 1
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Same price
$4.99/month billed annually; monthly billing given only as '~$6.99'. Extra accounts 25% off. The annual rate renews unchanged.
Who can read your mail
- Provider can't read stored mail
- Not statedNot stated
- Subject lines encrypted
- NoNo
- Encrypted between its own users
- NoNo
- 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
- StartMail B.V.
- Operating company
- StartMail B.V.
- Based in
- Netherlands
- Mail stored in
- Netherlands
- Open-source apps
- NoNo
- Transparency report
- YesYes
- Latest audit
- None published
- Known incidents
- None found
Apps and features
- Web Yes
- iPhone Not stated
- Android Yes
- Windows No
- macOS No
- Linux No
- Works in Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird
- Yes, on every planYes, on every plan
- POP3
- NoNo
- Exchange ActiveSync
- Not statedNot stated
- Security key or passkey sign-in
- Not statedNot stated
- Authenticator-app 2FA
- YesYes
- Extra addresses
- Unlimited
- Hide-my-email aliases
- YesYes
- Catch-all for your domain
- YesYes
- Calendar
- Not statedNot stated
- Contacts
- YesYes
- File storage
- NoNo
- Sieve filters
- Not statedNot stated
- Scheduled send
- Not statedNot stated
- Undo send
- Not statedNot stated
- Import from Gmail or Outlook
- YesYes
- Export your whole mailbox
- Not statedNot stated
- Auto-forwarding
- Not statedNot stated
Compare StartMail
Sources (9)
- StartMail: about usVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- StartMail privacy policyVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- StartMail transparency reportVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- StartMail pricingVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- StartMailVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- StartMail SupportVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- StartMail featuresVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16