Proton Mail Alternative: Liberation Email
End-to-end encrypted, ad-free email hosted in the United States on servers we own, with your own domain and Outlook, Apple Mail and phone support on every plan. The U.S.-based ProtonMail alternative, from $1.95 per month.
How the move from Protonmail works
We handle each step so you can keep working.
And What Liberation Email Does Instead
Outlook & Apple Mail Take Extra Steps
Proton only works with desktop email apps through its Bridge app, and only on paid plans.
Your Domain Costs Extra
Proton's free plan has no custom domain, 1 GB of storage and a 150-message daily limit.
Swiss Law Still Applies
In 2021 Swiss authorities compelled Proton to log a user's IP address, and Proton updated its policy to say this can happen in a Swiss criminal investigation. Proton is also moving parts of its infrastructure out of Switzerland over a proposed surveillance law.
Business Plans Add Up
Proton Mail Essentials for business is $6.99 per user per month on a yearly plan.
End-To-End Encrypted
Liberation Email includes end-to-end and AES-256 encryption, with malware scanning, on every plan.
Works With Any Email App
IMAP and POP3 work with Outlook, Apple Mail, Android and Windows. No bridge app needed.
U.S. Servers, U.S. Support
Your mail lives on servers LiberationTek owns in the United States, supported by a U.S. team.
Your Domain From $1.95
Use your own domain on every plan, including MailStarter at $1.95 per mailbox per month.
See Liberation Email in action
Business email, contacts and calendar on your own domain, all in one place.
Use The Email App You Already Have
Liberation Email works with Outlook, Apple Mail, Android and Windows mail apps over standard IMAP and POP3, so there’s no extra bridge software to install or keep running. You also get a full web inbox, a shared calendar, appointment scheduling and contact management, and it all connects to Hub For Teams when your team needs chat, files and video.
Liberation Email vs. Proton Mail
How Liberation Email compares with Proton Mail’s personal and business plans. Proton details are from Proton’s pricing pages, checked September 2026.
Features | Liberation Email | Proton Mail |
|---|---|---|
Starting paid price | $1.95/mo (MailStarter) | $3.99/mo billed yearly (Mail Plus); $4.99 monthly |
Business email | $1.95/user/mo | $6.99/user/mo billed yearly (Mail Essentials) |
Your own domain | Every plan | Paid plans only (1 domain on Mail Plus) |
End-to-end encryption | Included | Included |
Outlook, Apple Mail & phone apps | Standard IMAP and POP3 on every plan | Through the Bridge app on paid plans only |
Free plan limits | 30-day free trial | 1 GB storage, 150 messages per day, no custom domain |
Calendar & scheduling | Calendar, appointment scheduling, contacts | Proton Calendar |
Team chat, files & video | Add Hub For Teams on the same account | Separate Proton apps and business plans |
Where it’s based | United States, on LiberationTek-owned servers | Switzerland, under Swiss legal orders; moving some infrastructure to other countries |
Support | U.S. support team and migration help | Priority support on paid plans |
Company | Independent, U.S.-owned and operated | Proton AG |
Free migration when you choose an annual plan.
Business Email For $1.95 A Mailbox
10 business mailboxes cost $234 a year with Liberation Email MailStarter. Proton Mail Essentials lists at $838.80 a year for the same 10 users, a difference of $604.80.
- End-To-End & AES-256 Encryption
- Your Own Domain On Every Plan
- IMAP & POP3 For Any Email App
- Calendar, Contacts & Scheduling
- U.S.-Only Hosting
- Migration Help Available
- Real U.S. Support
Why People Choose Liberation Email
Real customer reviews. LiberationTek is rated 4.9 out of 5 on Google and 4.7 out of 5 on Trustpilot (September 2026).
Move From Proton Mail In 4 Steps
1. Pick Your Plan
Choose your domain, or @liberationmail.com or @liberation.email.
2. Bring Your Mail
Export your messages from Proton, or have our migration team help.
3. Point Your Domain
Update your domain's mail records so new mail arrives at Liberation.
4. Switch Your Apps
Add your new account to Outlook, Apple Mail or your phone.
Choose Your Proton Mail Replacement
How many accounts do you need?
Personal Plans
Mail
Starter
1 - 10 Accounts
(across all plans)
$1.95
per user /month
- 1 Mailbox
- 5GB Mailbox
- Full Featured Calendar
- Appointment Scheduling
- Contact Management
- POP3 & IMAP
- AES-256 Encryption
- Malware Scanning
- Import Existing Mail
- Use @liberationmail.com, @liberation.email, or a domain you own
Mail+
1 - 10 Accounts
(across all plans)
$4.95
per user / month
- 1 Mailbox
- 15GB Mailbox
- Full Featured Calendar
- Appointment Scheduling
- Contact Management
- POP3 & IMAP
- AES-256 Encryption
- Malware Scanning
- Import Existing Mail
- Use @liberationmail.com, @liberation.email, or a domain you own
Mail
Pro
1 - 10 Accounts
(across all plans)
$7.95
per user /month
- 1 Mailbox
- 25GB Mailbox
- Full Featured Calendar
- Appointment Scheduling
- Contact Management
- POP3 & IMAP
- AES-256 Encryption
- Malware Scanning
- Import Existing Mail
- Use @liberationmail.com, @liberation.email, or a domain you own
One login for everything
Mail, chat and meetings together.
Proton Mail Alternative FAQs
Liberation Email is an end-to-end encrypted, ad-free email service hosted in the United States on servers LiberationTek owns. Every plan includes your own domain, IMAP and POP3 for Outlook, Apple Mail and phone apps, and a calendar and contact manager. Plans start at $1.95 per month.
Yes. Liberation Email includes end-to-end encryption along with AES-256 encryption and malware scanning on every plan.
Yes. Liberation Email supports standard IMAP and POP3 on every plan, so it works directly with Outlook, Apple Mail, Android and Windows mail apps. Proton Mail requires its Bridge desktop app, which is only available on paid plans.
Proton Mail Plus is $3.99 per month billed yearly or $4.99 monthly. Proton Unlimited is $9.99 per month billed yearly. For businesses, Proton Mail Essentials is $6.99 per user per month billed yearly. Proton’s free plan includes 1 GB of storage and 150 messages per day, with no custom domain.
Yes. You can export your messages from Proton and import them into Liberation Email, and LiberationTek’s migration team can help move mail and contacts as part of onboarding.
Proton says it does not log IP addresses by default, but in 2021 Swiss authorities compelled it to start logging the IP address of a French activist’s account, and Proton then updated its policy to say it can be legally required to do so in a Swiss criminal investigation. Proton’s founder said the company “must comply with Swiss law.” This is not unique to Proton: every email provider, including LiberationTek, has to answer lawful orders in the country where it operates. The practical question is which country’s courts you would rather be under, and who answers the phone when you need help. Liberation Email is hosted, supported and legally based in the United States.
Proton has said it is moving parts of its infrastructure out of Switzerland because of a proposed Swiss surveillance law. Liberation Email is hosted in the United States on servers LiberationTek owns and operates.
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Updated September 11, 2026. Proton Mail prices, limits and Bridge availability are from Proton’s pricing page and business plans page, checked September 2026. Proton’s infrastructure move was reported by TechRadar. The 2021 IP-logging case was reported by TechCrunch and Engadget. Annual totals are list-price math before taxes; prices change, so confirm before buying.
Comparing Proton Mail honestly
Most comparisons in this category are unfair to Proton, because they score it on features it deliberately does not have. Proton’s design choice is that the provider cannot read your mail, and nearly everything people find awkward about it follows from that one decision rather than from neglect. Judge it on whether that trade suits your business, not on a feature grid.
What the trade costs you is standard access. Because the mail is encrypted with keys only your client holds, there is no ordinary IMAP endpoint — so connecting an arbitrary mail client, a help desk, a CRM or an accounting tool is either impossible or routed through their desktop bridge on one machine. If your workflow depends on software reading your mailbox, that is the constraint to test before anything else.
What it costs you on the way out is the same thing in reverse: migrating away is hands-on rather than server-to-server, through their export tool or the bridge. Worth knowing in advance, not because it should stop you choosing Proton, but because “easy to leave” is a reasonable thing to want from any provider and this is the one place it is genuinely harder.
So the question is what you are actually protecting against. If your concern is that a provider’s staff could read your mail, Proton addresses that and conventional providers do not. If your concern is the far more common one — a mailbox compromised by a reused password, mail that lands in spam, no way to recover a departed employee’s account — then encryption at rest is not the control that helps, and strong authentication, proper SPF, DKIM and DMARC records and real administrative control are.
Where we fit: Hub For Teams gives you mailboxes, shared calendars and contacts on your own domain, with standard protocols so your other software can actually connect and authentication records published properly. Hosting is in the United States on servers we own, pricing is flat and published, and support is based in the United States where you can reach a person by telephone. If end-to-end encryption is a requirement of your business rather than a preference, we will tell you to stay on Proton. Book a call and we will work out which it is.