Alternatives to GMX Mail
A free email service with webmail, cloud storage, calendar and support for several addresses. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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GMX Mail
A free email service with webmail, cloud storage, calendar and support for several addresses.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as GMX Mail.
Mail.com
A free webmail service offering addresses on more than 100 domain names.
Mail.com offers a similar free service with up to 10 addresses on over 100 domain names, plus cloud storage, calendar and contacts.
Gmail
Google's email service, used on the web and through Android and iOS apps.
Gmail moves you to a Google account with strong spam filtering, Android and iOS apps and AI features, some of which need a paid plan.
Yahoo Mail
Yahoo's free web and mobile email service with inbox organisation and AI-assisted features.
Yahoo Mail is a free web and mobile service with inbox organisation tools, run by a large advertising company.
Yandex Mail
A free email service from Yandex with a web client, mobile apps and ad-free inbox.
Yandex Mail provides a free, ad-free inbox with mail import, filters and delivery reports, integrated with Yandex Disk and Calendar.
iCloud Mail
Apple's hosted email service, with a web client and built-in support on Apple devices.
iCloud Mail is built into Apple devices with a web client, requires an Apple Account and does not offer several addresses in the same way.
AOL Mail
A free web-based email service from AOL with spam filtering and mobile apps.
AOL Mail is a free web service with spam filtering and mobile apps, with fewer extras such as cloud storage or a mail collector.
Mailfence
Encrypted email service from Belgium with OpenPGP support, calendars, contacts and document storage.
Mailfence adds OpenPGP encryption, IMAP access, calendar and documents from a Belgian provider, with advanced features on paid plans.
Proton Mail
Official Proton Mail apps for reading and sending end-to-end encrypted email on phones, desktops and the web.
Proton Mail brings end-to-end encryption by default and desktop and mobile apps, though it only works with a Proton account.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Thunderbird
Mozilla’s desktop mail client, with calendar, contacts and a unified inbox, funded by donations rather than ads.
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft's email, calendar and contacts app for desktop, mobile and the web.
Disroot
Donation-funded platform offering free email, cloud storage, XMPP chat and other privacy-focused online services.
