Alternatives to Hushmail
An encrypted email service with secure forms and e-signatures, aimed at healthcare and small practices. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Hushmail
An encrypted email service with secure forms and e-signatures, aimed at healthcare and small practices.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Hushmail.
Proton Mail
Official Proton Mail apps for reading and sending end-to-end encrypted email on phones, desktops and the web.
Proton Mail gives end-to-end encrypted email with apps on every major platform and a free tier, but lacks the healthcare forms and e-signatures.
Tuta Desktop
The desktop client for Tuta's encrypted mail service, with end-to-end encrypted mail, calendar and contacts.
Tuta encrypts bodies, subject lines, calendar and contacts, and sends password-protected mail to outsiders, with desktop clients and an open source GPL client.
Mailfence
Encrypted email service from Belgium with OpenPGP support, calendars, contacts and document storage.
Mailfence offers OpenPGP encryption in the browser with Android and iOS apps and IMAP access, without the healthcare-focused secure forms.
StartMail
Paid private email service from the Netherlands with unlimited aliases and one-click encryption.
StartMail is a paid Dutch service with unlimited aliases and password-based encryption for non-encrypting recipients, but no healthcare forms or e-signatures.
Posteo
German ad-free email provider with calendar, address book and notes, run on green energy.
Posteo is a low-cost German provider with optional stored-data encryption and IMAP access, aimed at general users rather than healthcare practices.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Proton Mail Bridge
Local gateway that lets standard mail clients read a Proton Mail account.
GPG Suite
An OpenPGP toolkit for macOS for encrypting, signing and verifying files and email.
Runbox
A paid, ad-free email service hosted in Norway and powered by renewable energy.
Fastmail
A paid, privacy-focused email, calendar and contacts service with web and mobile apps.
