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Mailo vs Riseup Email

Both stand on private email services. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Mailo

Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb

Mailo combines email with calendar, address book, cloud, and sharing services, and offers migration tools for switching providers. The free tier includes ads; Premium adds storage and removes webmail advertising for €1.50 per user per month.

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Riseup Email

Free plan AndroidiPhoneLinux+3

Riseup Email offers invite-based email with webmail and mail-client access, alongside privacy features described by Riseup. Users should note its encryption limits, retention periods and responsibility for keeping message copies.

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The facts

	Mailo	Riseup Email
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	No
Runs on	Android, iPhone, Web	Android, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Mailo Premium: €1.50 a month	Free or on request
Plans published	2	1
Maker	Mailo	Not published
Website	mailo.com	riseup.net
On private email services	#6 of 29	#10 of 29

Mailo: what it does well

Free plan includes 1 GB email storage.
Free plan supports five aliases.
Premium mailbox storage is 20 GB.
Premium supports attachments up to 50 MB.
Mailo offers iOS and Android apps.

What to know first

Free plan includes advertising banners.
Free plan is limited to five aliases.
Free plan offers 500 MB for documents and photos.

Riseup Email: what it does well

Free account includes 1 GB of storage.
No phone number or personal information required at signup.
Supports IMAP or POP and SMTP through mail clients.
Riseup says it does not log internet addresses.
Tor onion services are available.

What to know first

Signup requires an invite code.
Messages are not end-to-end encrypted by default.
Trash is deleted after 21 days and Spam after 7.
Riseup does not back up all old messages.

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