Is Proton European?

Encrypted email from Switzerland

Proton Mail is an encrypted email provider founded by scientists at CERN with the goal of protecting the privacy of the people using it. Messages are end-to-end encrypted and the servers stand in Switzerland, so Proton Mail has no way of reading your data. The service is free to start, carries no advertising and does not track you.

Instead of

Gmail and Outlook

Pricing

The free plan includes 1 GB of storage. Plus costs 4.99 euro per month or 36 euro per year for 15 GB. Proton Unlimited adds 500 GB and all Proton services for 12.99 euro per month or 119 euro per year.

Suits

Anyone who wants private email under Swiss law

Free plan

Encrypted cloud storage from Switzerland

Proton Drive is a cloud storage service built for privacy by the Swiss company Proton, the maker of Proton Mail, Proton Calendar and Proton VPN. Files are end-to-end encrypted, so only the owner and invited collaborators can read them, and shared links can be given a password, an expiry date and specific permissions.

Instead of

Dropbox, Google Drive and Google Photos

Pricing

5 GB is free. The Plus plan gives 200 GB for 4.99 euro per month or 36 euro per year. Proton Unlimited bundles 500 GB with Mail, Calendar, VPN and Pass for 12.99 euro per month or 119 euro per year.

Suits

People who want encrypted storage for sensitive files

Free plan

Open source password manager from Switzerland

Proton Pass is a password manager from Switzerland. It is open source and independently audited, generates strong passwords, fills them in on all your devices, shares them through vaults and stores encrypted notes. It also works as an identity manager by creating email aliases that hide your real address. There are apps for iOS and Android and add-ons for all major browsers.

Instead of

1Password and LastPass

Pricing

The free plan includes unlimited logins and notes on unlimited devices, vault sharing with up to three people and ten email aliases. Plus costs 4.99 euro per month and adds unlimited aliases, integrated 2FA, multiple vaults and sharing with up to ten people.

Suits

People who want an audited, encrypted password vault

Free plan

Privacy focused VPN from Switzerland

Proton VPN is a VPN service from the Swiss company Proton with a wide feature set and a strong focus on privacy. Unusually for a VPN, it offers several plans with different feature sets rather than one product for everybody, including a free tier.

Instead of

NordVPN and ExpressVPN

Pricing

There are four plans: Free, Basic at 5 euro per month, Plus at 10 euro per month and Visionary at 30 euro per month. A one-year commitment is 20 percent cheaper and a two-year commitment 33 percent cheaper.

Suits

People who want a VPN with a usable free tier

Free plan

Encrypted calendar from Switzerland

Proton Calendar is a calendar service from the Swiss company Proton with a strong focus on privacy. It uses zero-knowledge encryption, which means the company cannot read the contents of your calendar even though the entries are stored on its servers.

Instead of

Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar

Suits

People who want their calendar encrypted end-to-end

Encrypted document collaboration from Switzerland

Proton Docs is a document collaboration service from the Swiss company Proton. Several people can work on a document at the same time, leave comments and add photos, and everything is stored securely. It is part of the wider Proton Drive product, together with the spreadsheet tool Proton Sheets.

Instead of

Google Docs and Microsoft 365 Online

Pricing

A limited free version is available. Advanced features, more storage and custom domains need a paid subscription such as Proton Unlimited or Visionary, starting at roughly 8 euro per month.

Suits

Teams that want private, real time document editing

Free plan

Proton’s AI assistant with encrypted saved conversations

Lumo is a hosted AI assistant operated by Proton AG in Switzerland. It supports writing, questions, files, images and projects, with guest access and Free, Plus and business plans. Proton says inference runs on infrastructure it controls in Europe.

Instead of

ChatGPT

Pricing

Checked 18 September 2026 in EUR: Free has limits; Plus is €12.99 monthly or €119.88 billed annually (€9.99/month equivalent). Professional is €14.99/user monthly or €143.88/user annually; business taxes may apply. Consumer tax treatment was not itemized on the price page. Subscriptions renew automatically and paid use is subject to fair use. The terms limit initial refunds to unused days within 30 days, with payment-method exceptions.

Suits

Everyday writing and questions with encrypted saved history

Free plan