Forward Email vs StartMail

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Forward Email compared with StartMail
Detail	Forward Email	StartMail
What it does	Privacy-focused email forwarding for custom domains	Private, secure and encrypted email you can trust
Stage	Established	Established
Founded	2017	2013
Based in	Not given	NL
Pricing model	Not given	subscription
Pricing	Not given	Personal plan: $4.99/month or $59.88/year for 20GB storage with custom domain and unlimited aliases. Business plan: $6.99/month or $83.88/year for 30GB storage with unlimited domains. 7-day free trial available. Bitcoin payment option on annual plans.
Key features	DMARC reporting Quantum-resistant encryption Open-source codebase	PGP encrypted emails Password protected email Unlimited disposable aliases Email migration Spam filtering Two-factor authentication IMAP/SMTP support Group subscriptions
What makes it different	100% open-source with both front-end and back-end code available Zero-knowledge architecture where mailboxes are not accessible to the service Unlimited domains and aliases at every pricing tier Standard IMAP/POP3/SMTP protocols unlike competitors	No ads, no tracking, and no profiling unlike free email services GDPR protection with European servers and headquarters in the Netherlands Built by the founders of Startpage, a private search engine One-click encryption and password-protected emails for non-encrypted recipients Unlimited email aliases for spam prevention and privacy
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	69 no change since last check	67 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	31	31
Citation Flow (Majestic)	73	45
Referring domains (Majestic)	1954	3731

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