eM Client vs ProtonMail Comparison

You probably won’t use email to contact your friends, preferring instant message software such as WhatsApp instead. But the truth is, when it comes to work or more serious events, email is still the primary tool of communication in the world, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. However, it’s also true that email was created at a different time where the internet was still emerging, and online privacy wasn’t yet an issue. Because of that, email is not as secure and private as we want it to be, but email services are starting to take steps to fix this, like ProtonMail and eM Client. However, only you can decide if you prefer to focus on ProtonMail’s end-to-end encryption or if you can’t live without eM Client’s helpful built-in features such as a calendar and taskbar.

That’s good and all, but we know that creating a new email account is a hassle since it’s pretty time consuming to inform everyone from the contact list of your new email address. That’s not a problem with eM Client since it lets you migrate accounts from the most popular email providers such as Gmail and Outlook.

When it comes to privacy and security, eM Client isn’t perfect, but it does more than the most popular email clients. It has the basics such as spam filter and anti-phishing, but it complements the service by only downloading images from authorized email addresses. Moreover, eM Client uses TLS/SSL encryption to protect your message as it travels from your computer to the email server. On top of that, it’s easy to configure end-to-end encryption through S/MIME and PGP.

Of course, ProtonMail also has your back when you want to send an email to a contact from another email provider. While writing your email, you can click on the lock below the text editor, which will prompt you to add a password. After that, you need to give the password to your contact so they can unencrypt the message. Better yet, ProtonMail provides an encrypted webpage for your contact to read your message on, and from here the recipient is able to give a secure response.

However, nothing is perfect in this world, and ProtonMail is no exception. Although the security it provides is top-notch, there is a lack of built-in productivity features – a calendar function was the one we missed the most. Moreover, it doesn’t let you migrate your email, which means that you are obliged to create a new one under ProtonMail’s domain, something that can be a headache for people who have many contacts.

Conclusion

While eM Client offers the most thorough email software, with features that will increase your productivity daily, ProtonMail lets you send secure emails as easily as sending a standard message on another email client. Both offer a free version of their service with some limitations. However, while eM Client limits the number of email addresses to two, leaving all the features open; ProtonMail restricts some of its features, though it offers the ultimate protection for both free and paid users.

In the end, both are powerful email services, and it entirely depends on your personal taste to decide which one is the best. If you are looking for protection on top of everything you should use ProtonMail; if you are looking for a more rounded option, which will not affect your productivity, you should use eM Client. Nevertheless, if you are still unsure, we invite you to read our full reviews for each service.