Email security · Named, not rankedProton Mail
Proton Mail is an encrypted email service from Proton · proton.me ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Proton Mail has 1.
Why models recommend it
“Offers end-to-end encryption with a free tier and affordable paid plans, good for smaller organizations.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Proton Mail, over the 4 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 1 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → | |
| 1 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Proton Mail's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- People who use desktop email clients and want Proton Mail with end-to-end encryption
- Price stated
- Proton Mail Bridge is available only with a paid plan that includes Proton Mail.
- Starting price
- 3.99/month
- Free plan or trial
- Create a free account; Free trial
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR
- Hosting
- Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland, Suiza
- Also from Proton
- Proton Pass, Proton Pass for Business
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 3 of the 4 answers that named Proton Mail and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Eighteen of the eighteen domain citations in answers naming Proton Mail came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |