Murena

Murena's email is one piece of a wider de-Googled ecosystem built around /e/OS, the privacy-focused Android alternative, so the mailbox comes bundled with cloud storage, calendar, contacts and file sync rather than standing alone. A free account gives 1GB, and paid Murena Workspace storage runs from about €1.99 a month for 20GB up to €24.99 for 2TB, all usable from any device without needing a Murena phone.

Murena Retail SAS is a French company based in Paris, and Murena states that account data is kept within the EU on servers powered by renewable energy. The mailbox supports IMAP and SMTP over standard ports, so it works in any mail client, and Murena documents Mailvelope integration for people who want PGP encryption in the browser, a similar opt-in model to Mailfence's.

The honest comparison is with Kolab Now rather than the encrypted-mail specialists: both replace a Workspace-style bundle rather than a bare inbox, and neither claims zero-access encryption. Murena's differentiator is the wider ecosystem tie to a de-Googled phone, which matters if that is part of the goal, and matters less if the mailbox is all that is wanted.

What Murena does well

• Bundled cloud storage, calendar and contacts, not just mail
• IMAP and SMTP support on standard ports, works in any client
• EU data storage on renewable-powered servers
• Mailvelope integration for browser-based PGP
• Usable standalone, without needing a Murena/e/OS phone

Where Murena falls short

• No zero-access encryption
• Exact data centre country not published beyond "within the EU"
• Free tier storage is a modest 1GB
• Best value is tied to buying into the wider /e/OS ecosystem

Standout feature. Murena is the only provider here that pairs a mailbox with an entire de-Googled phone ecosystem, for people leaving more than Gmail.