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TL;DR: I’m migrating from Google to Proton. There is a free tier if you’d like to try out all of the products before entertaining a migration/paid account.

The biggest reason to move to Proton is the “end-to-end encryption” and the security of your data. Proton is based in Switzerland, which has some of the strongest privacy laws in the world.

Why? Link to heading

Main reasons for my switch:

  • Security and Privacy
    • I discovered severe security issues with Google.
  • Google had decided to increase my monthly Google Workspace (business) account price to the point where a Proton Duo account was less monthly. This includes the entire Proton suite of products (Mail, Calendar, Drive, Pass, VPN, and Wallet)
    • Extra win was I was paying for NordVPN also. Don’t get me wrong, I love NordVPN, but Proton VPN is included in the Proton Duo Suite.

I decided on the Proton Duo Suite because of its storage size (1TB). I have a lot of photos and drive contents and the 500GB in the Proton Premium account would not be enough for me.

Notes Link to heading

My usages and perspectives are my own.

Browser: Brave (Chromium-based, privacy-focused browser) Mobile: iPhone (iOS 18.5+)

Migration from Google Link to heading

You can use the Proton Easy Switch tool to migrate your data from Google to Proton. It supports:

  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • Google Contacts
  • Google Photos

The other option is to use the Google Takeout tool to export your data from Google and then import it into Proton. This is a more manual process, but it gives you more control over what data you want to migrate.

Thank you @andimiya for suggesting this section.

Products Provided Link to heading

All with “end-to-end encryption”:

Proton Mail Link to heading

Pros Link to heading

  • You get the following emails in addition to your free @protonmail.com email:
    • @proton.me
    • @pm.me
  • Decent UI
  • Can use your own domain
  • Can use hide-my-email aliases with provided or custom domains

Cons Link to heading

  • Keyboard shortcuts are not standardized (IMO, Gmail shortcuts are widely used in many apps) and not editable. Vote for this feature

Mobile Link to heading

  • Be careful on deleting multiple emails quickly, the undo links that pop up are slow and you may undo the incorrect one
  • Have had slowness issues with Alternative Routing feature, I’m working with support on it

Proton Calendar Link to heading

Pros Link to heading

  • Decent UI and familiar to Google Calendar

Cons Link to heading

  • Not able to search locations for your events. Vote for this feature
  • Duplicate events are not available on mobile apps. It is available on the web app. Vote for this feature (already started, supposedly)
  • After you import your calendar:
    • all participants are removed from events and there is no way to edit participants on existing events. Vote for this feature

Proton Pass Link to heading

Pros Link to heading

  • You can create aliases with multiple given or custom domain email TLD that redirect to your Proton Mail account (true email anonymization).
    • NOTE: If you create an alias, you will want to login to https://simplelogin.io with your Proton credentials and enable the Reverse Alias Replacement feature. This will allow you to reply to emails sent to your alias without having to log into SimpleLogin. Docs. The gotcha is that you will still see your Proton Mail address in the From field, but the recipient will see your alias email address.

Cons Link to heading

  • You have to use your Proton account password to log into your Pass account. There is no separate primary password for Pass. Vote for this feature
    • If you want to have a master/primary password for Proton Pass, it is called a second password. You still have to log into your Proton account first. It doesn’t make sense to me.

Proton Drive Link to heading

Pros Link to heading

  • Docs and Photos are included in the Drive storage

Cons Link to heading

  • No spreadsheet support. Vote for this feature
  • Photos:
    • No editing features
    • Import:
      • Folders are not automatically turned into albums

Proton VPN Link to heading

Pros Link to heading

  • 122 Countries and 13,626 Servers (Details)
  • Tor is a built-in feature
  • NetShield ad-blocker

Cons Link to heading

  • No way to pause current connection

Proton Wallet Link to heading

  • Haven’t used yet

Feedback and Feature Requests Link to heading

Via Votes Link to heading

https://protonmail.uservoice.com/

Open Source Link to heading

https://proton.me/community/open-source

Reddit Link to heading

Bug Bounty Link to heading

https://proton.me/security/bug-bounty