Based in Zurich · Protected by Swiss law

Private email that
stayed private.

The big privacy companies raised hundreds of millions, launched VPNs, app stores, and feature empires. We didn't. SwiftMail does one thing: protect your inbox. Based in Zurich. Run by privacy advocates. Funded by customers, not investors.

Starting at CHF 5/month · 30-day free trial · No credit card required

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You already know this.

Every email you send through Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo is scanned, profiled, and monetised. Your conversations become ad targeting data. Your attachments train AI models. Your contacts are sold to data brokers.

You're not a customer. You're inventory.

The alternative? Some privacy companies grew so fast they started looking like the corporations they replaced. Hundreds of employees. VC money. Feature bloat. The question becomes: who's actually watching the watchers?

Small on purpose.

SwiftMail is not trying to become the next tech giant. We're not building an ecosystem. We're not chasing growth metrics for investors.

We built a private email service in Zurich, run by people who've spent their careers advocating for digital privacy—long before it was fashionable. You pay us a fair price. We protect your inbox. That's the whole business model.

What you get.

Swiss Jurisdiction

Your data is governed by Swiss federal data protection law—among the strongest privacy frameworks in the world. Not US subpoenas. Not EU bureaucracy. Swiss law.

Zero Data Mining

No ads. No tracking. No profiling. We don't read your emails, scan your attachments, or sell your metadata. Your inbox is yours.

Email + Calendar + Contacts

Everything you need for professional communication. Nothing you don't. Clean, fast, and reliable.

Founder-Led, Customer-Funded

No venture capital. No board of directors demanding growth at all costs. Our incentive is simple: keep you happy and private.

Works Everywhere

Standard IMAP/SMTP. Use any email client you like—Apple Mail, Thunderbird, your phone's built-in app. No proprietary lock-in.

Zurich Infrastructure

Servers physically located in Switzerland. Your emails don't cross borders unless you send them there.

Built for people who take privacy seriously.

  • Entrepreneurs and business owners who want client communications kept confidential
  • Journalists and writers who need to protect sources and sensitive material
  • Professionals in law, finance, and healthcare where discretion isn't optional
  • Anyone who understands that if the service is free, you're the product

Privacy advocates first.
Email company second.

Portrait of Brian Murphy, Founder and CEO

Dublin-born, Zürich-based. Brian spent a decade in venture capital before founding what became Europe's largest virtual office company. He saw firsthand how Big Tech treats user data as a commodity—and how even the privacy companies eventually chase the same growth playbook once VC money arrives. He built SwiftMail to prove that a privacy company can stay small, stay principled, and stay funded by the only people who matter: its customers.

Brian Murphy

Founder & CEO

Portrait of Lukas Baumgartner, Chief Technology Officer

Lukas spent eight years as an infrastructure engineer at SWITCH, the Swiss national research network, building secure email systems for universities and research institutions across Switzerland. He knows what resilient, privacy-respecting email infrastructure looks like at scale—and what corners most providers quietly cut. At SwiftMail, he designed the server architecture from the ground up with one rule: no compromises on data sovereignty.

Lukas Baumgartner

Chief Technology Officer

Portrait of Élise Dumont, Head of Privacy and Compliance

A privacy lawyer with twelve years at a Geneva data protection firm, Élise advised Swiss banks, international NGOs, and healthcare providers on FADP compliance long before the revised law took effect. She handles every legal request SwiftMail receives, writes our annual transparency report, and ensures that our privacy commitments aren't marketing copy—they're enforceable obligations.

Élise Dumont

Head of Privacy & Compliance

Portrait of Marco Pellegrini, Head of Engineering

Marco came to SwiftMail from a Ticino-based fintech where he built encrypted messaging tools for institutional clients. A full-stack engineer from Lugano, he leads the development team and owns the product roadmap. His philosophy is simple: ship fast, ship secure, and never add a feature that doesn't serve the user. If it doesn't make your inbox more private or more reliable, it doesn't get built.

Marco Pellegrini

Head of Engineering

Portrait of Sophie Keller, Head of Operations

Sophie ran operations at a Zürich-based hosting company before joining SwiftMail, managing infrastructure for clients who couldn't afford a minute of downtime. She oversees server operations, vendor relationships, and customer support. When something breaks at 3 a.m., Sophie's the reason it's fixed before you wake up. She also leads our onboarding experience—because privacy shouldn't require a PhD to set up.

Sophie Keller

Head of Operations

Portrait of Romain Favre, Head of Security

Romain spent eight years doing security audits and penetration testing for Swiss financial institutions as a CERT analyst in Lausanne. He's the person who tries to break SwiftMail every day so nobody else can. He runs our security programme, manages our bug bounty, and leads incident response. His previous life involved finding vulnerabilities in banking systems. Now he makes sure your inbox doesn't have any.

Romain Favre

Head of Security

Simple pricing. No surprises.

You pay for the service. We protect your inbox. No hidden fees, no data harvesting on the side, no investor-driven price hikes.

Standard

5 CHF/month
  • 15 GB storage
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Email + Calendar + Contacts
  • IMAP / SMTP access
  • Swiss jurisdiction
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Frequently asked questions.

How is SwiftMail different from ProtonMail?

ProtonMail started with great intentions. But after raising over $100 million in venture funding, they're building an empire—VPN, drive, calendar, password manager. We think a privacy email company should focus on email. We're independently owned, founder-led, and funded entirely by our customers.

Why should I pay for email when Gmail is free?

Gmail isn't free. You pay with your data. Google scans your emails to build advertising profiles, trains AI on your content, and shares metadata with third parties. SwiftMail costs a few francs a month and your data stays yours.

What does Swiss jurisdiction actually mean for me?

Swiss federal data protection law is one of the strongest privacy frameworks in the world. Foreign governments cannot compel us to hand over your data through standard legal requests. Even Swiss authorities face strict legal thresholds. Your inbox is protected by sovereignty, not just software.

Can I use my own email client?

Yes. SwiftMail supports standard IMAP and SMTP protocols. Use Apple Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, or any client you prefer. No proprietary app required.

What happens if I want to leave?

Export your data anytime. No lock-in, no dark patterns, no retention tricks. If we're not earning your trust, you should leave.

Your inbox is personal.
It should stay that way.

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