An alternative to Proton Mail under EU law.

Proton is a serious choice, and this page does not pretend otherwise. Proton AG is a Swiss company, and its mail is end-to-end encrypted between Proton users. Binadit Workspace makes a different trade: a Dutch company under EU law, open standards so that every mail program works without extra software, and one login for mail, files, documents, meetings and scheduling.

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Provider: Proton Mail
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Jurisdiction: Switzerland
Legal regime: Swiss law, EU adequacy decision

What is different from Proton Mail

Switzerland is not in the EU. A transfer there is lawful, because the European Commission has recognised Swiss data protection as adequate, so this is not a CLOUD Act story. The differences are practical. Your contract and your processing agreement fall under Swiss law rather than EU law. A standard mail program needs Proton Mail Bridge, which Proton offers on paid plans. And if end-to-end encryption between mailboxes is what you need above all, Proton does that and Binadit Workspace does not: our mail is encrypted in transit and at rest on the server.

Proton Mail, and what replaces it in Binadit Workspace

A mailbox is a mailbox: what matters is who runs it and under which law. Binadit Workspace gives you the mailbox, and the rest of the working day under the same login.

Proton Mail service	What we run instead	Engineering note
Mailboxes on your own domain	A Binadit Workspace mailbox with calendar and contacts, on your own domain.	Your addresses stay the same. Only the MX records change.
Webmail	The Binadit webmail, in 27 languages.	Mail, calendar and contacts in the browser, with the same login as the rest of Workspace.
Mail on computers and phones	Any mail program, through IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV and CardDAV, and JMAP where the program supports it. Or Northmail, our own free mail program for macOS and Windows.	Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird and the mail app on a phone connect through standard protocols.
Shared addresses such as info@ and sales@	Shared mailboxes, with permissions per colleague.	You create them in the portal, or we do it for you.
Account and sender security	Two-step verification, and SPF, DKIM and DMARC prepared per domain.	If your domain or its DNS is with Binadit, the records are placed for you.
Proton Mail Bridge	Not needed. Workspace speaks IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV and CardDAV directly, and JMAP.	Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird and the mail app on a phone connect without extra software.
End-to-end encryption between Proton users	Not replaced. Workspace mail is encrypted in transit and at rest on the server.	For files from outside, Binadit Receive encrypts in the sender's browser, so the server only stores ciphertext.
Proton Drive	Binadit Drive: your files on a server in the Netherlands, synchronised with your computer, with team folders, sharing links and versions.	Part of Binadit Workspace, with the same login as your mail.
Proton Docs	Binadit Office: documents, spreadsheets and presentations in the browser, edited together, on files that stay on Drive.	Word, Excel and PowerPoint files open and save in their own formats.
Proton Meet	Binadit Meet: video meetings from your calendar, with guests joining in the browser.	Part of Binadit Workspace, with the same login as your mail.

Mailboxes on your own domain

What we run instead: A Binadit Workspace mailbox with calendar and contacts, on your own domain.
Engineering note: Your addresses stay the same. Only the MX records change.

Webmail

What we run instead: The Binadit webmail, in 27 languages.
Engineering note: Mail, calendar and contacts in the browser, with the same login as the rest of Workspace.

Mail on computers and phones

What we run instead: Any mail program, through IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV and CardDAV, and JMAP where the program supports it. Or Northmail, our own free mail program for macOS and Windows.
Engineering note: Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird and the mail app on a phone connect through standard protocols.

Shared addresses such as info@ and sales@

What we run instead: Shared mailboxes, with permissions per colleague.
Engineering note: You create them in the portal, or we do it for you.

Account and sender security

What we run instead: Two-step verification, and SPF, DKIM and DMARC prepared per domain.
Engineering note: If your domain or its DNS is with Binadit, the records are placed for you.

Proton Mail Bridge

What we run instead: Not needed. Workspace speaks IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV and CardDAV directly, and JMAP.
Engineering note: Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird and the mail app on a phone connect without extra software.

End-to-end encryption between Proton users

What we run instead: Not replaced. Workspace mail is encrypted in transit and at rest on the server.
Engineering note: For files from outside, Binadit Receive encrypts in the sender's browser, so the server only stores ciphertext.

Proton Drive

What we run instead: Binadit Drive: your files on a server in the Netherlands, synchronised with your computer, with team folders, sharing links and versions.
Engineering note: Part of Binadit Workspace, with the same login as your mail.

Proton Docs

What we run instead: Binadit Office: documents, spreadsheets and presentations in the browser, edited together, on files that stay on Drive.
Engineering note: Word, Excel and PowerPoint files open and save in their own formats.

Proton Meet

What we run instead: Binadit Meet: video meetings from your calendar, with guests joining in the browser.
Engineering note: Part of Binadit Workspace, with the same login as your mail.

How we migrate off Proton Mail

We migrate your existing mailboxes, calendars and contacts from Proton Mail, historic mail included, and we run both environments side by side until you switch DNS.

Before the move

We map what you have

Mailboxes, aliases, shared mailboxes, calendars, contact lists, shared folders and who has access to what. You get a fixed migration price and a date.
Side by side

Both environments run at the same time

We copy mail, calendars, contacts and files to the new environment, historic mail included, while everybody keeps working in the old one. Nothing is switched off and nothing is lost if we need another pass.
Switch day

DNS moves, and with it the mail

We change the MX records, new mail arrives in the Netherlands from that moment, and a final sync picks up whatever came in during the switch. No downtime, no lost mail.

Binadit Workspace is quoted per company, because the number of mailboxes, the storage and a possible server of your own differ each time. Ask for a demo and you get a quote with it.

Frequently asked questions

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Is Proton not safer because of end-to-end encryption?

For mail between Proton users that is a real advantage, and we say so. Mail to and from everybody else travels the way all mail does. What Binadit Workspace offers instead is a provider under EU law, standard protocols and one fixed contact who knows your setup. Which matters more depends on what you are protecting against.

Is a Swiss provider a problem under the GDPR?

No. Switzerland has an adequacy decision, so the transfer is lawful. The point is narrower: a Swiss provider answers to Swiss law and your agreement with it falls under Swiss law. With a Dutch provider both fall under EU law.

Do our email addresses change?

No. The addresses are on your domain, and your domain is yours. We change where the MX records point; everybody keeps the address they have.

What happens to our old mail?

It comes along. We copy historic mail, calendars and contacts to the new environment while the old one keeps running, and we do a final sync after the DNS switch.

Is Binadit Workspace only this one product?

No. One login covers mail, calendar and contacts, Drive for your files, Receive for getting files from outsiders safely, Office for documents in the browser, Meet for video meetings and Book for appointments. Everything runs on servers in the Netherlands that Binadit operates itself.

What does Binadit Workspace cost?

Binadit Workspace is quoted per company, because the number of mailboxes, the storage and a possible server of your own differ each time. Ask for a demo and you get a quote with it.

Is Binadit ISO 27001 or NEN 7510 certified?

The data centre we host in is ISO 27001 and NEN 7510 certified. Binadit itself, as a company, does not hold these certifications. If your own certification requires a certified supplier rather than a certified data centre, tell us before you decide, so you can check that with your auditor first.

Binadit Workspace is more than this one piece

Mail, calendar, files, documents, meetings and scheduling work together and share one login. These are the other pieces.

Plan your exit from Proton Mail.

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