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Uses Tuta with a custom domain, many aliases and a family plan without problems, though support can be slow.

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“I use tuta with custom domain and many many aliases and a “family” plan so my partner has their own account too and we don’t have any problems”
positivescales well

Enjoys Tuta though the UI is disliked by some and third-party clients are unsupported.

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“I'm using Tuta and really enjoying it, but it seems like some people really do not like the UI, and it doesn't help that it can't be used with third party email clients like Thunderbird.”
positive

A week-old Tuta account stopped logging in with invalid credentials and the recovery code failed too.

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“I made a Tuta account a week ago, waited 48 hours to make sure I wasn't seen as spam and set it up as a recovery email on a few websites”
negativereliable

Free Tuta account for over seven years with no issues, though used lightly.

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“I have a free Tuta account for 7+ years now, never any issues”
positivegood free planreliable

Free user for a year and a half who finds Tuta amazing after the account was unusable for a day or two after creation.

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“Been using Tuta for a year and a half now as a free user. Its been amazing for me”
positivegood free plan

Two years on Tuta, does the job 100% and mail delivery is instant, though the client looks dated.

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“Using Tuta for 2 years now. It does the job 100%. And mail delivery is like instant.”
positivereliablefast

Tried Proton and Tuta, preferred Tuta within days; fewer features on the free plan but they like the simplicity.

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“I tried both and it took me just a couple of days to decide I liked Tuta more. It has fewer features (especially on the free plan), but I don't”
positiveeasy to use

While on Tuta, servers went down and mail was inaccessible five or six times a year.

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“their servers would go down and my email would be completely inaccessible a non-trivial number of times. Maybe five or six times a year”
negativeoutages

Five years on Tuta, quitting: features arrive slowly and E2EE is rarely usable, though aliases were great.

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“they add functions so slowly that are basic functions for any other emails or calendars. ive been waiting for years for proper calendar widget, delayed emails etc. then they add”
mixed

On a paid Tuta account had no email access for 4 days, little customer service response and several outages a year.

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“Lots of issues-no access to emails for 4 days,little response from customer service,service going down several times per year.”
negativeoutagespoor support

Has used Tuta for years and it works great, though the UX and aesthetics have rough edges.

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“Been using it for years, and works great. In terms of UX and aesthetics, it has some rough edges, but they are trustworthy and it works pretty well.”
positivereliable

Moved from Proton to Tuta and has been happy for four months; never needed support.

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“I moved from Proton to Tuta just because i think their service is better. Im currently a happy Tuta user for 4 months now”
positivehelpful support

A new Tuta account with saved recovery codes showed account not found the next morning, so they moved to Proton.

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“Created a new account, wrote my credentials down and saved the recovery codes and went to sleep. Woke up: account not found”
negativereliable

Two days after switching important accounts to Tuta, login failed with invalid credentials and the recovery code did not work, with no support reply on the free tier.

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“I got about two days into using the service, and had already moved some important accounts over from Proton (slack/healthcare accounts”
negativepoor support

After 48 hours waiting for approval on the free tier, could not log in with an invalid credentials error.

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“Recently joined tuta on the free tier, had to wait for approval for 48 hours. Did my stint and waited and couldn't log in with the same message as you received”
negativereliable

A couple of years on Tuta; works great apart from a weak spam filter.

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“I have been using it for a couple years now and other than a weak spam filter it works great.”
positivereliable

Moved from Proton to Tuta and really likes it.

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“I went to tuta from proton and I really like it here tbh”
positive

Signed up in 2025 with a custom domain and wildcard; uneventful and as wanted, though mail rules are weak.

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“my time with Tuta has been altogether uneventful and it has worked exactly like I wanted it to”
positivereliable

Tuta deactivated their account twice, so they moved to Runbox and had no problems since.

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“They did this twice to me. Moved to runbox 2 years ago”
negativepoor support

A new Tuta account worked for one day and then returned invalid login credentials.

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“Exact same thing happened to me this weekend. Everything is correct, but I get the invalid login credentials. The account only worked for one day”
negativereliable

Could not create a free Tuta account without emailing support, which soured them.

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“I couldn't even create a free account on Tuta without having to email support”
negativepoor support

Paid Tuta user since 2019 who is moving to Proton because Tuta caused too many headaches.

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“paid Tuta user since 2019 and I’ve been in the process of moving to Proton because Tuta was causing me too many headaches”
negative

Free Tuta account ten years old and never flaky.

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“My free account is 10 years old. Never considered it flaky”
positivegood free planreliable

Paid account with a custom domain for almost two years with no issues, plus a free account for a spouse.

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“One account, paid one + custom domain for almost two years. No issues”
positivereliable

Over a year on Tuta with zero flakiness or remembered downtime.

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“Been using them for over a year, I have experienced 0 flakiness”
positivereliable

Had Tuta account problems five times and found customer service deplorable before moving to Fastmail.

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“This happened to me repeatedly 5x times before I finally just moved to Fastmail”
negativepoor support

Tuta has been fine; not as fully featured as Gmail but worth the trade-off.

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“I use Tuta, and it has been fine. Is it as fully featured as Gmail? Absolutely not. Is it a trade off worth making? Absolutely yes.”
mixed

Made a Tuta account a few months ago with no issues and is slowly moving everything over.

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“I made one a few months back and I have had no issues been slowly moving everything over.”
positivereliable

Paying Tuta customer for about two years and very pleased given their threat model.

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“I've been a paying customer of Tuta for about two years now, and insofar as my threat model is concerned I'm very pleased with them.”
positivereliable

Switched from Proton to Tuta over a year ago; basic, cheap and does a great job.

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“Switched from Proton to Tuta for over a year. It’s basic enough, cheap and does a great job.”
positivegreat value

Tuta suspended their account after creating it as anonymously as possible, so they went back to Proton.

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“when I tried to create Tuta email as anonymously as possible they suspended my account. I don't remember the exact details but I played around with it a while back and ended up back with Proton.”
negative

Loves Tuta as simple, private and much cheaper than Proton.

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“I Love my Tuta! It's simple private and way cheaper than Proton.”
positivegreat valueeasy to use

Uses both; Tuta keeps letting through spam from senders they marked as spam many times, unlike Proton.

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“I use both but find Proton far superior in surpressing spam. Tuta STILL just lets spam throuh”
negative

Tuta deleted their inactive free address after six months and could not be recovered.

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“Tuta deleted my free email address after 6 months lol”
negativereliable

On a paid Tuta account they keep getting cannot connect to server in every browser and the app, needing a European VPN, while free Proton never failed.

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“I have a paid account on Tuta, and a free account on Proton. Tuta routinely blocks my attempts at connecting ("cannot connect to server"), via app, via multiple browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Safari).”
negativereliable

Tested Tuta when leaving Proton and found the interface and mail rules too barebones, while liking the built-in calendar.

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“The downside I see with tuta right now is really the interface and mail rules, which are both a little too barebones for my liking”
mixed

As a premium customer found Tuta support horrendous with connection issues and no import on the Revolutionary plan.

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“Tuta's support is horrendous, even with their most expensive business plans”
negativepoor support

Searching mail in Tuta's mobile app was so slow they left for that reason alone.

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“mobile app is so slow I left almost entirely for that reason alone”
negativeslow

Tuta's waiting period and verification step meant they could not send or receive mail, so they gave up.

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“they have a waiting period then a verification step to make an account usable. When I tried I got feed up because I wasnt able to send or receive any emails.”
negativeeasy to use

A month into Tuta and so far so good.

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“I’ve been using Tuta for a month now and so far so good.”
positivereliable

Tuta blocked their account after they sent the same question to five language schools, flagged as spam.

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“My Tuta account was blocked after I sent a question to five language schools about the preparatory course for my son's exam. They thought it was spam because the content”
negativereliable

A Tuta account used for job hunting was locked without notice, with no recourse or support.

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“My tuta account has been locked without notice or explenation”
negativepoor support

Five years on Tuta; an early lockout was fixed by recording credentials properly and it has never recurred.

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“I had the 'locked out' problem myself at first. I was still adjusting to taking responsibility for my own security. I took it seriously and put my credentials into an”
positivereliable

Downgraded Tuta over slow service, exported mail, then found all contacts had disappeared.

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“I downgraded my account because of slow service, I exported my mail, but now I find that all my contacts disappeared too”
negativeslow

A similar Tuta lockout was fixed after emailing from another provider; they apologised and reopened the account.

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“I wrote them an email via another provider snd they appologized and opened my acc back up”
mixedhelpful support

After a year found Tuta's client far behind Thunderbird and moved to Forward Email.

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“I used it for a year and threw in the towel. The client is so far behind thunderbird I just had to switch”
negative

Quite happy with a paid Tuta account for almost a year but wary of many lockout posts.

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“I'm quite happy with Tuta (been using a paid account for almost a year)”
mixedreliable

Found Tuta support god awful, needing seven emails back and forth for a simple issue.

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“customer support being god awful. Took me 7 emails front and back for a super simple issue”
negativepoor support

Uses Tuta for biggest security accounts and calendar but it doesn't sync in the background on their phone.

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“it doesn't sync in the background on my phone so i have to check it manually”
mixed

Recommends Tuta as no frills, solid and reliable despite an ugly interface.

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“No frills, solid, ugly interface, reliable company and product”
mixedreliable

Says Tuta always works, is free and is end-to-end encrypted.

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“Tuta always works and it's free and end to end encrypted”
positivereliablegood free plan

Left Tuta because customer service was severely lacking, with zero empathy and rudeness.

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“I left Tuta SPECIFICALLY because I felt their customer service was severely lacking (zero empathy and very rude in my opinion”
negativepoor support

Says they have never been able to keep a Tuta account active, paid or otherwise, calling it a dealbreaker.

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“I've never been able to keep a Tuta account active, paid or otherwise”
negativereliable

After confirming a new Tuta account, the next day login failed with invalid credentials despite correct details.

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“Even sent the mail for confirmation, and the next day I was hit with invalid credentials”
negativereliable

Paid Tuta account since 2019 with never a single problem.

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“I've had a paid Tuta email account since 2019, and never had a single problem”
positivereliable

A flagged Tuta account was fixed with one email, and they liked the service enough to pay, wishing Android notifications worked better.

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“Liked the service enough I finally gave em some money. Wish notifications worked better on Android”
positive

No complaints with Tuta mail and calendar.

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“No complaints with tuta mail and calendar here”
positivereliable

Finds Tuta's service fine but its app bad, and prefers Proton.

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“Tutas service is fine but their app sucks”
mixedeasy to use

After not signing in for a while they could not even pay Tuta to regain access.

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“Didn’t sign in for a while and now I can’t even pay them to access it.”
negativepoor support

The first test email from a new Tuta account got them banned, possibly because of a VPN, so they deleted the account.

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“first email I tried to send to myself to test it and I'm banned from using it”
negativepoor support

A free Tuta test account was deleted, then deleted again on a second try, so they gave up.

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“Signed up for the free account of Tuta to test it out. My account got deleted.”
negativereliable

Finds Tuta webmail unusable and prefers IMAP providers with a decent web interface.

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“TUTA webmail is un-useable. Never seen anything worse in my life”
negativeeasy to use

Used Tuta and Proton and found Tuta less robust, with no easy email export without a custom script.

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“Tuta is not as robust. No way to export emails easily without your own python script”
negative

Emailed Tuta about a locked account and they responded quite promptly.

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“Quite promptly they responded to me”
positivehelpful support

Known login suddenly stopped working and even the saved backup key was rejected, forcing a new account.

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“tuta says that key is wrong, password is wrong, email is wrong. Poof. Had to make a new account”
negativereliable

Says Tuta mail sent to Gmail addresses lands in Gmail spam and should be fixed.

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“my emails from tuta id sent to gmail ids going to spam of gmail app) problem”
negativegood deliverability

Has used Tuta for years with no issues.

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“I've been using them for years and no issues.”
positivereliable

Whenever others reported Tuta down it kept working for them.

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“Every time when someone posted that Tuta was down, it has been working for me”
positivereliable

Older than 24 months. These may describe an earlier version.

A paid Tuta account was deactivated over a payment dispute they say never happened, and support took four days to reply.

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“as a paid customer Tuta replied me on the fourth day after sending them a request. It turned out that they REALLY deactivated my account due to their claim that”
negativepoor support

A year on Tuta with no issues and no need for support; the custom domain plan with unlimited aliases is nice.

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“I've been using Tuta for a year and never had any issues with it, never had a need to contact their support either. Their plan where you can use a”
positivereliablegreat value

About two years on Tuta with zero issues.

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“I've used Tuta for about 2y now. I've had zero issues. I like it.”
positivereliable

Common questions about Tuta

Is Tuta worth it?

Of the 68 reviews with a clear verdict, 40% are positive, 12% mixed and 49% negative. The praise mentioned most is reliable. The most common complaint is poor support.

What do people like about Tuta?

The praise reviewers mention most: reliable (30 reviews), easy to use (5 reviews) and good free plan (4 reviews). For example: A year on Tuta with no issues and no need for support; the custom domain plan with unlimited aliases is nice.

What are the most common complaints about Tuta?

The complaints reviewers mention most: poor support (11 reviews), outages (2 reviews) and slow (2 reviews). For example: On a paid Tuta account had no email access for 4 days, little customer service response and several outages a year.

Where do these Tuta reviews come from?

71 are quotes from discussions on Reddit, each linked to the original post. Customer reviews are checked for spam before they appear, and only they count toward the star rating; quotes never do.