# CTemplar review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Encrypted, anonymous email hosted in Iceland Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. CTemplar is a webmail service that encrypts messages in the browser with OpenPGP and says it cannot read what its users send. Accounts can be opened without a phone number or credit card. It sells five tiers, from an invitation-only free mailbox up to a 50 GB plan. - **Category:** Email Apps - **Made by:** Templar Software Systems - **Website:** https://ctemplar.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want open sign-up on the free plan, since it's invitation only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, CTemplar has a free plan, and paid plans start at $8 per month. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free plan, by invitation: 1 GB storage, 200 sent emails a day, 10 MB attachments, no aliases and no custom domains. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Invitation only. 1 GB storage, 200 emails a day, 10 MB attachments, no aliases, no custom domains. | | Prime | $8 per month | 5 GB storage, 2,000 emails a day, 50 MB attachments, 10 aliases and 1 custom domain. | | Knight | $12 per month | 10 GB storage, 30 aliases and 5 custom domains. | | Marshal | $20 per month | 20 GB storage, 60 aliases and 10 custom domains. | | Champion | $50 per month | 50 GB storage, unlimited sending, 200 aliases, 100 custom domains and beta access. | Read from https://ctemplar.com/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CTemplar before buying. ## Key features - **Encrypted subject, body and attachments:** Messages are encrypted with OpenPGP.js in the browser, and the vendor says it does not hold the password to the private keys. - **Anonymous sign-up and IP stripping:** No phone number or credit card is needed to register, and the vendor says it replaces the sender's IP with its own on outgoing mail. - **Self-destructing and delayed messages:** Self-destruct, dead-man timer, delayed delivery and remote encrypted links are on every paid tier but not the free one. - **Aliases and custom domains:** Paid tiers add aliases and your own domains, with catch-all domains included from Prime. - **Published source code:** The vendor says its code is open on GitHub and that it publishes checksums so users can compare it with what the site serves. ## Good for - People who want a mailbox opened without a phone number or card - Anyone who wants Monero, Bitcoin or card payment options for email - Users who value an Iceland-based provider ## Worth knowing - The free plan is by invitation, so it is not open sign-up, and it has no aliases and no self-destructing email. - Encryption runs in the browser with JavaScript, which the site says is required. - Monero payments are handled through support rather than automatically; Bitcoin and card payments are automatic. - The vendor lists Linux, macOS and Windows desktop builds as being tested, not released, so only web, App Store and Google Play access is confirmed. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. CTemplar is encrypted email hosted in Iceland, with a free plan by invitation and paid plans from $8 a month. The free plan has no aliases or custom domains, and the encryption runs in your browser through JavaScript. - **Value for money: C.** Prime is $8 a month, about the middle of what email services charge. Higher tiers run to $50. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan with 1 GB, 200 sent a day and 10 MB attachments, but it's by invitation and has no aliases or custom domains. - **Features: C.** Encrypted subject, body and attachments, self-destructing mail and aliases. The free plan lacks aliases and self-destruct, and the free tier leaves out the headline extras. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up a mailbox and decide what to encrypt, and the Monero payment goes through support. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android apps. No desktop app is released, with Linux, macOS and Windows builds only in testing. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CTemplar's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email apps - CTemplar's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 29 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 24. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 57 of 122) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $8 a month, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 50 of the 76 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 27 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace CTemplar you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 69 of the 122 other email apps grade higher. It costs $96 a year. CTemplar is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could not: An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: End-to-end encryption done properly. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Email client, End-to-end encrypted, Open source ## Alternatives - [Proton Mail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/proton-mail): End-to-end encrypted email service based in Switzerland. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ctemplar-vs-proton-mail) - [Tuta Mail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/tuta-mail): End-to-end encrypted email and calendar from Germany. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ctemplar-vs-tuta-mail) - [Mailfence](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailfence): Private email from Belgium with built-in OpenPGP encryption. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ctemplar-vs-mailfence) - [StartMail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/startmail): Paid private email from the Netherlands with unlimited aliases. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ctemplar-vs-startmail) - [mailbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailbox-org): Paid, ad-free email with cloud storage and office tools from Germany. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ctemplar-vs-mailbox-org) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://ctemplar.com/ - https://ctemplar.com/pricing/ - https://ctemplar.com/features/ - https://ctemplar.com/about/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/ctemplar Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).