Hushmail review (2026): is it worth $11.99 a month?
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Hushmail report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for encrypted email for healthcare and law offices
Hushmail offers encrypted email with a signed BAA, secure forms and e-signatures, and its Healthcare plans start at $11.99 an account a month. Forms aren't in Basic and Essentials has only 3. Done-for-you form building is $25 each.
Who Hushmail is for
- Fits if you're a clinic or practice that needs a signed BAA and encrypted forms
- Works for a small office that wants email and forms in one place
Who Hushmail is not for
- Pricey if you need forms, as Basic has none and Essentials includes 3
- Watch out: the figures are for the Healthcare plans, and Small Business, Law and Personal plans have their own prices
- Watch out: done-for-you form building costs $25 per form
- Watch out: the page offers monthly, yearly and 2-year terms, and the listing's billing term isn't shown
Why Hushmail gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyHealthcare Basic is $11.99 an account a month, between the category's middle of $7 and its dearer quarter at $14. Forms sit on dearer plans at $14.99 and $17.99.
- CFree plan and trialA 14-day free trial on each plan, and no free plan. The listing doesn't say whether a card is needed.
- CFeaturesEncrypted email, secure forms, e-signatures, your own domain and aliases, and done-for-you forms. Gaps: forms aren't in Healthcare Basic and Essentials has only 3.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. A web service where you set up your domain, forms and templates.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb and an iOS app, with Outlook and Squarespace connections. No desktop app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hushmail's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Hushmail's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 12 of the 70 other email apps we grade, and level with 13.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 25 of 70) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $11.99 a month, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 43 of the 56 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 25 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 71 email apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hushmail’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 12 of 70, level with 22
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 70, level with 42
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 70, level with 44
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 70, level with 48
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 25 of 70, level with 34
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 67 email apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Hushmail, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Hushmail 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: 45 of the 70 other email apps grade higher. It costs $143.88 a year.
What you could make
- Forms and templates: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.
- A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: HIPAA.
What this rests on. Hushmail’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Hushmail?
Hushmail is a paid email service aimed at therapists, healthcare practices, law firms and small businesses that handle sensitive client information. It provides encrypted email, secure web forms with e-signatures, and a signed business associate agreement on its healthcare plans. Prices below are for the Healthcare plans.
Worth knowing
- The plans shown are the Healthcare ones; Small Business, Law and Personal plans have their own prices on the same page.
- The page offers monthly, yearly (1 month free) and 2-year (3 months free) terms; the figures read above were the default view.
- Forms are not in Healthcare Basic, and Essentials includes only 3.
- Done-for-you form building costs $25 per form.
Key features
- Encrypted email
- A toggle encrypts a message, and recipients can open it with a Google, Apple or Microsoft account and send secure replies.
- Secure forms and e-signatures
- Essentials and Growth include encrypted web forms, questionnaires such as the PHQ-9, and single-party e-signatures.
- Compliance claims
- The vendor says every healthcare plan covers HIPAA with a signed Business Associate Agreement, and lists Canadian and GDPR terms.
- Own domain and aliases
- Accounts can use a @hushmail.com address or your own domain, with unlimited aliases and use in mail apps like Outlook.
- Done-for-you forms
- Customer care builds a secure web form on request for $25 per form.
Hushmail pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Hushmail is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $11.99 per account / month.
- Starts at
- $11.99 per account / month
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial on each plan
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Basic | $11.99per account / month, billing term not shown | HIPAA-compliant encrypted email, a signed BAA and email archive. Does not include forms. |
| Healthcare Essentials | $14.99per account / month, billing term not shown | Adds 3 forms, e-signatures, email templates and scheduling. |
| Healthcare Growth | $17.99per account / month, billing term not shown | 25 forms, custom branding, an additional security package and priority email support. |
Read from hushmail.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hushmail before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount1 month free on yearly billing
The pricing page tags yearly billing with 1 month free and billing every 2 years with 3 months free.
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Common questions
Does Hushmail have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Hushmail is listed for Web and iOS.
Does Hushmail have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Hushmail is listed for Web and iOS.
Is Hushmail open source?
Hushmail is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.