Proton Pricing 2026

Proton Unlimited costs $9.99/month on the 1-Year plan ($119.88/year) or $12.99/month on monthly billing ($155.88/year). The plan bundles encrypted email, VPN, cloud storage, calendar, and password manager. For shared use, Proton Duo offers the same suite for two users at $14.99/month ($179.88/year) and Proton Family covers up to six members at $29.99/month ($359.88/year).

Proton Free provides encrypted email, VPN (1 device, 5 countries), calendar, 1 GB storage, and a password manager. It works for light email use and basic privacy needs, but the 1 GB storage limit and 150 emails/day cap make it impractical as a primary email service. Most active users will need to upgrade within a few months.

Proton prioritizes privacy with end-to-end encryption across all services, while Google Workspace prioritizes productivity and collaboration features. Google Workspace offers 30 GB storage with Docs, Sheets, and Meet at a comparable per-user price. Proton Unlimited at $9.99/month offers 500 GB encrypted storage and VPN but lacks collaborative document editing. Choose Proton for privacy, Google for productivity.

Proton Unlimited bundles five services: Proton Mail (encrypted email with 15 addresses and custom domains), Proton VPN (10 devices, 110+ countries, Secure Core), Proton Drive (encrypted cloud storage), Proton Calendar (encrypted calendar), and Proton Pass (password manager with unlimited aliases). All share 500 GB of encrypted storage.

If your Proton storage reaches capacity, you will be completely unable to send or receive emails until you clear space or upgrade to a plan with more storage. This applies to the combined storage used by Mail and Drive.

Yes. Any changes to your subscription including changing payment method, billing frequency, or switching plan types will result in losing grandfathered or promotional pricing. You'll be charged the current standard price at renewal.

Proton's regional pricing is inconsistent. Some users report regional pricing through mobile app stores (Google Play), while web purchases typically charge the same absolute amount regardless of country, which can be significantly more expensive in countries with lower purchasing power.

Proton calculates discounts based on the monthly subscription price, not compared to annual pricing. For example, a 2-year plan discount is calculated against paying month-to-month for 24 months, which can make the savings appear larger than they actually are.

No. Proton does not currently allow purchasing additional storage, custom domains, or email aliases separately. You must upgrade to a higher-tier plan to get more of these resources, even if you only need one specific feature.

Proton Unlimited is the full-suite plan covering email, VPN, Drive, calendar, and password manager. It costs $9.99/month billed annually ($119.88/year) or $12.99/month billed monthly ($155.88/year).

Yes. Multiple users report unexpected auto-renewal charges. Proton states a 30-day refund window, but users document support response times of 36–72+ hours that can complicate timely refund requests. There is no live chat or phone support to expedite cancellations.

Proton offers a 30-day refund window based on user reports. However, multiple users document significant delays when submitting refund requests through the email-only support system, with some reporting cases approaching or exceeding the refund window before receiving a meaningful response.

Based on user reports, Proton's email-only support with documented response times of 36–72+ hours, combined with account suspension risk from false positive anti-spam detection (which may require business documentation to resolve), makes it a risky choice for business-critical email. Accounts tied to 2FA or financial services face the highest risk if suspended.

Based on user reports, combining multiple Proton services — such as VPN plus an existing password manager subscription — may require upgrading to the Unlimited plan at $9.99/month (annually) rather than purchasing services independently. At least one user was explicitly told they could not add standalone VPN without upgrading to Unlimited.