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What is Proton Unlimited?
Proton's whole gig is that it's a provider that believes in a digital world that is both accessible and private for all.
Its baseline products are therefore free, offering comprehensive versions of its tools to help users combat censorship, cyber attacks, and beyond.
Like most of its competitors in the cyber security space, though, Proton does have tiered plans, allowing you to pay to upgrade and boost your online anonymity and utilize its more advanced features, including its charting best VPN, its excellent email tool, and its password manager.
Read on for a complete guide of everything you can get with a Proton Unlimited subscription.
What is Proton Unlimited?
Proton Unlimited combines a suite of Proton's premium security tools under one subscription.
From its more established products like Proton VPN and Proton Mail, Unlimited also comes with newer products like Proton Meet, as well as Proton Sheets, Docs, and Proton Pass.
And, it should go without saying, each tool boasts Proton's security prowess, making Proton an appealing choice from standard alternatives for the more privacy conscious.
What does Proton Unlimited include?
Proton's Unlimited subscription has an extensive offering, with a generous selection of its premium tools.
We've broken down exactly what you get below:
Proton Mail
When Proton first launched in 2014, it was with Proton Mail.
The product offers a fully encrypted, private way to handle your digital correspondence. Unlike the usual suspects (Google Mail, Microsoft Outlook), your emails won't potentially be exposed to third parties in order to slam you with targeted ads, or, these days, using your data for AI training.
Alongside blocking trackers, signing up doesn't mean handing over your personal data, either. You can join Proton Mail without providing your phone number for instance, and you can also seamlessly sync up your inbox from another provider, making the switch to more secure emailing far easier.
Proton VPN
Proton's VPN was the second product from the Switzerland-based brand, though perhaps the one people now most associate with and captures its ethos best.
A VPN allows its users to browse the internet with better online anonymity. It does this by offering a network of servers you can connect to, based all across the world. This conceals your actual IP address and replaces it with another, ensuring all traffic that travels from A to B is fully encrypted.
Not only does this offer better privacy, but often VPNs are used to access services and websites otherwise censored by government bodies, ISPs, and such.
Proton Drive
You've no doubt heard of (or even used) Google Drive. Well, this is Proton's security-focused version.
Offering end-to-end encryption, with the ability to edit both documents and spreadsheets, Proton Drive also offers storage for photos and other files.
Proton Calendar
Keep tabs on all your appointments, plans, and important dates with Proton Calendar.
It works in tandem with Proton Mail, allowing you to send invites privately and automatically sync to your calendar. You can set up reminders and manage your schedule, all with the added bonus of Proton's excellent encryption.
Proton Pass
Everyone should have a password manager. Given the importance of having unique passwords for every account you create online, they're a great tool to both generate and save your secure passwords, allowing for seamless, quick logging in every time. And Proton Pass is a great option with all its added security credentials behind it.
It also offers features including unique email aliases to avoid giving over your actual email when, for example, you're shopping online or signing up to newsletters.
Plus, there's data leak detection, which is able to monitor and notify you should your credentials appear anywhere on the dark web.
Proton Wallet
For those who deal in Bitcoin, Proton Wallet could be worth having in your arsenal.
Taking your Bitcoin away from centralized exchanges, this product ensures only you have access to your Bitcoin with end-to-end encryption. That means you're the only one who has access to to your wallet's encryption keys.
Proton Meet
While secure messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal promote their tools of communication to have end-to-end encryption, with strict Swiss privacy laws on your side, Proton feels far more trustworthy than a giant corporation that reportedly uses your data to feed AI.
Proton Meet is a more secure option for having video calls, whether with colleagues, family, or friends. Keep all conversations confidential with end-to-end encryption, able to invite people to Proton Meet calls even if they themselves don't have a Proton account.
As with other video call tools, Proton Meet offers features like blurring backgrounds, the ability to use it across devices, and host conference calls with up to 50 people.
How much does Proton Unlimited cost?
At the time of writing, Proton Unlimited costs $12.99 a month or works out as $9.99 a month for an annual plan.
To put that into context, purchasing all of Proton's products separately would otherwise come to a minimum of $32.95 monthly or a combination of its annual plan would work out as $22.95 a month (though you'd be billed for each in a bulk yearly payment).
So going for the entire secure suite can save you money in the long run.
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