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Mailvelope for Google Workspace
Keep your confidential business communication safe from prying eyes (and Google!)
The tools you love without giving up on your data
With over 9 million customers worldwide, Google Workspace is one of the most-used enterprise productivity suites. Still, it gives its users very limited options for encrypting their email, although this is a key feature for professional business communications.
With Mailvelope, you can easily add seamless email encryption functionality to your company's Google Workspace.
Try 14 days for freeStandard Google Workspace
- Limited encryption options
- Communications can be accessed by 3rd parties (incl. Google)
- Keys managed by Google
Workspace x Mailvelope
- Keep your Google Workspace setup
- Add Mailvelope's advanced E2E encryption features
- Full integration for best user experience
- No data shared outside your organization by 3rd parties (incl. Google)
- Open Source and in no way affiliated with Google
Intuitive
Seamless and user-friendly integrations with Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Nextcloud.
Premium support
Get access to our premium email support and receive expert guidance for the implementation of Mailvelope in your company.
Discover Mailvelope for Google Workspace
Some features are not yet fully integrated. They will be made available in the upcoming Nextcloud releases.
Basic Functionality
- Encrypt and decrypt mail
- Sign emails and verify signatures
- Encrypt and decrypt files
Ease of Use
- One-click creation of public and private keys
- Automatically uploads public key
- Automated public key detection of recipient when composing email
Key management
- WKD protocol for easy and user-friendly key exchange
- Store public keys on Mailvelope Key Server or host it on premise
- Use other key servers like keys.openpgp.org
- Easy import of existing keys
- Support for multiple keyrings
Attachment Handling
- Seamless attachment handling in Gmail interface
- Supports PGP/MIME (encrypt and sign email with attachments in one structure)
Secure inbox
- Easily detect phishing attempts (signature mismatch)
Backup and Recovery
- Export public and/or private key
- Export keyring
Business
- Support for organization-wide keys
Security Standards
- Neither Google nor your mail provider can read or decrypt mails (zero trust)
- Neither Google nor your mail provider can access private keys
- End-to-End (E2E) encryption, happening directly in the user's browser
- Uses PGP (OpenPGP.js or GnuPG)
- Personalized security background to safeguard against attacks
- GDPR compliance
- Highest security standards (list of audits by BSI and others
Your options for E2E encryption in Google Workspace
Google Workspace CSE
Client-Side Encryption (CSE) is Google's E2E encryption solution
- Expensive licensing: only available for Enterprise Plus
- 3rd party providers for the E2E solution, accredited by Google
- International providers, no public audits.
Mailvelope Anywhere
Great encryption, but no integration.
- Free
- Independent, no affiliation with Google
- German provider, security audited by German and international authorities.
- No PGP/MIME support.
- No integration in Google Workspace, so only adequate usability.
- No customer service
Mailvelope for Google Workspace
Best-in-class encryption with seamless integration
- Lightweight and flexible subscription model
- Independent, no affiliation with Google
- German provider, security audited by German and international authorities.
- Full-featured email encryption engine, incl. PGP/MIME support
- High-level usability and seamless integration in Google Workspace
- Premium email support and customer service
How It Works
3 easy steps to enhance your Google Workspace setup with Mailvelope encryption.
- ①Click here to try out Mailvelope for Google Workspace — 14 days for free!
- ②Get the Mailvelope browser add-on and follow the setup instructions.
- ③Encrypt your first email!