Proton Unlimited

Encrypted email, calendar, VPN, password manager, and cloud storage

NOT REALLY · consider alternatives
price $12.99/mosubscription / year $155.88estimated build time not a true replacement; consolation build in one to two daysreplaced by 0 people

Do not mistake the interface for the product. Proton Unlimited's durable value is security, infrastructure, trust, which a solo one-shot build cannot reproduce responsibly. The prompt therefore builds only the closest honest personal consolation tool.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • calendar-provider edge cases and timezone correctness
  • audited cryptography and incident response
  • global network or redundant storage infrastructure
  • identity, credit, or broker-removal operations
  • recovery guarantees and regulated trust

Why people still pay

Proton Unlimited: Security subscriptions buy professional operations, audits, response capacity, redundancy, and accountability when something goes wrong.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • desktop development machine
  • user-controlled storage target
  • documented threat-model limits
  • Explicit README warning that this is a consolation build, not a production replacement
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Use exactly this stack: Go 1.24 + SQLite.
02
Model authorized targets, source observations, findings, review decisions, and exports; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
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Interface for this privacy suite workflow: a focused privacy suite input, review, and export interface.
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

1

Phase 1, architecture and data

Use exactly this stack: Go 1.24 + SQLite. Model authorized targets, source observations, findings, review decisions, and exports; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.

2

Phase 2, implement

For privacy suite, define the master credential, local threat boundary, and recovery path before importing secrets.

3

Phase 3, implement

Create, edit, lock, and unlock one encrypted vault using a maintained primitive and explicit key derivation settings.

4

Phase 4, review and output

Search the unlocked vault and export an encrypted recovery copy with clear user action.

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Phase 5, recovery and acceptance

Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: A wrong credential must reveal no record content; a recovery import must restore the same record IDs and values. State the practical limit: calendar-provider edge cases and timezone correctness.

the pro prompt
Build me a focused privacy suite workflow for the personal core of Proton Unlimited. Requirements:

- Use exactly this stack: Go 1.24 + SQLite. Model authorized targets, source observations, findings, review decisions, and exports; keep stable source IDs and timestamps.
- Paid product context: Encrypted email, calendar, VPN, password manager, and cloud storage. Build only this DIY scope: Build a local diagnostic or backup companion for privacy suite; do not claim to replace audited security, identity, VPN, or cloud-storage infrastructure.
- For privacy suite, define the master credential, local threat boundary, and recovery path before importing secrets.
- Create, edit, lock, and unlock one encrypted vault using a maintained primitive and explicit key derivation settings.
- Search the unlocked vault and export an encrypted recovery copy with clear user action.
- Use a focused privacy suite input, review, and export interface. Required input or access: user-controlled storage target; documented threat-model limits.
- Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: A wrong credential must reveal no record content; a recovery import must restore the same record IDs and values.
- Out of scope: calendar-provider edge cases and timezone correctness; audited cryptography and incident response. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow.
- Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

prior art · use these instead of building, if you'd ratherNextcloudOpen-source file sync, sharing, and collaboration server.↗SyncthingPeer-to-peer continuous file synchronization.↗
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Proton Unlimited pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
proton free$0/user$0/user1 user; 1 email address; 1 GB storage initially, expandable to 5 GB by completing account actions; limited VPN and PassPermanent free ecosystem tier.
proton unlimited$12.99/user$9.99/user1 user; 500 GB storage; 15 email addresses; 3 custom domains; 10 VPN connections; up to 50 password vaults$119.88 billed annually at the published annual-equivalent rate.

free tier1 user; 1 email address; 1 GB initial storage (up to 5 GB after account actions); limited VPN and password-manager access

billingmonthly + annual; annual Unlimited is $9.99/month equivalent

hidden costsTaxes can be added; storage, addresses and users above the included personal limits require a different Proton plan, and discounted acquisition offers can renew at the then-current standard rate

price historyProton Unlimited monthly plan: $11.99 → $12.99 (2023-07)

pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗

Questions about Proton Unlimited

Can you build your own Proton Unlimited with AI?

A full replacement is not the recommended project. Do not mistake the interface for the product. Proton Unlimited's durable value is security, infrastructure, trust, which a solo one-shot build cannot reproduce responsibly. The prompt therefore builds only the closest honest personal consolation tool.

What does the Proton Unlimited build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Build a local diagnostic or backup companion for privacy suite; do not claim to replace audited security, identity, VPN, or cloud-storage infrastructure. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: calendar-provider edge cases and timezone correctness; audited cryptography and incident response; global network or redundant storage infrastructure. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Proton Unlimited prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Proton Unlimited project take?

The catalogue estimate is not a true replacement; consolation build in one to two days for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Proton Unlimited?

calendar-provider edge cases and timezone correctness; audited cryptography and incident response; global network or redundant storage infrastructure; identity, credit, or broker-removal operations; recovery guarantees and regulated trust. Proton Unlimited: Security subscriptions buy professional operations, audits, response capacity, redundancy, and accountability when something goes wrong.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded Unlimited plan is $12.99/mo (monthly individual plan), checked 2026-07-31. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building Proton Unlimited?

The prior-art section lists Nextcloud, Syncthing as starting points. Review their current scope, license and maintenance before adopting one.

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