Comparison
Alternative to Clean Email
Go beyond a cleaner inbox. Paperweight helps you discover online accounts, detect personal data, and send deletion requests alongside bulk email cleanup. Your email and analysis stay on your computer.
| Comparison criteria | PaperweightAn open-source desktop app for account discovery, email cleanup, and managing your digital footprint. | Clean EmailAn established email-management app with bulk cleanup, unsubscribe tools, and automated inbox rules. |
|---|---|---|
| Processing and storage | Locally on your computer | Hosted service |
| Discovery | Account evidence, purchases, mailing lists, and company relationships | Sender groups and email categories for inbox organization |
| Email cleanup | Bulk unsubscribe, move to trash, and report spam after review | Bulk cleanup, Unsubscriber, and Auto Clean rules |
| Personal data | Detect personal details in messages and generate access or deletion requests | Focused on email organization and cleanup |
| Source code | Open source | Proprietary application |
| Pricing | Free discovery, a $25 Cleanup Pass, or $60 per year | Limited free trial or $40/year for 1 account |
Which should you choose?
Choose Clean Email if your priority is ongoing inbox organization with Auto Clean rules and unsubscribe tools.
Choose Paperweight if you also want to discover accounts and prepare privacy requests while keeping email analysis on your computer.
What Paperweight does differently
A privacy tool that reads your data in the cloud is not a privacy tool. Paperweight connects directly to your provider and stays on your computer.
100% local processing
All analysis runs on your device. There are no Paperweight servers and your emails are never shared with anyone.
Open source and auditable
Publicly available under the permissive MIT license. Inspect the code, verify our claims, or build it yourself.
Review before action
You stay in complete control. Review sender evidence and request templates before anything is sent.
The walk-away test
Even if we disappear, you keep the app, source code, and your data. Fully local, with no Paperweight servers to depend on.
Alternatives
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Alternative to AgainstData
Find online accounts, clean up unwanted email, and manage your digital footprint. Paperweight is an open-source alternative to AgainstData that keeps your email and analysis on your computer.
Alternative to Clean Email
Go beyond a cleaner inbox. Paperweight helps you discover online accounts, detect personal data, and send deletion requests alongside bulk email cleanup. Your email and analysis stay on your computer.
Alternative to Leave Me Alone
Clean up unwanted email and see the accounts behind it. Paperweight combines bulk unsubscribe with account discovery, personal-data detection, and deletion requests in an open-source desktop app.
Alternative to Unroll.Me
Paperweight helps you clean up your inbox and manage email subscriptions without selling your data. Discover forgotten accounts, find personal data, and reduce your digital footprint from your own computer.
Manage your digital footprint
Find your accounts, clean up unwanted email, and take control of your personal data.