ELVIDA vs PEAX
Digital mailbox with mail redirection or AI-powered document organization? The differences, explained honestly.
Transparency: ELVIDA is our product. We still compare fairly – all information about PEAX comes from the public website peax.ch. No guarantee; the provider's current information is authoritative.
As of: July 2026
The essentials in brief
PEAX (PEAX AG, Lucerne) is a digital mailbox: your physical mail is redirected, scanned and delivered digitally, and you pay invoices via multibanking directly in the portal. ELVIDA is your digital private administration: the AI sorts all your documents into life areas, detects deadlines from all your paperwork and keeps track of insurance, taxes and contracts. The biggest differences: PEAX works with annual subscriptions and quotas (entries per year, storage in GB) – ELVIDA is unlimited and free in the base plan, and Assist can be cancelled monthly. In return, ELVIDA cannot redirect mail or pay invoices.
What is PEAX?
PEAX is the digital mailbox of PEAX AG from Lucerne. The core of the offering is mail redirection: your physical mail goes to the scanning center, is opened, scanned and delivered digitally. You can also submit documents via a personal peaxbox email address or upload. You pay invoices via multibanking with all Swiss banks directly in the portal, including payment deadline reminders.
The private subscriptions are annual contracts: Starter is free (25 digital entries, 0.5 GB archive, no mail redirection), Basic costs CHF 118.90/year (100 physical + 100 digital entries, 1 GB), Plus CHF 238.80/year and Premium CHF 418.80/year (250/250 entries, 5 GB). Additional entries, storage (+10 GB for CHF 4.90/month) and original document orders (CHF 5.00) cost extra.
More at peax.chWhat is ELVIDA?
ELVIDA is your Swiss digital private administration. You upload documents (drag & drop, scan or photo) – the AI recognizes the content, extracts data and automatically sorts everything into 13 life areas such as taxes, insurance or housing. Free, unlimited and without storage limits.
With ELVIDA Assist (CHF 12.90/month, cancel monthly), ELVIDA becomes your personal assistant: deadline reminders from all documents, events with calendar sync, AI summaries, full-text search, email forwarding and a gap analysis for insurance and pension coverage. Your documents are encrypted starting on your device and stored exclusively in Switzerland.
See all ELVIDA featuresFeature comparison
Both services have clear strengths – just in different places.
ELVIDA
PEAX
Receiving mail & payments
Organization & AI
Price & account
PEAX information according to peax.ch, as of July 2026, without guarantee. "–" means: not part of the offering according to public information.
Pricing at a glance
ELVIDA Free
CHF 0
- Unlimited document uploads
- AI sorting into 13 life areas
- Swiss hosting, encrypted from your device
ELVIDA Assist
CHF 12.90/mo.
- Deadlines, reminders & calendar sync
- AI summaries & full-text search
- 30-day free trial, cancel monthly
- Or CHF 129/year (2 months free)
PEAX Private
CHF 0 – 34.90/mo.
- Starter free: 25 entries, 0.5 GB, no mail redirection
- Basic–Premium: CHF 118.90–418.80/year
- Annual contracts only, quotas per plan
- Extra costs for entries, storage & originals
PEAX prices according to peax.ch/privat/preise, as of July 2026, without guarantee.
When is PEAX the better choice?
- You want to redirect all your physical mail and only receive it digitally.
- You want to pay invoices via multibanking directly in the portal.
- You occasionally need the original back (order from the scanning center).
- You are looking for a solution that also offers business accounts for SMEs and fiduciaries.
When is ELVIDA the better choice?
- You want to store unlimited documents for free – without entry quotas or GB limits.
- You want an AI that sorts automatically, detects deadlines from all documents and reminds you.
- You want to keep track of your insurance and pension situation (gap analysis).
- You don't want to commit for a year – ELVIDA Assist can be cancelled monthly.
Combining ELVIDA and PEAX
Here too: the services complement each other. PEAX digitizes your incoming mail – ELVIDA takes care of long-term organization: AI sorting into life areas, deadline reminders and an overview of all your documents, without storage limits. You can export documents from PEAX and upload them to ELVIDA – with ELVIDA Assist also via email forwarding.
Frequently asked questions about the comparison
Does ELVIDA replace a digital mailbox like PEAX?
No. ELVIDA does not redirect physical mail and does not pay invoices – that's what PEAX is built for. ELVIDA organizes your documents: AI sorting into life areas, deadline reminders and an overview of insurance, taxes and contracts.
What is the biggest difference in pricing?
The model. PEAX works with annual contracts and quotas: the free Starter plan includes 25 digital entries and 0.5 GB, the paid subscriptions cost CHF 118.90 to 418.80 per year with fixed limits. With ELVIDA, documents and storage are unlimited in the free plan; ELVIDA Assist costs CHF 12.90 per month and can be cancelled monthly.
Can I use ELVIDA and PEAX at the same time?
Yes. PEAX digitizes your incoming mail, ELVIDA takes care of long-term organization and reminds you of deadlines from all documents. You can download documents from PEAX and upload them to ELVIDA – with ELVIDA Assist also via email forwarding.
Doesn't PEAX also remind me of deadlines?
According to the provider's website, PEAX reminds you of invoice payment deadlines. ELVIDA Assist detects deadlines and events from all documents – for example contract cancellation deadlines, ID expiry dates or tax deadlines – and syncs them with your calendar if you wish.
Where is my data stored?
ELVIDA stores your documents exclusively on Swiss servers (Exoscale) and encrypts them right on your device with AES-256. PEAX is also a Swiss provider (PEAX AG, Lucerne); details on data storage can be found at peax.ch.
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