Cheapest email that works in Apple Mail and Outlook
Paid plans with standard IMAP, so you can use the mail app you already have, ordered by price per year in each currency.
What we looked at:Price per yearStandard IMAP on that planStorageOwn domain
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Purelymail
About $10 a year flat for unlimited users, domains and storage within fair-use limits, with standard IMAP. A small US company with no free plan.
- Free plan
- No
- Cheapest paid, per year
- $10
- Who can read stored mail
- Only you, if you switch it on
- Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Owner
- Add Rabbit LLC
- 2
Posteo
€12 a year with IMAP, calendar and contacts, from a Berlin company that lets you pay anonymously. No own domain.
- Free plan
- No
- Cheapest paid, per year
- €12
- Who can read stored mail
- Only you, if you switch it on
- Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Owner
- Posteo e.K.
- 3
mailbox.org
Light is €12 a year with IMAP and 2 GB of mail. Standard adds your own domain and more storage.
- Free plan
- No
- Cheapest paid, per year
- €12
- Who can read stored mail
- Only you, if you switch it on
- Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Owner
- Heinlein Hosting GmbH
Every plan with standard IMAP, cheapest first
The cheapest paid plan with standard IMAP (no bridge app), per year. Each currency is ranked on its own.
In US dollars
- Purelymail$10, Simple pricing
iCloud Mail$11.88, iCloud+ 50 GB
Zoho Mail$12, business
Migadu$19, Micro
Outlook.com$19.99, Microsoft 365 Basic
AOL Mail$23.88, AOL Mail Plus
Gmail$23.88, Google One Basic (100 GB)
mail.com$29.99, Premium
StartMail$59.88, Personal
Hushmail$59.99, Personal
Fastmail$60, Individual
Yahoo Mail$60, Yahoo Mail Plus
In Euros
- mailbox.org€12, Light
- Posteo€12, Posteo mailbox
Runbox€19.95, Micro
Mailfence€30, Base
In Swiss francs
Kolab NowCHF 60, Email only
Worth knowing. The cheapest plans have the least storage. Posteo's base mailbox and mailbox.org Light are 2 to 4 GB; check that your mail fits before you move it.