Kolab Now
By Apheleia IT AG, Switzerland
Swiss email and groupware from Apheleia IT in Bern, built on open-source Kolab software.
At a glance
- Cheapest plan per year
- CHF 60
- Email only, 12 × monthly, renewal not stated
- Your own domain from
- Not offered
- Not stated for every plan
- Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Who can read stored mail
- The provider can
- Hardware storage encryption; the optional webmail PGP may keep keys on the server
Good to know
- Kolab Now holds the keys to your stored mail
- All apps are open source
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every provider's answer. Kolab Now is outlined.
Who can read your stored mail
The provider can
Only you 3
Only you, if switched on 4
The provider can 16
Not stated 1
Ads on the free plan
No free plan
Your own domain
Not stated
On a personal plan 12
Only on a business plan 3
Not offered 2
Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
Yes, standard IMAP
Yes, standard IMAP 17
Through a bridge app 1
No, its own apps only 3
Where the company is based
Switzerland
European Union 7
Switzerland or Norway 5
Elsewhere 4
Plans and prices
In CHF, as listed by Kolab Now on 2026-10-16.
Free
None
Email only
CHF 60/yr
12 × CHF 5 monthly
- People
- 1
- Storage
- 5 GB
- Own domains
- Not stated
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Not stated
CHF 5/month, billed monthly; annual billing unknown. Custom domains supported (sources: 'first domain free or low extra fee'). Full groupware costs more.
Who can read your mail
- Provider can't read stored mail
- NoNo
- Subject lines encrypted
- NoNo
- Encrypted between its own users
- NoNo
- Encrypted mail to outsiders
- Not statedNot stated
- Built-in PGP
- YesYes
- Ads on the free plan
- No free planNo free plan
- Mail used for ads
- NoNo
- AI and your mail
- Not stated
Who you're trusting
- Owner
- Apheleia IT AG
- Operating company
- Apheleia IT AG
- Based in
- Switzerland
- Mail stored in
- Switzerland
- Open-source apps
- All appsAll apps
- Transparency report
- YesYes
- Latest audit
- None published
- Known incidents
- None found
Apps and features
- Web Yes
- iPhone No
- Android No
- Windows No
- macOS No
- Linux No
- Works in Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird
- Yes, on every planYes, on every plan
- POP3
- YesYes
- Exchange ActiveSync
- YesYes
- Security key or passkey sign-in
- Not statedNot stated
- Authenticator-app 2FA
- Not statedNot stated
- Extra addresses
- Supported (number not stated)
- Hide-my-email aliases
- Not statedNot stated
- Catch-all for your domain
- Not statedNot stated
- Calendar
- YesYes
- Contacts
- YesYes
- File storage
- YesYes
- Sieve filters
- Not statedNot stated
- Scheduled send
- Not statedNot stated
- Undo send
- Not statedNot stated
- Import from Gmail or Outlook
- Not statedNot stated
- Export your whole mailbox
- Not statedNot stated
- Auto-forwarding
- Not statedNot stated
Compare Kolab Now
Sources (9)
- Kolab Now terms of serviceVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Kolab Now KB: GDPR complianceVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Kolab Now FAQ: what does Kolab Now runVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Kolab Now pricingVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Kolab Now blog: transparency reportingVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Kolab Now knowledge baseVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Kolab NowVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16