Runbox
By Runbox Solutions AS, Norway
Employee-owned Norwegian email on its own servers in Oslo, with standard IMAP and plans from €19.95 a year.
At a glance
- Cheapest plan per year
- €19.95
- Micro, same price at renewal
- Your own domain from
- €19.95/yr
- Micro
- Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Who can read stored mail
- The provider can
- Full-disk encryption with Runbox-held keys
Good to know
- Runbox holds the keys to your stored mail
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every provider's answer. Runbox 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
On a personal plan
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
Norway
European Union 7
Switzerland or Norway 5
Elsewhere 4
Plans and prices
In EUR, as listed by Runbox on 2026-10-16.
Free
None
Micro
€19.95/yr
- People
- 1
- Storage
- 2 GB
- Own domains
- 1
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Same price
2 GB mail plus 200 MB files; €49.95 for 3 years. Subaccounts for family members from €7.95/year. Not introductory, renews at listed rates.
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
- NoNo
- Built-in PGP
- NoNo
- 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
- Runbox Solutions AS
- Operating company
- Runbox Solutions AS
- Based in
- Norway
- Mail stored in
- Norway
- Open-source apps
- Not statedNot stated
- 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
- Not statedNot stated
- Security key or passkey sign-in
- Not statedNot stated
- Authenticator-app 2FA
- YesYes
- Extra addresses
- 100 on Runbox domains, unlimited on own domains
- Hide-my-email aliases
- Not statedNot stated
- Catch-all for your domain
- YesYes
- 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
- YesYes
- Export your whole mailbox
- Not statedNot stated
- Auto-forwarding
- YesYes
Compare Runbox
Sources (9)
- Runbox: aboutVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Runbox pricingVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Runbox privacy policyVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Runbox transparency reportVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Runbox featuresVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Runbox Help: IMAPVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Runbox comparedVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16