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Standard from €3 a month, yearly (from summer 2026). Based in Germany.

Last checked 22 October 2026

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I've reviewed mailbox.org Mailbox.org Review (2026): Plans, Trial Limits & Privacy Mailbox.org is a paid German email provider with own data centres, custom domains from €3 a month, standard IMAP and usable PGP and S/MIME. Here is what changed in its 2026 plans, why the free trial can't test real email, and who it suits. Read my review
Overall4.5
Privacy4.5
Price4.0
Features5.0

How these stars are worked out. Commission never changes a star.

Key facts

Cheapest plan
Standard
€3 a month, yearly (from summer 2026)
Free plan
No (30-day trial)
Storage
20 GB
Your own domain
✓ Yes
End-to-end encryption
Optional (PGP or encrypted storage)
Company based in
Germany
Your data is kept in
Germany
Founded
2014
Free trial
30 days free
Funded by advertising
No
Works in any mail app
✓ IMAP and SMTP
Calendar and contacts
✓ Yes
Aliases
Yes
Open-source apps
✓ Yes
Sign up without ID
✓ Yes
White label
No
Reader offer
None

Which plan includes your own domain needs checking

mailbox.org email addresses end in @mailbox.org.

Trust score

Still being checked
Still being checked

My Trust score counts only things mailbox.org controls: reliability, abuse handling, email security, account security, transparency, fair dealing and support. It doesn't change the stars above. I'll show a score once I've had a week of my own checks. So far 2.3 points are confirmed. How it's worked out

Reliability 0 of 1

  • Website uptime over 30 daysFrom my hourly checks. 99% or more scores in full, 98% scores 0.75, 97% scores 0.5 and 95% scores 0.25. Needs a week of checks.Not checked yet: 0/1

Abuse and reputation 0 of 0.75

  • Mail servers kept off blocklists for 30 daysFrom my daily checks of the free blocklists. A listing only counts if I see it on two separate days.Not checked yet: 0/0.5
  • Publishes a way to report abuseNot checked yet: 0/0.25

Email security on its own domain 1 of 1

  • DMARC set to rejectFrom my DNS checks of the domain its mail comes from.Yes: 0.4/0.4
  • MTA-STS, so mail to it can't be quietly downgradedFrom my DNS checks.Yes: 0.2/0.2
  • DNSSEC on its domainFrom my DNS checks.Yes: 0.2/0.2
  • Website on HTTPS with HSTSFrom my website checks.Yes: 0.2/0.2

Account security 0.25 of 0.5

  • Two-step sign-inYes: 0.25/0.25
  • PasskeysNot checked yet: 0/0.25

Transparency 0.5 of 0.75

  • A security contact (security.txt or a security page)Yes: 0.25/0.25
  • A transparency report, or a published policy on government requests SourceYes: 0.25/0.25
  • A published security audit, or a bug bountyNot checked yet: 0/0.25

Fair dealing 0.25 of 0.5

  • You can export all your mailYes: 0.25/0.25
  • You can cancel onlineNot checked yet: 0/0.25

Support 0.25 of 0.5

  • A way to reach a person, listed on its website SourceYes: 0.25/0.25
  • A public status pageNot checked yet: 0/0.25

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Plans

3 plans

Light

Paying yearly
€1 a month, paid yearly (€12)
Storage
2 GB
Own domains
Only in family accounts
Email addresses
3 @mailbox.org aliases
Also includes
Calendar and address book, limited support, 1-year minimum term

Light on mailbox.org ↗

Standard

Paying monthly
€4 a month
Paying yearly
€3 a month, paid yearly (€36)
Storage
20 GB mail, 10 GB drive
Own domains
Yes
Email addresses
25 @mailbox.org aliases, 50 on your own domains
Also includes
Office, video calls, family accounts, 25 disposable addresses

Standard on mailbox.org ↗

Premium

Paying monthly
€12 a month
Paying yearly
€9 a month, paid yearly (€108)
Storage
50 GB mail, 100 GB drive
Own domains
Yes
Email addresses
25 @mailbox.org aliases, 250 on your own domains
Also includes
Office, video calls, family accounts, priority and telephone support

Premium on mailbox.org ↗

Prices as listed when I checked, before any tax. Dollar and euro prices are what the provider charges. Tap a plan to see what's included.

Before you sign up

5 of 7 checked
Taking your email with you
Unknown Suggest an edit
How to cancel
Unknown Suggest an edit
Refunds
You top up credit in advance; credit already paid in can't be refunded, so only pay in what you'll use Their page ↗
Minimum term
Light: 1 year minimum. Standard and Premium: 1 month Their page ↗
Price when it renews
No automatic card renewal: you load credit, get reminders before it runs out, or set up a SEPA direct debit Their page ↗
After you close your account
Your address is protected from re-registration for 90 days (Light), at least 1 year (Standard) or at least 2 years (Premium) Their page ↗
Getting help
Light: contract questions only. Standard: Monday to Friday, usually within 48 hours. Premium: priority within 24 hours, plus phone Their page ↗

Taken from mailbox.org's own pages. Policies change, so check their page before you pay.

Reviews

Trustpilot 4.1

These are other people's ratings, taken from each site on the date shown. They don't change my stars, which come only from the facts.

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Features

12 of 22 offered, 8 still to check
  • Your own domain✓ Yes
  • Works in any mail app (IMAP)✓ Yes
  • Calendar and contacts✓ Yes
  • Open source✓ Yes
  • White label (resell as your own)No
  • Two-step sign-in✓ Yes
  • PasskeysUnknown Suggest an edit
  • PGP encryption✓ Yes
  • Password-protected email to anyone✓ Yes
  • Catch-all address✓ Yes
  • Filters and rules✓ Yes
  • Sieve filters✓ Yes
  • Auto-reply✓ Yes
  • Scheduled sendUnknown Suggest an edit
  • Undo sendUnknown Suggest an edit
  • Import from another provider✓ Yes
  • Mobile appsUnknown Suggest an edit
  • Desktop appUnknown Suggest an edit
  • POP3✓ Yes
  • CalDAV and CardDAV sync✓ Yes
  • JMAPNo
  • Tor (onion) addressUnknown Suggest an edit
  • Pay with cash or crypto✓ Yes
  • Export all your mail✓ Yes
  • APIUnknown Suggest an edit
  • AI featuresNo
  • Single sign-on (SSO)Unknown Suggest an edit

Policies and contacts

3 of 5 found
Privacy policy
Unknown Suggest an edit
Acceptable use policy
Unknown Suggest an edit

Track record

No known breaches
Known data breaches
✓ None on record for mailbox.org
Their pricing page in past years
2026 ↗ 2025 ↗
Saved copies from the Internet Archive, so you can see how prices and plans have changed.

From public sources, last read on 31 October 2026: breaches from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0), which lists breaches of the provider's own site, not of every account that uses it; incidents as the provider reports them. None of this changes my stars.

Company and servers

Founded, owner, servers, uptime and blocklists
Founded
2014
Domain first registered
1998 (mailbox.org)
Website hosted in
Germany (Heinlein Support GmbH)
Only the website. Where your mail is kept is under Your data is kept in.
Mail servers
Germany (Heinlein Support GmbH)
mx1.mailbox.org, mx2.mailbox.org, mx3.mailbox.org
Mail security records
SPF soft (~all) · DMARC reject · MTA-STS ✓ · TLS reporting ✓ · DANE ✓
Blocklists
✓ Not listed on the 12 lists I check, for 3 of its mail servers
Name servers run by
Heinlein Support GmbH
DNSSEC
✓ Signed
IPv6
✓ website and mail servers
Website certificate
DigiCert Inc · TLS 1.3
Home page answered in
866 ms · HTTPS with HSTS

My automatic checks last ran on 31 October 2026. Server countries come from their IP addresses (IP geolocation by DB-IP), and big providers often run servers in many countries. Blocklists are the free lists that answer public look-ups.

mailbox.org home page

Screenshot
The mailbox.org home page, as my checks saw it
Captured by my automatic checks on 31 October 2026.

News

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Price history

3 prices since 1 June 2026

Cheapest plan per month, in pounds. Prices charged in dollars or euros are converted at a rough rate. Every change I find is added here with its date.

£0£1£2£3£42026
  • 22 October 2026 €3 a month, yearly (from summer 2026), when I checked
  • 1 September 2026 €3.00 (announced 15 July 2026)
  • 1 June 2026 €2.50

Sources

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