Just-email providers. No bundled hosting baggage.
| # | Provider | Best For | Price | Score / 10 | Δ 90d | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | MigaduIndie Mailbox-count pricing, unlimited domains, no per-user trap | Anyone running multiple domains or family/team mailboxes cheaply | $1.58/ mo | 9.2 | — flat | |
| 02 | Proton MailIndie Swiss end-to-end encrypted mail, free tier is real | Privacy-first users who want zero-access encryption by default | $3.99/ mo | 9.0 | — flat | |
| 03 | Mailbox.orgIndie German privacy mail with a real Office suite bundled | European privacy-leaning users who want LibreOffice-grade docs included | $3.20/ mo | 8.8 | — flat | |
| 04 | TutaIndie German E2E mail, FOSS clients, no IMAP | Users who want fully open-source E2E mail with calendar encryption | $3.60/ mo | 8.7 | — flat | |
| 05 | FastmailIndie Privacy-focused email, no Google, no ads | Anyone leaving Gmail for a custom domain | $5.00/ mo | 8.7 | — flat | |
| 06 | PosteoIndie €1/month ethical mail — no custom domain, ever | Users on a @posteo.* address who don't need a custom domain | $1.10/ mo | 8.5 | — flat | |
| 07 | Free tier for 5 users, deep upsell path into Zoho One | Small teams who want free custom-domain mail and don't mind Zoho's ecosystem | $1.00/ mo | 8.0 | — flat | |
| 08 | Custom domain mail bolted onto iCloud, only useful inside Apple | Apple-ecosystem users who already pay for iCloud+ storage | $0.99/ mo | 7.8 | — flat | |
| 09 | Gmail with your domain, with all the Google strings attached | Teams already living in Docs/Sheets/Meet who want the path of least resistance | $7.00/ mo | 7.5 | — flat | |
| 10 | Outlook + Exchange + Office, billed by the seat forever | Businesses that need Exchange features and desktop Office | $6.00/ mo | 7.4 | — flat | |
| 11 | Opinionated workflow, $99/yr, no IMAP | People who agree with 37signals' philosophy of email as a workflow | $8.25/ mo | 7.0 | — flat |