mailbox vs Soverin (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, mailbox grades higher than Soverin: 2.6 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
mailbox grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
mailbox
Paid, ad-free email with cloud storage and office tools from Germany
Soverin
Paid private email hosted in Europe, on your own domain
Which one is for you
Pick mailbox if
- Fits if you want paid, ad-free email with servers in Germany
- Works for families, as up to 10 mailboxes can share calendars, contacts and Drive storage
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free mailbox, because all you get free is a 30-day trial
- Tight if you pick Light, with 2 GB of mail storage, no Drive storage and support for contract questions only
- Not for you if you want the provider's own phone app, as mail runs in the browser or in other mail apps
- Watch out: Light must be paid a year in advance, and prices are in euros
- Pricey if you're a business, as the calculator adds a service package from €25 a month on top of each user
Pick Soverin if
- Fits if you want a cheap private mailbox on your own domain and no ads
- Works for people who'd rather pay a few euros than be the product
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try before paying, as there's no free plan or trial
- Skip it if you want end-to-end encryption, which it doesn't offer
- Tight if you want monthly billing, as it's billed once a year
- Watch out: sign-up needs a mobile phone number
- Watch out: prices are in euros and include VAT
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAmailboxGood | 1.8GPASoverinWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | ALight is €1 a month, paid as €12 a year, and Standard with 20 GB, custom domains, Drive storage and the office suite is €3 a month paid annually. Against an $8 middle for this category, that's under almost everything here. Prices are in euros, and Light is 2 GB with support for contract questions only. | C3.25 euros a month billed annually (39 a year) with VAT included, a little above the cheapest quarter of what email services charge. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, since the service carries no advertising. Any plan can be tried free for 30 days, and nothing on record says whether the trial asks for payment details. | FNothing free. There is a 30-day money-back guarantee, which isn't a trial, and domains aren't refunded. |
| Features | BWebmail over IMAP, POP3 and SMTP, PGP and S/MIME handled inside the webmail, aliases, and calendar, contacts and tasks on every plan, with Drive storage, a browser office suite and video meetings on the higher ones. The mail job is covered. | B25 GB mailbox, unlimited aliases, your own domain, calendar and contact sync, no ads or scanning. The listing shows no gap in the hosting job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Webmail opens in any browser, but there's no app to install, so using your own mail app means setting up IMAP yourself, and on Light support only answers contract, credit balance and password questions. | CNo store rating on record. You connect your own mail app, and sign-up needs a phone number. |
| Platforms and integrations | CThe browser is the only place mailbox has an app of its own. It speaks IMAP, POP3, SMTP, CalDAV and CardDAV, so other mail apps can connect, but the integrations on record are just Mailvelope and OX Drive, which is what phones use for files. | CA web service that works in Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird and Airmail. No apps of its own. |
| Best for | paid, ad-free email hosted in Germany | paid private email on your own domain |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: mailbox and Soverin. How we grade
Price against what you get
mailbox starts at about $1.12 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Soverin starts at about $3.63 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and mailbox starts $2.51 a month lower. Of the other email apps on the chart, 6 score higher than mailbox for less, and 17 score higher than Soverin for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- mailbox is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- mailbox also covers tasks, documents, video calls and file sync.
At a glance
| mailbox | Soverin | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | €1 per month, annual payment only (€12 a year, Light) | €3.25 per month, billed annually (€39 a year) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial of any plan | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Heinlein Hosting GmbH | Soverin B.V. |
| Price read from | mailbox.org | soverin.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
mailbox
- There is no free plan; any plan can be tried free for 30 days.
- The €1 Light plan is paid a year in advance and has 2 GB of mail storage, no Drive storage and support limited to contract questions.
- There are no mailbox apps of its own for mail: it runs in the browser or in other mail apps, and file sync on phones uses the separate OX Drive app.
- Prices are in euros. Private prices include VAT, business prices are net, and the business calculator adds a service package from €25 a month.
Soverin
- Billed once a year only: there is no monthly plan and no free trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee on the mailbox (domains are not refunded).
- Prices are in euros and include VAT.
- Not end-to-end encrypted: the vendor describes connection encryption and encrypted disks, not encrypted mailboxes.
- Signing up needs a mobile phone number, which the vendor says is used only for password resets.
Key features
mailbox
- Webmail with IMAP, POP3 and SMTP
- Mail is read in the browser or in any mail app over IMAP, POP3 and SMTP. Standard and Premium add a tabbed inbox, email statistics and collection from external POP3 accounts.
- PGP and S/MIME encryption
- The Guard feature handles PGP and S/MIME inside webmail, and incoming mail can be kept in a PGP-encrypted inbox. Mailvelope and mailbox's own PGP key server are supported on every plan.
- Aliases and custom domains
- Light includes 3 @mailbox.org aliases, Standard and Premium 25. The two higher plans add custom domains with 50 or 250 aliases and 25 or 50 disposable addresses.
- Drive cloud storage
- 10 GB on Standard and 100 GB on Premium, expandable for a fee, with password-protected download links that expire, WebDAV access and optional encryption with your own PGP key.
- Office, calendar and contacts
- Text documents, spreadsheets and presentations are edited in the browser on Standard and Premium. Calendar, contacts and tasks are on every plan and sync over CalDAV and CardDAV.
- Meet video conferencing
- Browser-based video meetings with breakout rooms, screen sharing, chat and surveys. Guests join from an invitation link without an account or an install.
Soverin
- No ads or scanning
- The vendor says it does not scan emails, track readers or sell data, and that it removes the sender's IP from message headers.
- Your own domain
- Connect a domain you already own for free, or register a new one through Soverin for a yearly fee.
- Unlimited aliases
- Aliases are free, and the vendor also lists multiple mailboxes.
- Works in other mail apps
- The vendor lists Apple Mail, Outlook, Airmail and Thunderbird, plus Roundcube and Aurora in the browser.
- Calendar and contact sync
- Calendar and contacts sync with the mailbox, and 25 GB of storage is included.
Plans
mailbox
Light€1
per month, annual payment only (€12 a year)
2 GB of mail storage, 3 @mailbox.org aliases, calendar and address book. Support covers contract, credit balance and password reset questions only.
Standard€3
per month, paid annually (€36); €4 paid monthly
20 GB of mail and 10 GB of Drive storage, 25 aliases, custom domains with 50 aliases, online document editing and family accounts.
Premium€9
per month, paid annually (€108); €12 paid monthly
50 GB of mail and 100 GB of Drive storage, custom domains with 250 aliases, replies within 24 hours on business days and a phone callback service.
Business€1 to €12
per user / month, net, plus a service package
Business Light, Standard and Premium accounts at €1, €4 and €12 a user, with a service package: Silver €25, Gold €75 or Platinum €250 a month.
EnterpriseCustom
For large companies with advanced requirements, quoted on request.
Soverin
Private mailbox€3.25
per month, billed annually (€39 a year)
25 GB mailbox, unlimited aliases, calendar and contact sync. Connecting a domain you own is free; a new .nl, .eu or .com domain adds €13 to €18 a year.
Ways to pay less
mailbox
- Annual discount
Save 25% when paying annually
Standard costs €3 a month when paid annually (€36) against €4 paid monthly, and Premium €9 a month (€108) against €12. The prices page labels both as a 25% saving.
Soverin
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, mailbox or Soverin?
As of Nov 13, 2026, mailbox is cheaper to start with: about $1.12 a month, against about $3.63 a month for Soverin. mailbox starts at €1 per month, annual payment only (€12 a year, Light), and Soverin starts at €3.25 per month, billed annually (€39 a year).
Which has a free plan, mailbox or Soverin?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither mailbox nor Soverin has a free plan. mailbox has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.