# iRedMail review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Open-source mail server installer for Linux and BSD Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. iRedMail is a downloadable installer that sets up a full open-source mail server on supported Linux and BSD systems, with webmail, antispam and antivirus. The team also sells iRedAdmin-Pro, a fuller admin panel, and an Enterprise Edition delivered as a single binary. - **Category:** Email Apps - **Made by:** iRedMail (since 2007) - **Website:** https://www.iredmail.org - **Runs on:** Linux - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you need the full admin panel: iRedAdmin-Pro is $499 a year for one server, $250 to renew. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, iRedMail has a free plan, and paid plans start at $499 for a 1-year iRedAdmin-Pro license, $250 per year to renew. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** iRedMail itself is free and open source, with a free basic web admin panel. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | iRedMail | $0 | Open-source installer with unlimited domains, mailboxes and mailing lists. | | iRedAdmin-Pro, 1 year | $499 per server, for a 1-year license | Full admin panel, SQL or LDAP edition. Renews at $250 per year; sales are final. | | iRedAdmin-Pro, 2 years | $699 per server, for a 2-year license | Same panel; renew before expiry for the third year. | | iRedAdmin-Pro, 3 years | $899 per server, for a 3-year license | Same panel; renew before expiry for the fourth year. | Read from https://www.iredmail.org/pricing.html on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with iRedMail before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **5% off two licenses, 10% off four** (Other savings): The iRedAdmin-Pro order page gives 5% off when buying 2 licenses and 10% off when buying 4. Source: https://www.iredmail.org/pricing.html ## Key features - **Full stack installer:** Installs and configures the mail server components in a few minutes, per the site. - **Webmail and groupware:** Roundcube webmail and SOGo groupware, which adds CalDAV, CardDAV, tasks and ActiveSync. - **Antispam and antivirus:** SpamAssassin, ClamAV, SPF, DKIM, greylisting, whitelisting and blacklisting are listed. - **Choice of backends:** Accounts can be stored in OpenLDAP, MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL. - **Unlimited accounts:** The site says there is no limit on domains, users, mailing lists or admins. - **Enterprise Edition:** A separate edition with Active Directory replication, domain admins, throttling and two-factor authentication. ## Good for - Admins who want a self-run mail server without per-mailbox fees - Hosting a mail server for several domains on one machine ## Worth knowing - The iRedAdmin-Pro license covers one server, and support for iRedMail itself is not included. - Runs on supported Linux and BSD releases; SOGo is not available on some of them (CentOS Stream, Rocky and Alma 10). - The site recommends Enterprise Edition for new servers; its per-mailbox or per-server price was not readable. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. iRedMail is a free installer that sets up a full mail server with webmail, antispam and antivirus on Linux or BSD. The free admin panel is basic, the fuller iRedAdmin-Pro is $499 a year, and it only runs on a server you look after. - **Value for money: C.** The installer is free, but self-hosted is a C. The fuller admin panel iRedAdmin-Pro is $499 for 1 year per server, then $250 a year to renew, and sales are final. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The installer and a basic admin panel are free with unlimited domains, mailboxes and lists. You need your own server. - **Features: C.** Installs the stack with webmail, groupware, antispam and antivirus and lets you pick backends. The full admin panel and Enterprise Edition cost extra. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating on record. You run the server yourself on a supported Linux or BSD release, so a D. - **Platforms and integrations: D.** Linux and BSD servers only. SOGo is not available on some releases such as CentOS Stream, Rocky and Alma 10. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from iRedMail's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email apps - iRedMail's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 2 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 69 of 122) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $20.83 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 70 of the 76 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.3 out of 4. 97 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace iRedMail you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 112 of the 122 other email apps grade higher. It costs $250 a year. iRedMail is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could make: Calendar: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. - You could not: A real app for Linux. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Roundcube, SOGo and SpamAssassin among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Roundcube, SOGo, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, OpenLDAP, Postfix **Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Email client, Calendar ## Alternatives - [mailcow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailcow): Dockerized open-source mail server with a web admin UI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/iredmail-vs-mailcow) - [Modoboa](https://toolgpa.com/tools/modoboa): Open-source mail server with a web admin panel and webmail. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/iredmail-vs-modoboa) - [Mailu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailu): Free Docker-based mail server with webmail and admin UI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/iredmail-vs-mailu) - [Mail-in-a-Box](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mail-in-a-box): Free script that turns a cloud server into your own mail server. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/iredmail-vs-mail-in-a-box) - [Zimbra](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zimbra): Self-hosted email, calendar and file sharing for organizations. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/iredmail-vs-zimbra) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.iredmail.org - https://www.iredmail.org/pricing.html - https://www.iredmail.org/download.html - https://www.iredmail.org/ee.html Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/iredmail Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).