# Migadu review (2026): is it worth $19 a year?

> Swiss email hosting with unlimited addresses at a flat price

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Migadu hosts email for your own domains and prices each account by usage, not by mailbox: any number of domains, mailboxes and addresses share one set of daily message and storage allowances. It uses standard protocols (SMTP, IMAP, POP3 and webmail), has no ads, and is run by a self-funded company registered in Switzerland.

- **Category:** Email Apps
- **Made by:** Migadu (since 2014)
- **Website:** https://www.migadu.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you need 2FA on mailboxes or encryption, as its own page says it has neither.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Migadu is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $19 per year (Micro, no monthly option).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** Free trial, no credit card required; length not stated.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Micro | $19 per year, no monthly option | 5 GB, 200 incoming and 20 outgoing messages a day, with some features unavailable. |
| Mini | $9 per month, flat per account | 30 GB, 1,000 incoming and 100 outgoing messages a day, best-effort support. |
| Standard | $29 per month, flat per account | 100 GB, 3,000 incoming and 500 outgoing messages a day, with office-hours support. |
| Maxi | $99 per month, flat per account | 500 GB, 10,000 incoming and 2,000 outgoing messages a day, with 24x7 priority support. |

Read from https://www.migadu.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Migadu before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly plans save at least a month** (Annual discount): Mini, Standard and Maxi cost $90, $290 and $990 per year, which the pricing FAQ says saves at least one month against monthly billing. Source: https://www.migadu.com/pricing/
- **Discounts for non-profits and students** (Nonprofit): The pricing FAQ says non-profits get a significant discount on request, and students do too with a valid student ID. Source: https://www.migadu.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **Unlimited addresses and domains:** Plans are flat per account; extra mailboxes, addresses and domains cost nothing, and usage across them counts toward one quota.
- **Standard protocols:** Webmail, SMTP, IMAP4 and POP3, with no proprietary protocols or clients, so any current mail client works.
- **Setup help:** Migadu says it can set up your DNS for email for you at no extra fee, and includes a built-in DNS service.
- **Soft storage limits:** Storage allowances are soft, so mail does not bounce for a full mailbox; daily message limits are enforced.
- **Forwarding and auto-responders:** Messages can be forwarded to up to 25 other addresses, and an auto-responder handles absences.

## Good for

- Anyone running many addresses or domains, such as freelancers, agencies and families
- Developers and tinkerers who want standard email hosting on their own domain

## Worth knowing

- Its own drawbacks page lists no 2FA on mailboxes, no encryption, basic calendar, English-only interface and no phone or chat support.
- Daily incoming and outgoing limits apply per plan, and Migadu says it is meant for human email use, not bulk sending.
- The Micro plan lacks mailbox limit settings, welcome messages and multi-administrator access.
- Refunds are 100% within 14 days, though extensive use may be deducted.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Migadu hosts email for your own domain with unlimited addresses, from $19 a year on Micro. Its own drawbacks page lists no 2FA on mailboxes, no encryption, a basic calendar and an English-only interface. Daily send limits apply on every plan.

- **Value for money: B.** Micro is $19 a year, about $1.58 a month, but it's limited to 200 incoming and 20 outgoing messages a day. Mini at $9 a month is where limits loosen.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** A free trial with no card, though the listing doesn't state its length. No free plan. Refunds are 100% within 14 days.
- **Features: C.** Unlimited addresses and domains, standard protocols, setup help and forwarding. Gaps its own page lists: no 2FA on mailboxes, no encryption, a basic calendar and an English-only interface.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You point your domain's DNS at it and use standard mail apps, with no first-party apps.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only on the listing, plus standard IMAP clients. No phone or desktop app of its own, and no integrations listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Migadu's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among email apps

- Migadu's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 12 of the 70 other email apps we grade, and level with 13.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 35 of 70) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $1.58 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 6 of the 56 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 11 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 Migadu 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: 45 of the 70 other email apps grade higher. It costs $19 a year.

- You could make: Calendar: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

**Tags:** Email client, Calendar

## Alternatives

- [Fastmail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fastmail): Paid, ad-free email with calendar, contacts and custom domains. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fastmail-vs-migadu)
- [Zoho Mail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-mail): Ad-free business email hosting with calendar, tasks and notes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/migadu-vs-zoho-mail)
- [ImprovMX](https://toolgpa.com/tools/improvmx): Email forwarding and sending for custom domains. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/improvmx-vs-migadu)
- [mailbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailbox-org): Paid, ad-free email with cloud storage and office tools from Germany. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailbox-org-vs-migadu)
- [Runbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/runbox): Norwegian paid email hosting with custom domains and no ads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/migadu-vs-runbox)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.migadu.com/pricing/
- https://www.migadu.com/
- https://www.migadu.com/procon/
- https://www.migadu.com/about/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/migadu
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