Purelymail review (2026): is it worth $10 a year?
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Purelymail report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for cheap flat-fee mail for your own domains
Purelymail hosts mail for your own domains at a flat $10 a year, with no hard limits on users, domains or storage. Marketing mail is banned, there's no 24/7 support, and the vendor says its interface isn't always intuitive.
Who Purelymail is for
- Fits if you have a few domains and want one low flat fee for all of them
- Works for people who just want plain mailboxes
Who Purelymail is not for
- Skip it if you send marketing mail or newsletters, as the terms ban it and accounts may be removed without refund
- Tight if you send a lot, as sending is capped at about 3,000 external messages a day, and less on trials
- Watch out: there's no 24/7 support staff
- Watch out: some small mail servers may block its mail for a day or two
Why Purelymail gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- AValue for money$10 a year works out under $1 a month, below 60% of the cheapest quarter of what email services charge.
- CFree plan and trialA trial with a limited amount of credits that the vendor says may last about a month. The terms on a card aren't stated.
- CFeaturesUnlimited domains and users, filters, DAV calendars and contacts, 2FA. Automatic alias generation isn't supported, and mailing lists are banned.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You point your own domain at it, and the vendor says its interface isn't always intuitive.
- CPlatforms and integrationsA web service with webmail and standard protocols. No apps of its own and no integrations listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Purelymail's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Purelymail's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 54 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 19.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 88 of 122) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $0.83 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 1 of the 76 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 123 email apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Purelymail’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 88 of 122, level with 34
- CFree plan and trialAbove 9 of 122, level with 59
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 122, level with 77
- CEase of useAbove 20 of 122, level with 73
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 10 of 122, level with 46
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 107 email apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Purelymail, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Purelymail 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.
It costs $10 a year.
What you could make
- Calendar: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.
What this rests on. Purelymail’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Purelymail?
Purelymail hosts email for custom domains over IMAP, POP3 and SMTP, with a Roundcube webmail. The default plan is a flat $10 a year with no stated cap on users, domains or storage, and a pay-as-you-go option is available for heavy use. It is built for people who bring their own domain.
Worth knowing
- Marketing mail, mailing lists, spam and domain warm-up are banned by the terms, and accounts breaking them may be removed without refund.
- Sending is limited to roughly 3,000 external messages a day, and trial accounts have much lower sending limits.
- The vendor says it has no 24/7 support staff and that some small mail servers may block its mail for a day or two.
- It lists automatic alias generation as not yet supported, and says its own interface is not always intuitive.
Key features
- Unlimited custom domains and users
- Any number of users on any number of your own domains at no extra charge, with routing rules and catch-alls.
- Standard mail access
- IMAP with IDLE, POP3 and SMTP work with third-party apps, and Roundcube webmail is provided.
- Filters and spam control
- Sieve filters or webmail rules, with SpamAssassin spam filtering that can learn.
- Calendar, contacts and files over DAV
- CalDAV, CardDAV and WebDAV give basic calendar, contact and file sync.
- Encryption and 2FA
- Mail is encrypted at rest, and you can set the account so the vendor cannot read it without your password. Two-factor sign-in is supported.
Purelymail pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Purelymail is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $10 per year.
- Starts at
- $10 per year
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- Trial account with a limited amount of credits; the vendor says light use may last about a month.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Simple pricing | $10per year, for all users and domains on the account | One flat fee with no hard limits on users, custom domains or storage; heavy use may be moved to advanced pricing. |
| Advanced pricing | $10one-time credit purchase at sign-up, then used as you go | Pay per resource: $4 a year account fee, $0.56 per GB of storage a year, $0.23 per 1,000 emails sent externally. |
Read from purelymail.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Purelymail before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Purelymail have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Purelymail is listed for Web.
Does Purelymail have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Purelymail is listed for Web.
Is Purelymail open source?
Purelymail is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.