The WEB.DE Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about WEB.DE in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
WEB.DE
The Insider’s Guide
German freemail with a sorted inbox, cloud space and paid MailPlus
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among email apps, read from WEB.DE’s own pages.
Made by 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH · checked Nov 13, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from WEB.DE’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on WEB.DE’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 13, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.8
GPA, above 88 of the 122 other email apps we grade
WEB.DE is a German email and portal service operated by 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH. The free FreeMail mailbox includes 1 GB of email storage, 4 GB of online storage, a calendar and address book, and apps for Android and iOS. The site is in German and prices are in euros; MailPlus adds storage and larger attachments.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about WEB.DE, taken from its own pages and our grades.
No store rating on record, but you sign up and start using it with nothing to set up.
- 1
Best for free German webmail with a sorted inbox
WEB.DE is a German email service whose free FreeMail box has 1 GB of email storage, 4 GB of online storage and 20 MB attachments.
- 2
Paid plans start at about $4.46 a month
As its pricing page puts it: €3.99 per month (MailPlus).
- 3
There is a free plan
FreeMail: €0 with 1 GB of email storage, 4 GB of online storage, attachments up to 20 MB and 2 email addresses.
- 4
It runs on 3 platforms
Web, iOS and Android.
- 5
Intelligent inbox
Incoming mail is also shown sorted into five categories such as Social or Newsletter; messages are only sorted, not changed.
- 6
Mail app for Android and iOS
The app offers push notifications, a personal spam filter, a four-digit PIN lock and one-time setup of email encryption.
- 7
PGP encryption
WEB.DE has a help page on encrypting email in three steps with PGP, and the app can encrypt selected messages.
- 8
A 2.8 GPA, above 88 of 122
That is against the other email apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace WEB.DE 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.
WEB.DE at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from €3.99 per month (MailPlus)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- MailPlus: first month free
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH
- Category
- Email Apps
- Our grade
- 2.8 GPA, good
The report card
Best for free German webmail with a sorted inbox
WEB.DE is a German email service whose free FreeMail box has 1 GB of email storage, 4 GB of online storage and 20 MB attachments. MailPlus is €3.99 a month. The site and sign-up are in German, prices are in euros, and 1 GB of mail is small next to some free rivals.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | Free with 1 GB of email storage, and MailPlus is €3.99 a month, inside the cheaper half of email prices. The free mail space is small. |
| Free plan and trial | B | FreeMail is free with 1 GB of mail, 4 GB of online storage and 2 addresses, which one person could live on. |
| Features | C | Mail, calendar, address book, PGP and a cashback portal. The gaps are in the listing: only 1 GB of mail storage and fixed WEB.DE informiert messages on the free plan. |
| Ease of use | B | No store rating on record, but you sign up and start using it with nothing to set up. The site is in German. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web plus iPhone and Android apps. No desktop app or API is listed. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who WEB.DE is for
- Fits if you read German and want a free address with a phone app
- Works for people who want PGP and a calendar in the same account
Who it is not for
- Not for you if you don't read German, as the site and sign-up are in German
- Tight on free: 1 GB of email storage, small next to rivals
- Watch out: FreeMail includes WEB.DE informiert messages, which only MailPlus lets you opt out of
- Watch out: prices are in euros
Good to know
Good for
- German-speaking users who want a free address with local data centers
- People who want a sorted inbox plus a bit of cloud space
Worth knowing
- The site and sign-up are in German, and prices are in euros.
- FreeMail includes the 'WEB.DE informiert' messages as a fixed part; MailPlus lets you opt out.
- FreeMail storage is 1 GB for email, much less than free tiers of some rivals.
- The €2.47 own-domain plan is for the domain itself; the page does not state a separate price for MailPlus on a custom domain.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
~$4.46
A month to start. There is a free plan too
WEB.DE has a free plan. Paid plans start at €3.99 per month (MailPlus).
FreeMail
€0
1 GB email storage, 4 GB online storage, 20 MB attachments, 2 addresses; includes WEB.DE informiert.
MailPlus
€3.99
per month
5 GB email storage, +5 GB online storage, 100 MB attachments, 4 @email.de addresses, double cashback.
Eigene Domain
€2.47
per month
FreeMail mailbox on your own domain, with up to 500 addresses you create yourself.
The free plan
FreeMail: €0 with 1 GB of email storage, 4 GB of online storage, attachments up to 20 MB and 2 email addresses.
Trying it first
MailPlus: first month free
Read from web.de on Nov 13, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Other savings
MailPlus first month free
The tariff comparison page offers MailPlus with the first month free.
Stated on web.de
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
3
Places it runs: Web, iOS and Android
German freemail with a sorted inbox, cloud space and paid MailPlus. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: calendar, email client, inbox filtering, file sharing.
Mail, calendar, address book, PGP and a cashback portal.
- Intelligent inbox
- Incoming mail is also shown sorted into five categories such as Social or Newsletter; messages are only sorted, not changed.
- Mail app for Android and iOS
- The app offers push notifications, a personal spam filter, a four-digit PIN lock and one-time setup of email encryption.
- PGP encryption
- WEB.DE has a help page on encrypting email in three steps with PGP, and the app can encrypt selected messages.
- Calendar, address book and cloud
- A calendar and address book sit in the mailbox, and the online storage is reachable from it; Windows and macOS cloud apps are listed.
- Cashback portal
- A free WEB.Cent cashback portal sits in the mailbox; the paid tariffs earn up to double the cashback.
Where it runs
- Web
- iOS
- Android
What it works with
- WEB.DE Cloud
- MailCheck
WEB.DE is made by 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
88/122
Other email apps it is graded above
WEB.DE's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 88 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 11.
It stands best on ease of use (B, above 94 of 122) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at about $4.46 a month, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 36 of the 76 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 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. WEB.DE’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 67 of 122
- BFree plan and trialAbove 69 of 122
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 122
- BEase of useAbove 94 of 122
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 57 of 122
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 107 email apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. WEB.DE is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace WEB.DE 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 88 of the 122 other email apps we grade. It costs $53.49 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.
- Filters that read every message as it arrives.
- Storing and serving files for other people.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
What this rests on. WEB.DE’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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
GMX Mail, Mail.com, mailbox, Posteo and Gmail
The 5 tools WEB.DE is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.2GPA
GMX Mail
Free
Free webmail with 65GB storage, aliases and a mail collector.
- Only GMX Mail lists a browser extension.
- WEB.DE also covers file sharing.
- 3.0GPA
Mail.com
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Free webmail with 100+ domain names and optional ad-free Premium.
- WEB.DE also covers inbox filtering.
- Mail.com also covers documents.
- 2.6GPA
mailbox
Free trial · from €1/mo
Paid, ad-free email with cloud storage and office tools from Germany.
- WEB.DE has a free plan. mailbox does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only WEB.DE lists iOS and Android apps.
- mailbox is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- 2.0GPA
Posteo
From €1/mo
Ad-free, green-powered email from Berlin for €1 a month.
- WEB.DE has a free plan. Posteo does not.
- Only WEB.DE lists iOS and Android apps.
- Posteo is open source and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- 3.0GPA
Gmail
Free plan · from $7/mo
Google's email service, free for personal use with 15 GB of storage.
- WEB.DE also covers calendar and file sharing.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is WEB.DE free?
WEB.DE has a free plan. FreeMail: €0 with 1 GB of email storage, 4 GB of online storage, attachments up to 20 MB and 2 email addresses.
How much does WEB.DE cost?
WEB.DE lists 3 plans. FreeMail: €0.
What platforms does WEB.DE work on?
WEB.DE is available on Web, iOS and Android.
Does WEB.DE offer any discounts?
WEB.DE publicly lists the following: MailPlus first month free.
Does WEB.DE have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. WEB.DE is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does WEB.DE have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. WEB.DE is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is WEB.DE open source?
WEB.DE is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
What does WEB.DE integrate with?
WEB.DE's listing names WEB.DE Cloud and MailCheck. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Does WEB.DE have a free trial?
Yes. MailPlus: first month free.
Who makes WEB.DE?
WEB.DE is made by 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH.
What are the alternatives to WEB.DE?
The closest alternatives to WEB.DE in our directory are GMX Mail, Mail.com, mailbox, Posteo and Gmail.
How does WEB.DE compare with other email apps?
WEB.DE's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 88 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 11.
Is WEB.DE good value for money?
ToolGPA grades WEB.DE B for value for money. Its paid plans start at about $4.46 a month, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 36 of the 76 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of WEB.DE?
To replace WEB.DE you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from WEB.DE’s own pages on Nov 13, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 13, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH. Prices change, so check web.de before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
7,721
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
7,721
tools graded
95
categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- WEB.DE, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/web-de
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what WEB.DE’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. WEB.DE is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH. Prices and plans change: check web.de before you buy.