Fastmail review

Fastmail is paid email hosting for individuals and businesses, with calendar and contacts included. You can use a custom domain for your email address, and the service emphasizes privacy, security, personal support and access to your data without lock-in. The pricing page lists personal plans for one person, two people or families of up to six, plus business plans priced per user.

The product goes beyond an inbox: it includes email search, offline access to mail, calendar and contacts, aliases and Masked Email, and calendar tools for managing events. You can schedule messages, set VIP-only notifications and add private notes to emails. There is no free plan; the pricing page lists a trial of up to 30 days.

For a personal account, the Individual plan includes 60 GB total storage, split between 50 GB for mail, calendar and contacts and 10 GB for files. Business plans have different storage allowances and features, so check the per-user caps before moving a team.

Fastmail makes sense if you want custom-domain email without assembling separate services for mail, calendars and contacts. The included tools cover practical workflows: search and pin messages, read and manage information offline, create aliases or Masked Email addresses, schedule a send, and add private reminders to messages. The pricing page also lists shared calendars and address books on Duo, and shared email addresses and calendars on the Basic business plan.

The plan range gives buyers room to choose based on how many people need accounts and how much storage they need:

• Individual: 60 GB total storage for one person, with custom addresses using your own domains.
• Duo: two private inboxes and 120 GB total storage, plus shared calendars and an address book.
• Family: up to six users and up to 360 GB total storage.
• Business Standard: 60 GB per user and custom business addresses with a domain.

One Reddit thread describes switching from Proton partly for better search and lower costs, while other commenters praise Fastmail’s usability. Those are user opinions, not a guarantee that it will suit every workflow. Still, the combination of hosted mail and everyday organization tools is the clearest reason to consider it.

Fastmail is not a budget or free email option. The pricing page lists Individual at €6 per month, or €5 per month with 12-month billing. The business Basic plan is €4 per user per month, or €3 with 12-month billing, but caps storage at 6 GB per user: 5 GB for mail, calendar and contacts, plus 1 GB for files. Standard raises that to 60 GB per user for €6 monthly or €5 with annual billing. Professional costs €10 monthly or €9 annually and includes 150 GB per user and a retention archive. Extra storage is available, but its price is not published.

Check the storage split, not just the headline total, before migrating a mailbox or team. Annual billing lowers the monthly equivalent, and 24- and 36-month options are also listed; the pricing material does not state their prices here. There is no permanent free plan, and the trial lasts up to 30 days.

There are also potential technical objections: a commenter on r/fastmail says they dislike Fastmail’s reported lack of IPv6 and DNSSEC/DANE support and its US servers. Treat that as a user report, not a complete infrastructure assessment. Fastmail’s privacy emphasis does not, by itself, establish end-to-end encryption.

Fastmail has no free plan; the listed trial is up to 30 days. Prices are in euros. Individual costs €6 monthly or €5 per month with 12-month billing, for one person and 60 GB total storage. Duo is €10 monthly or €8 on annual billing for two private inboxes; Family is €14 or €11 for up to six users. Those higher prices buy shared services and more users, not just more storage.

For businesses, Basic is €4 per user monthly or €3 with annual billing, but caps storage at 6 GB per user. Standard jumps to €6 or €5 for 60 GB and custom-domain addresses. Professional is €10 or €9 for 150 GB and an email retention archive. Extra storage is available, but its price is not published. Monthly billing is available; 24- and 36-month options are also listed, but their rates aren't provided here. Check the storage cap before choosing Basic.

The published information doesn't specify migration steps, import limits, or how long a move takes, so we can't call switching easy. Before committing, confirm how your existing mail, calendar, contacts, and custom-domain addresses move over. Fastmail includes calendar and contacts, supports offline access to mail, calendar, and contacts, and says you can access your data without lock-in. But the export formats and process aren't specified here; verify them before moving your only copy of important data.

We weren't given Reddit posts or comments, so we can't responsibly say what users there tend to leave over. The documented reasons to think twice are clearer: Fastmail is paid-only, and the business Basic plan has 6 GB of total storage per user. Our verdict also flags IPv6, DNSSEC, and DANE requirements as potential deal-breakers. Check those needs—and export options—before you switch, not after.