Finally Found Our Perfect Email Provider?

Finding the right email provider can be a bit of a challenge, especially when your family’s needs are specific, and you’re looking for something reliable yet affordable. For years, our family relied on Gandi, a domain registrar that generously offered free email hosting with every domain registered. However, as it often happens, good things come to an end. When Gandi discontinued their free email service, we found ourselves on the lookout for a new email provider that could meet our family’s needs without costing a fortune.

During our search, we decided to give StartMail a try. While StartMail has a pleasing web interface, we found it to be way overpriced for a family with many accounts but not much email traffic. It just wasn’t the right fit for our usage patterns and budget.

After some more research, we discovered Migadu Mail.

What immediately caught our attention about Migadu is their unique pricing model. Unlike many providers that charge based on the number of email addresses you create, Migadu charges based on actual usage. This means you can create as many email addresses as you need under your domain without worrying about extra costs. For a family like ours, this was perfect. We don’t send out hundreds of emails a day, so a usage-based model fits our email habits ideally.

One of the best things about Migadu is the control it gives us over our domain and email addresses. It’s our domain, and we can create and manage all the addresses we want at no extra cost. This flexibility was something we hadn’t experienced with other providers and made Migadu an instant favorite.

Another impressive aspect of Migadu is their commitment to transparency and open-source principles. Their webmail source code is publicly available on their GitHub repository. For tech enthusiasts, this means you can inspect, modify, and even contribute to the development of their webmail client. This level of openness is refreshing and aligns well with our values.

Migadu is a Swiss-based company, which gives us a sense of reliability and quality. However, it’s worth noting that their servers are located in France.

One area where Migadu could improve is their spam filtering. Even with the option to filter spam heavily, we found that their filters are not as robust as we would like. It’s a minor drawback in the grand scheme of things but something to be aware of if you deal with a lot of spam.

Overall, we are thrilled with our switch to Migadu. Their pricing model, flexibility, and commitment to open-source development make them a standout choice for our family’s email needs. If you’re in the market for a new email provider, especially one that offers great value for low-volume users, Migadu is definitely worth considering.

Have you had similar experiences with email providers? Let me know!