MailHow vs Migadu
Migadu prices by usage tier and caps outgoing mail at 20/day on its entry plan. MailHow is $29/year flat with a published 100/hour limit and one inbox across every domain.
The short version
Migadu is the honest one in this market. A two-founder Swiss company whose /procon/ page tells you the bad parts up front, which is more than most hosts manage. We respect it, and we copied the idea. The problem is the sending cap: the $19/year plan allows 20 outgoing messages per day, so the plan people actually need is the $90/year one. And Migadu gives you many mailboxes, one per address; we give you one inbox for all of them.
What it costs: one person, five domains
$29/yr flat, unlimited domains, 100 messages per hour (~2,400/day). Free to receive, forever, if you never send.
Micro is $19/yr but allows 20 outgoing messages per day. The first tier with a workable allowance (100/day) is Mini at $90/yr. Domains and mailboxes are unlimited on both.
Side by side
| MailHow | Migadu | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for the persona | $29/yr | $19/yr (20 sends/day) or $90/yr (100/day) |
| Domains | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Mailboxes | One inbox, every domain in it | Unlimited, but one mailbox per address |
| Outgoing limit | 100/hour (~2,400/day), published | 20/day (Micro) · 100/day (Mini) |
| Incoming limit | None | Capped, a burst of inbound can exhaust the day's quota |
| Protocols | IMAP, POP3, SMTP, JMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV | IMAP, POP3, SMTP; CalDAV/CardDAV exists but is buried |
| Public API | Yes (v1) | Yes (beta) |
| Track record | Months | 10+ years |
| Outbound relay | Our own dedicated EU sending IP | Own IPs |
| Hosting | Germany (OVH) | France (OVH), despite Swiss registration |
| Deliverability promise | Published limits + DMARC reporting per domain | “We give no guarantees your messages will reach recipient’s inbox” |
A green check marks a row where Migadu beats us. Figures checked 2026-07-13. They change their prices and we change ours, so verify before you buy.
Where Migadu is better
- Their /procon/ page is the most honest marketing document in this industry. It is why we publish our limits and our status page.
- Unlimited mailboxes, and a per-domain admin with genuinely good DNS diagnostics.
- Over a decade of operating history. We are months old. That is a real reason to choose them.
Documented friction with Migadu
Every item below links to its source. We list only things that are published and checkable. Not rumours, and not our opinion of them.
A 2026 reviewer found the incoming cap works as a receive-side denial of service: 200 password-reset emails in 15 minutes exhausted his daily quota.
muffin.ink, Migadu review (2026-03)A February-2024 migration left mailboxes appearing empty for about a day.
Hacker News 39458167Migadu's own /procon/ page states they give no guarantee that messages reach the inbox.
migadu.com/procon
Which one should you actually buy?
- You want separate, isolated mailboxes per address rather than one merged inbox.
- You send very little and $19/yr with a 20/day cap genuinely fits.
- Track record matters more to you than anything on this page. Theirs is longer.
- You run several domains and are tired of switching between mailboxes to answer mail.
- You send more than 20 messages a day and don't want to pay $90/yr for the privilege.
- You want to see, per domain, whether your mail is actually authenticating. We show you the DMARC reports.
Receiving on your own domains is free on MailHow, with no card. So you can point one domain at us, leave the rest where they are, and see for yourself before moving anything. Start free.
Sources
Checked 2026-07-13. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will fix it, including when the correction favours Migadu.