MailHow vs Soverin
Soverin is the closest thing to MailHow that exists: one mailbox, unlimited own domains, EU-hosted, about €39/year. Here is the honest difference.
The short version
We should be straight with you: Soverin sells nearly the same idea we do. One person, unlimited custom domains folded into one mailbox, hosted in Europe, real IMAP — for about €39 a year. If you are looking for a European host for several domains, they are a legitimate answer and we are not going to invent reasons they aren't. What actually differs is narrower than either of us would like to admit: we are cheaper, we let you receive for free forever before you pay us anything, we send through Amazon SES rather than our own IPs, and we set your DNS up in one click. They give you two and a half times the storage.
What it costs: one person, five domains
$29/yr flat, unlimited domains, 10GB. Free to receive forever — you can run all five domains on us and pay nothing until the day you want to send.
€3.25/month billed annually for one mailbox with 25GB. Unlimited aliases and own domains are included free. Extra mailboxes are €10 each; another 25GB is €29. No free tier — a 30-day money-back guarantee instead.
Side by side
| MailHow | Soverin | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for the persona | $29/yr | ~€39/yr |
| Domains on one subscription | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Inbox model | One inbox, every domain in it | One mailbox, unlimited alias domains into it |
| Storage | 10GB | 25GB |
| Hosting | Germany (Hetzner) | Netherlands / Europe |
| Protocols | IMAP, POP3, SMTP, JMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV | IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV, CardDAV — no JMAP, no POP3 |
| Outbound | Amazon SES | Their own infrastructure |
| Free tier | Free to receive, forever, with IMAP | None — 30-day money-back guarantee |
| DNS setup | One click on Cloudflare; guided elsewhere | Manual |
| Sending from a custom address | Any address on any domain | Any alias, once you add it in the dashboard |
| Track record | Months | Established |
A green check marks a row where Soverin beats us. Figures checked 2026-07-08 — they change their prices and we change ours, so verify before you buy.
Where Soverin is better
- Two and a half times our storage — 25GB against our 10GB, at a price that isn't much higher.
- The same core promise as ours (unlimited own domains, one mailbox, EU) from a company that has been doing it longer than we have.
- European hosting with a genuine privacy posture, which is the main reason most people shortlist them — and it's a fair reason.
Documented friction with Soverin
Every item below links to its source. We list only things that are published and checkable — not rumours, and not our opinion of them.
There is no free tier. You pay before you can find out whether it works for your domains — the 30-day money-back guarantee is the only way out.
Soverin pricingAn alias must be added in their dashboard before you can send from it — sending from an address you haven't registered there won't work.
Soverin: adding an alias
Which one should you actually buy?
- You want more storage and the extra few euros a year don't matter.
- You want a European host with a longer track record than ours. That is a real argument and we won't pretend otherwise.
- You don't need a free tier and you're happy to configure DNS by hand.
- You want to try it properly first — run every domain on us, receive mail, and pay nothing until you decide to send.
- You care where your outbound mail comes from: we send through Amazon SES, so one bad sender on the platform can't drag your domain's reputation down with it.
- You'd rather click once to have your DNS configured than paste records by hand.
- $29 beats €39, and you don't need 25GB.
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 2026-07-08. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will fix it — including when the correction favours Soverin.