Fastmail Email vs Runbox

Fastmail Email provides email, calendars, contacts, and file storage for individuals, families, and businesses. Mail tools include search, pinning, snooze, scheduled sending, offline support, and private memos on messages. Fastmail says its paid service has no ads, personal-data mining, or third-party sharing. It says customer data is encrypted in transit and at rest, supports TLS 1.3 and Perfect Forward Secrecy, and offers two-step verification and passkeys. Customers can choose the EU or US as their primary data residency. Fastmail offers apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, plus a browser app. Access protocols include JMAP, IMAP, POP, SMTP, CardDAV, CalDAV, and WebDAV; OAuth is documented for third-party clients. Fastmail does not provide end-to-end encryption in its own apps, though PGP or S/MIME can be used through supported third-party apps. Plans range from Basic at $4 a month to Family at $14 a month, with different storage and account allowances. The service is paid, has no free plan, and offers a 30-day trial. Every plan includes 24/7 expert support from real people.

Runbox is a paid email service from Runbox, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Oslo, Norway. It works on the web, iOS, and Android, and supports IMAP and SMTP. Listed features include end-to-end encryption, custom domains, and email aliases. The Micro plan provides 2 GB of email storage, 200 MB of file storage, one email domain, and 100 @runbox aliases; aliases on a user’s own domain are unlimited. Micro is €1.66 per month, displayed monthly and billed annually. Mini costs €2.91 per month with 10 GB email storage, 1 GB file storage, and five domains. Medium costs €4.16 per month with 25 GB email storage, 2 GB file storage, and 10 domains. Max costs €6.66 per month with 50 GB email storage, 5 GB file storage, and 25 domains. Runbox has no free plan and lists a 30-day trial.