Mailo vs Runbox
Mailo
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| Figure | Mailo | Runbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €1.50/mo | €1.66/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · Personal Email Services | 9.1 (#7) | 7.5 (#97) |
| Spec score · Private Email Services | 9.0 (#6) | 7.1 (#27) |
| Spec score · Email providers | 9.1 (#6) | 7.4 (#25) |
| Spec score · Secure Email Providers | 8.9 (#9) | 6.9 (#28) |
| Custom domain | Yes | Yes |
| Email aliases | 100 | 100 |
| End-to-end encryption | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 1998 | 2000 |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Mailbox storage | 20 | 2 |
| Mail protocol support | imap_smtp | imap_smtp |
Plans
In their own words
Mailo
Mailo is an email service available on the web and through Android and iOS apps, with calendar, address book, cloud and sharing services. Its free plan includes 1 GB of email storage, 500 MB for documents and photos, five aliases, advertising banners, and IMAP4 and EAS access. Premium is listed at €1.50 per month and expands the mailbox to 20 GB, with 5 GB for a virtual disk and photo albums and up to 100 aliases. Premium also removes webmail advertising, supports attachments up to 50 MB and provides POP3 or IMAP4 access. It includes a lifetime email address, and the offer can be activated for one to five years. Mailo says it stores data in France, does not use or sell it, and does not read messages; listed features also include end-to-end encryption and custom domains. Migration tools can retrieve messages, contacts and events from an old provider and set up forwarding. Mailo says it offers responsive, personalized support in English.
Runbox
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.