plainmailPlainmail vs Migadu
Prices checked November 8, 2026
Migadu charges per account, not per mailbox, like Plainmail. Its Micro plan is $19 a year but sends only 20 messages a day; Mini is $90 a year for 100 a day. Plainmail is $5 a month for 200 messages per mailbox a day, writes your DNS for you on Cloudflare, Vercel and Porkbun, and lets an AI agent run setup and mail.
Side by side
| Plainmail | Migadu | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5 a month, flat | Micro $19 a year; Mini $9 a month or $90 a year; Standard $29 a month or $290 a year |
| Sending | 200 per mailbox a day | Per account: 20 a day on Micro, 100 on Mini, 500 on Standard |
| Receiving | No daily cap | Per account: 200 a day on Micro, 1,000 on Mini, 3,000 on Standard |
| Domains and mailboxes | Up to 50 domains, 100 mailboxes | Unlimited mailboxes; unlimited domains (Micro: no enforced limit) |
| Storage | 25 GB | 5 GB Micro, 30 GB Mini, 100 GB Standard (soft limits) |
| DNS setup | Written for you on Cloudflare, Vercel and Porkbun; exact records and checks elsewhere | You add the records; Migadu helps on request |
| AI agent access | MCP server and REST API | Admin API |
| Mail apps | Any IMAP/SMTP app, plus a web inbox | Any IMAP/SMTP app, plus webmail |
When Migadu is the better pick
- You send very little mail and want the lowest price: Micro at $19 a year.
- You want a long-running independent host and don't mind adding DNS by hand.
- You need more storage than 25 GB.
When Plainmail is the better pick
- You send more than 20 messages a day but don't want to pay $90 a year or more for Mini.
- You add domains often and want each one working in a minute, with DNS written for you.
- You want Claude or another agent to set up addresses and answer mail through MCP.
Switching to Plainmail
- Add your domain in Plainmail and create the same addresses you have today.
- Copy your old mail over with your mail app or any IMAP migration tool. Both sides speak IMAP.
- Let Plainmail write the new MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, or copy them at your DNS host. New mail starts arriving at Plainmail within minutes to a few hours, depending on DNS caching.
- Cancel the old plan once nothing new arrives there.
Questions
Is Migadu cheaper than Plainmail?
On Micro, yes: $19 a year against $60. Micro sends only 20 messages a day across the whole account. At Mini ($90 a year) Migadu costs more than Plainmail.
Does Migadu set up DNS for you?
Migadu gives you the records to add at your DNS host and says it can help set them up on request. Plainmail writes them through the Cloudflare, Vercel and Porkbun APIs.
Get started$5 a month for up to 50 domains and 100 mailboxes