Fastmail Email
Fastmail Email provides email, calendars, contacts, and file storage for individuals, families, and businesses.
What Fastmail Email is
Fastmail Email provides email, calendars, contacts, and file storage for individuals, families, and businesses. Mail tools include search, pinning, snooze, scheduled send, offline support, and private memos on messages. Fastmail says its paid service has no ads, personal-data mining, or third-party sharing; customer data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and accounts support two-step verification and passkeys. Customers can choose EU or US as their primary data residency. Apps are available for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, alongside a browser app. Access options include JMAP, IMAP, POP, SMTP, CardDAV, CalDAV, and WebDAV, with OAuth support 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; there is no free plan, but a 30-day trial is available. Fastmail says it has provided independent email service since 1999 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
Good
- Apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
- Supports two-step verification and passkeys.
- Offers EU or US data residency choice.
- Plans include 24/7 expert support.
Watch out
- No free plan is available.
- Fastmail apps do not offer end-to-end encryption.
Who it suits
Fastmail suits individuals, families, and businesses seeking email alongside calendars, contacts, and file storage. Its client and protocol options may also suit people who want to use third-party apps or integrations.
Verdict
Fastmail combines email with calendars, contacts, and file storage across browser and device apps. Review the plan allowances and note that end-to-end encryption in its own apps is not available.
Plans and prices
From Fastmail Email's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $4 a month | 6 GB per user (5 GB mail, calendar and contacts; 1 GB files) · per user/month; $36 for 12 months when paid yearly |
| Standard | $6 a month | 60 GB per user (50 GB mail, calendar and contacts; 10 GB files) · per user/month; $60 for 12 months when paid yearly |
| Individual | $6 a month | 1 person · 60 GB total storage (50 GB mail, calendar and contacts; 10 GB files) · per month; $60 for 12 months when paid yearly |
| Duo | $10 a month | 2 people · 120 GB total storage (60 GB per person) · per month; $96 for 12 months when paid yearly |
| Professional | $10 a month | 150 GB per user (100 GB mail, calendar and contacts; 50 GB files) · email retention archive · per user/month; $108 for 12 months when paid yearly |
| Family | $14 a month | Up to 6 people · up to 360 GB total storage (60 GB per person) · per month; $132 for 12 months when paid yearly |
The facts
Each one read from Fastmail Email's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Money
- Ad-free inbox
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2001
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2001
What it does
- Attachment limit
- 50checked 22 Sep 2001
- Business retention
- The Professional business plan includes an email retention archive for legal compliance.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Custom domain
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2001
- Data location
- Customers can choose EU or US as their primary data residency.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Email aliases
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2001
- Email and personal information
- Fastmail provides email, calendars, contacts, and file storage for individuals, families, and businesses.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Email tools
- Features include powerful search, pinning, snooze, scheduled send, offline support, and private memos on messages.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Encryption
- Fastmail says customer data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and supports TLS 1.3 and Perfect Forward Secrecy.checked 11 Oct 2001
- End-to-end encryption
- Fastmail does not offer end-to-end encryption in its own apps and says customers can use PGP or S/MIME through supported third-party apps.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- Fastmail lists integrations with 1Password, Dropbox, YouCanBookMe, SavvyCal, SaneBox, Bitwarden, and Morgen.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Login security
- Fastmail supports two-step verification and passkeys.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Mailbox storage
- 5checked 22 Sep 2001
- Privacy
- Fastmail says its paid service has no ads, personal-data mining, or sharing with third parties.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Protocols and API
- Fastmail provides access using JMAP, IMAP, POP, SMTP, CardDAV, CalDAV, and WebDAV, and documents OAuth support for third-party clients.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Support
- Fastmail says every plan includes expert support from real people, available 24/7.checked 11 Oct 2001
The company
- Company history
- Fastmail says it has provided independent email service since 1999 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Founded
- 1999checked 28 Sep 2001
- Headquarters
- Melbourne, Australiachecked 28 Sep 2001
Where it runs
- Platform access
- web_mobile_desktopchecked 22 Sep 2001
- Supported apps
- Fastmail offers apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, plus a browser app.checked 11 Oct 2001
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