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Recently moved their custom-domain email to Fastmail and loves it; Squarespace price rises prompted looking at hosting.

Waited about 12 hours on the trial, then paid for two years; likes the clean interface, fast site and app, and runs aliases and a custom domain.

Support couldn't accommodate a custom webmail subdomain, leaving users confused by the mismatched login domain.

Came over from Proton, tried mailbox.org, and returned to Fastmail; found support great when needed.

On the Fastmail trial after leaving Proton; so far finds few limitations, works with their own domain and masked emails, and likes the clean UI.

Opened tickets about mail providers not receiving their custom domain emails and a billing issue; nine days later neither was resolved, and authenticated mail was still landing in spam.

A couple of years on Proton and it has been fine.

Very happy with Fastmail, with many domains to choose from and masked email used often.

Moved from Proton and Tuta to mailbox.org with a custom domain; fine for years apart from clunky interfaces.

Found Tuta support extremely bad: overcharged, a support post unapproved, and three days for an answer, so they deleted the account.

Picked Zoho over Fastmail for a first custom domain because it was cheaper and after two years has no reason to move.

Left Tuta for mailbox.org and likes it, with third-party app support and a custom domain.

Tuta blocked two paid accounts and one free account, and their card could not be used on a new account without emailing support.

Set up Fastmail on a new domain over a weekend; easy and everything works great.

Four years on mailbox.org without issues, but support could not fix downgrade errors over three weeks.

Moved from Proton to Tuta and really likes it.

Uses mailbox.org with a custom domain; does not love the interface and has heard of sent mail landing in spam, but incoming mail is fine.

A couple of years on Tuta; works great apart from a weak spam filter.

Enjoys Tuta though the UI is disliked by some and third-party clients are unsupported.

Has used Fastmail for several months and likes the 1Password masked email integration. Says the apps just work, has no complaints and considers it great value for the money.

Switched to Tuta and is happy.

Used Fastmail a couple of years before Proton and found it good, but now seems pricier.

Fastmail has been good so far.

Used Proton Mail with SimpleLogin for two years before switching to Fastmail. Found the domain transfer smooth and simple, and has zero complaints about the web, desktop or Android apps so far.

Finds Fastmail's organisation far easier than Proton for a real inbox, and less buggy with a rock-solid app.

Three months testing mailbox.org for the move out of Gmail; very solid and covers the basics and more.

Migrated family to Zoho Mail on a shared domain; works fine and is affordable, though with more spam false positives than Google.

Signed up in 2025 with a custom domain and wildcard; uneventful and as wanted, though mail rules are weak.

Found the mailbox.org UI clunky and dated with no dedicated app when trying to set it up.

About six months on mailbox.org via IMAP with a custom domain and a training spam filter, pretty good.

Switched from Proton to Fastmail for email, calendar and files.

Tuta deactivated their account twice, so they moved to Runbox and had no problems since.

Calls mailbox.org great and cheap with multiple aliases after almost a year and has not considered others.

Nearly got locked out of PayPal because Proton Mail refused to receive the verification code, then moved critical mail back to Gmail.

Says Microsoft 365's built-in backup is super easy to set up and works well.

Migrated from Gmail to Fastmail with easy import and replies from within Fastmail.

Says they have never been able to keep a Tuta account active, paid or otherwise, calling it a dealbreaker.

Seven years on mailbox.org without a single issue across mail, contacts, calendar, tasks and drive.

Uses Fastmail and stopped looking for anything better.

A week-old Tuta account stopped logging in with invalid credentials and the recovery code failed too.

About two years on Fastmail with no problems; everything just works.

After confirming a new Tuta account, the next day login failed with invalid credentials despite correct details.

Uses Fastmail for its features and because other providers accept its mail with less bounce back.

A new Tuta account worked for one day and then returned invalid login credentials.

Could not create a free Tuta account without emailing support, which soured them.

Paid Tuta user since 2019 who is moving to Proton because Tuta caused too many headaches.

Free Tuta account for over seven years with no issues, though used lightly.

Free Tuta account ten years old and never flaky.

Paid account with a custom domain for almost two years with no issues, plus a free account for a spouse.

Free user for a year and a half who finds Tuta amazing after the account was unusable for a day or two after creation.

Uses Tuta with a custom domain, many aliases and a family plan without problems, though support can be slow.

Paid Tuta account since 2019 with never a single problem.

A flagged Tuta account was fixed with one email, and they liked the service enough to pay, wishing Android notifications worked better.

Over a year on Tuta with zero flakiness or remembered downtime.

Had Tuta account problems five times and found customer service deplorable before moving to Fastmail.

Left Tuta because customer service was severely lacking, with zero empathy and rudeness.

Occasional spam-folder problems with this provider, but they don't feel it is selling their data, at least as far as they know.

Years of use across about eight support domains for different apps, with forwarding into a single admin inbox; for the price nothing beats it.

Six years on a Proton Visionary subscription, happy with performance, privacy and security; renewing.

Has used Zoho's free tier for personal email since launch and the paid tier for work, with no major issues.

Uses Fastmail as main email and works well with aliases, rules and subfolders for separate addresses.

On Purelymail with a custom domain so they never have to migrate addresses again.

Proton's free version is all they need; they found Tuta's UI disliked.

Over ten years on the free version for several addresses with no problems or pressure to upgrade.

Has had really good experiences with Fastmail.

Their company uses Zoho's paid service because it is cheap and its spam identification is good.

Tried Proton briefly then stayed with Fastmail, finding it solid and just works.

Finds Purelymail the cheapest and most straightforward provider, lacking only business features.

No complaints with Tuta mail and calendar.

Moved email from Fastmail and Proton to Zoho, calling it best for a complete task, calendar and mail solution.

Trying Fastmail so far so good and migrated easily.

Tuta has been fine; not as fully featured as Gmail but worth the trade-off.

Switched from Proton to Tuta over a year ago; basic, cheap and does a great job.

After Proton, Posteo and a failed Tuta signup, uses Fastmail with custom domains; apps are great and snappy.

After a year on Proton, mail on a premium-only domain stopped overnight when the subscription ran out, with no warning.

Two years on Tuta, does the job 100% and mail delivery is instant, though the client looks dated.

A few years on Fastmail with a positive experience.

Proton email is blocked at the college where they work, so student applications never get a response.

Paying Tuta customer for about two years and very pleased given their threat model.

Opened their Fastmail account in March 2014 and renews happily every year without ever having an issue.

Made a Tuta account a few months ago with no issues and is slowly moving everything over.

Happy with Fastmail for email.

Started on Proton and switched to Fastmail with no issues and a happy family.

Tried several providers and recently switched to Fastmail a month ago; it has been great.

About a year on Purelymail and it has been working well.

Their Proton custom domain was blocked when emailing a US state agency until the contact asked admins to unblock.

Loves Fastmail and uses it alongside Google Workspace for junk.

Finds the official Fastmail Mac app extremely fast, much quicker and less buggy than Apple apps.

Uses the Fastmail desktop app for advanced keyboard shortcuts with a best-in-class move-to-folder flow.

Likes Fastmail for aliases: 1Password integration and it handles replies.

Custom domain hosted on Proton landed in spam or was blocked; after switching to iCloud there were no issues.

A retailer silently cancelled a limited edition order because its terms disallowed Proton Mail addresses.

Paying Fastmail user for years; free aliases on its own and custom domains are easy to drop.

Uses Zoho Mail with a catch-all on their own domain and sending works well.

Uses Fastmail masked emails per site and really likes it.

Fastmail masked emails work perfectly; only two companies ever questioned them.

Easy to set up after just getting it, used with Thunderbird on a Linux PC and FairEmail on the phone.

A year on Tuta: the iOS app is awful, gestures finicky and widgets unreliable, so they plan to leave.

Mail sent from their Proton address does not arrive at their Gmail.

Chose Zoho Mail as nearly the only provider supporting a custom domain with plain-text auth.

Finds Tuta unappealing but it just works.

Finds the Tuta app bare bones, slow and old-fashioned.

Uses both; Tuta keeps letting through spam from senders they marked as spam many times, unlike Proton.

Moved from Gmail to Proton; it has been great and super easy.

Loves Tuta as simple, private and much cheaper than Proton.

After not signing in for a while they could not even pay Tuta to regain access.

Tuta suspended their account after creating it as anonymously as possible, so they went back to Proton.

Finds Tuta's service fine but its app bad, and prefers Proton.

Tutamail is already their favorite and Proton let them down in many ways.

Has used free Zoho Mail accounts for years since leaving Gmail and finds it clean, simple and nicely designed.

Tried Proton and Tuta, preferred Tuta within days; fewer features on the free plan but they like the simplicity.

Tuta deleted their inactive free address after six months and could not be recovered.

Has used Proton Mail as main mail since leaving Google around 2018.

They use Zoho and find it among the cheapest with fine service, but say customer support is too slow for business use and changing settings is awkward.

The first test email from a new Tuta account got them banned, possibly because of a VPN, so they deleted the account.

Switched about four years ago and now uses the whole Proton suite with no regrets.

Fairly happy with a pm.me primary address for a year, then felt locked in because aliases cannot be freely added or deleted.

A county court silently blocked mail from their custom domain, nearly costing a licence until they resent from a protonmail.com address.

Enjoys Proton as primary email, noting it cut down spam and that paying is needed to benefit from aliases.

Switched years ago and finds it great; it is the one service they keep paying for without hesitation.

Setup took under an hour from signup to receiving mail in Thunderbird, the webmail is responsive, and the spam filter cut over half the domain's spam on day one, all for about $10 a year.

Uses Purelymail for about $6 a year for a year with no issues.

Finds Fastmail quite good, reliable and affordable.

Uses Fastmail with their own domain; significantly cheaper and works with any POP3 or IMAP client.

Transitioned over from Proton and couldn't be happier with the full feature set despite a slightly dated-looking interface.

Moved from Gmail to Proton Mail's free plan and finds it flawless after a couple of days, with no ads.

Long-time Infomaniak user who only used Mail and VPN says it was hard to get up to speed with the Manager and Organizations setup.

They use Purelymail and like that it does not charge per user.

Has used Proton for most of a decade and moved over fully years ago, recommending it to everyone.

Calls Fastmail pretty great, not cheap but great.

They love Fastmail and describe it as cheap, secure and free of nickel-and-diming.

Says buying SharePoint storage in fixed blocks was expensive, leaving terabytes paid for but unused after clean-outs.

Fastmail is their main account and more user friendly, with Tuta preloaded as a backup.

Pays $20 a month for a single Business Premium licence as a test tenant instead of a costly developer program.

Pays under $6 a year on Purelymail's advanced pricing for send-as aliases and it has worked flawlessly for months.

Alias replies are a hassle and Drive backup notifications annoying, but otherwise enjoys Proton.

Uses shared group calendars in Workspace for staff time off and events and says it works well.

Has migrated to both; finds Google support nonexistent, documentation scattered and the move needed weeks of planning.

A year after leaving Outlook, finds Google gives better mail features and spam filters, with Drive and Docs for sharing.

A year on Proton Unlimited and disappointed by the email and calendar experience, especially with multiple addresses.

Regrets committing to Proton Unlimited; only uses email and VPN, with SimpleLogin and Drive disappointing.

In year 9 with Proton, likes the products but may drop everything except Pass over slow fixes.

Uses Proton Unlimited with three connected domains and finds it worth the money, though they still use Gmail day to day.

Account created via temp email was locked for suspicious activity on first use until another email was added.

They pay for Zoho Mail private email but still receive ads from the service.

Account was randomly locked and tickets went unanswered for a week before a cryptic reply about unspecified violations.

Uses Proton Mail with SimpleLogin and a custom domain, mostly via the web app.

Zoho works well, with bring-your-own-domain plans from about $1 a month, though not as good as Proton.

Has paid for Infomaniak for a couple of years but finds the calendar and docs frustrating and the two-account domain setup annoying.

Switched to Proton and it works fine; the technical team was surprisingly responsive on a couple of bugs.

Over six months using Proton extensively and very happy with Mail, Pass and VPN.

Paid Proton user who is very happy; finds Drive faster and more reliable.

Has used Fastmail for seven years since leaving Google and absolutely loves it.

Says Microsoft Forms cannot be backed up by any tool they checked, so a deleted user's forms are lost for good.

Calls Fastmail a polished, finished product with good guides and really good support.

Switched from Gmail to Fastmail with a custom domain and found it way less messy than expected.

Moved to Fastmail three years ago and has not looked back; only the calendar is a bit cumbersome.

Likes Fastmail with own domains and aliases; send-as works well and integrates with 1Password.

A Fastmail user for 22 years who has found very little to complain about.

Paid a year of Tuta but ended up using only Proton because the UX suited them more.

A few years on Proton at about 3 euros a month, with old Gmail history moved over.

Chose Fastmail with their own domain after finding Proton's apps and site laggy; it is blazing fast.

A client's business runs on Power Automate flows tied to a departed employee's account, which nobody dares disable.

Uses the full Proton suite and loves it, including SimpleLogin aliases.

Very happy moving from Gmail to Fastmail with their own domain; can send as any address with credentials.

Moved all domains to Fastmail from Gmail; setup was easy, only needing DNS record updates at Cloudflare.