Plainmail

Key facts: Plainmail launched on Product Hunt on November 5, 2026. It gives you real mailboxes on every domain you own for $5 a month flat: set up hello@yourdomain in one line, then read it in Apple Mail, the Gmail app, Outlook or Thunderbird. It writes the mail records (MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC) at Cloudflare, Vercel or Porkbun for you, and outgoing mail goes through Amazon SES with bounce and complaint tracking.

Plans: $5 a month flat for real mailboxes on all your domains. Sign up with GitHub, cancel anytime.

Best for: Founders and freelancers who want a real address on each project instead of a Gmail alias. Who should skip it: anyone who sends bulk mail, newsletters or cold outreach.

Pros

• One flat $5 a month for real mailboxes on every domain you own
• Normal IMAP/SMTP: use Apple Mail, the Gmail app, Outlook or Thunderbird, with no new app to learn
• DNS records written for you at Cloudflare, Vercel or Porkbun
• Delivery, bounce and complaint rates shown in the dashboard

Watch out for

• Built for personal mail between people, not bulk mail, newsletters or cold outreach
• Every customer shares the same sending reputation, so sending is kept clean on purpose
• No free tier: $5 a month from the start

Best for

Founders and freelancers who want a real address on each project instead of a Gmail alias. Who should skip it: anyone who sends bulk mail, newsletters or cold outreach, or anyone who wants a free mailbox.

Pricing

$5/month flat for real mailboxes on all your domains. Sign up with GitHub; cancel anytime.

FAQs

What is Plainmail? Email hosting for all your domains: real mailboxes on every domain you own for $5 a month flat.

Which mail apps does it work with? Apple Mail, the Gmail app, Outlook and Thunderbird, over normal IMAP/SMTP.

Do I need to set up DNS myself? No. Plainmail writes the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records at Cloudflare, Vercel or Porkbun, or gives you the exact records to copy elsewhere.

Can I send newsletters with it? No. Plainmail is for mail between people, not bulk or marketing email.