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mailbox.org Business at a glance
- Vendor
- Heinlein Hosting GmbH
- Headquarters
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026
- Data hosting
- Default not stated; pages mention Germany source, captured 5 Nov 2026
- Free plan
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026
- Panel verdict
- The AI panel rates mailbox.org Business 3/5, the mean of 6 judges. mailbox.org Business, operated by Heinlein Hosting GmbH, bundles mail (webmail, IMAP, POP3), calendar, contacts, browser office editing, drive and video meetings, with servers stated to stand exclusively in Berlin. how scores are made
- As of
- Vendor pages captured 5 Nov 2026; evaluated by the panel 6 Nov 2026. all sources
Read this page as one judge. Each weighs the same scores by what they care about.
The panel's verdict
mailbox.org Business, operated by Heinlein Hosting GmbH, bundles mail (webmail, IMAP, POP3), calendar, contacts, browser office editing, drive and video meetings, with servers stated to stand exclusively in Berlin. Five of six judges scored between 6 and 8 on all seven criteria; the data protection officer's scores are 0 on the same seven. The bench is firmest on pricing transparency, scored 7 by five of six judges for tiers of Light 1 €, Standard 4 € and Premium 12 € per month, and on sovereignty, at 7 to 8 with the public sector lead at 8 — though the captured pages give different names for the contracting entity and one certification text describes hosting across Germany, the EU, EFTA and the EEA rather than Berlin alone. Migration and portability sits at 6 for five of six judges: the published Audriga list names Gmail, Outlook.com and T-Online, and no Exchange or Microsoft 365 source is documented. The recurring 6-versus-7 splits turn on how heavily each judge weighs absent Exchange connectivity, directory sync and GoBD archiving, not on disputed facts.
Speaks for it
- Public per-plan pricing — Light 1 €, Standard 4 € and Premium 12 € per month, with mail storage of 2, 20 and 50 GB, priced add-on storage and a 30-day trial.
- Custom-domain DNS set-up documented record by record — MX, SPF, four DKIM CNAME keys, DMARC — with DANE, DNSSEC and MTA-STS in use.
- PGP and S/MIME end-to-end encryption in the webmailer with no provider-held recovery key, alongside stated ISO 27001 and BSI C5 and a transparency report naming rejection rates of 33.8% (2023), 30% (2024) and 25% (2025).
- A named Berlin operator — Heinlein Hosting GmbH, HRB 220010 B, Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg — with servers stated to stand exclusively in Berlin on the provider's own hardware, a GDPR data processing agreement in Standard and Premium and a § 43e BRAO agreement on request.
- A reseller tier that creates, modifies and deletes customer accounts, with white-label billing, PDF and CSV invoice export, tariff limits and support packages with stated response times (usually 48 hours Standard, 24 hours Premium, 24/7 in the top package).
Held against it
- We found no public information on Exchange ActiveSync or native Outlook MAPI — Outlook reaches the service over IMAP with app passwords or via the third-party CalDAV Synchronizer.
- We found no public information on GoBD-compliant archiving, retention policies, legal hold or eDiscovery — judges called this gap decisive for buyers with statutory retention duties.
- We found no public information on Active Directory, Entra ID or LDAP sync, SCIM provisioning, mobile device policies with remote wipe, or exportable audit logs.
- The published migration list names Gmail, Outlook.com and T-Online among others, with no public information on an Exchange or Microsoft 365 source, and the terms make data download before contract end the user's own duty on at least a weekly rhythm.
- We found no public information on a subprocessor list with locations, and the captured pages name Heinlein Hosting GmbH as operator in the imprint while the terms name Heinlein Support GmbH as provider.
Best for
- You want a German-hosted mail and office bundle for a small or mid-sized team at published plan prices of 1 €, 4 € or 12 € per month.
- You are an IT service provider or reseller managing several customer organisations and want white-label billing with PDF and CSV invoice export.
- Your buyers demand encryption and audit evidence — PGP and S/MIME with no provider-held recovery key, stated ISO 27001 and BSI C5, and a published transparency report with rejection rates.
- You need sovereignty documentation — a named Berlin operator with register number, servers stated to stand in Berlin, and a GDPR data processing agreement in Standard and Premium.
Avoid if
- You run hundreds of Outlook desktop users who need Exchange ActiveSync or native MAPI rather than IMAP plus a third-party CalDAV plug-in.
- You must meet statutory retention duties — GoBD-compliant archiving, retention policies, legal hold — inside the suite itself; judges say a separate archive would have to close that gap.
The scores
| Criterion | Panel median |
|---|---|
| Mail, domains & deliverability | 3.5 of 5 |
| Calendar, contacts & office apps | 3.5 of 5 |
| Security, encryption & compliance archiving | 3.5 of 5 |
| Administration, identity & partner management | 3 of 5 |
| Migration, open standards & exit | 3 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 3.5 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 3.5 of 5 |
Mail, domains & deliverability
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How well the mailbox itself works: custom domains and their DNS set-up, aliases, catch-all, shared and functional mailboxes, distribution lists, mailbox and attachment size limits, IMAP, POP3, SMTP and Exchange ActiveSync or MAPI for Outlook, web and mobile apps, spam and malware filtering, SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MTA-STS, out-of-office and server-side rules, send limits, and the delivery reputation of the sending infrastructure. A self-hosted groupware is judged on the mail server it ships; a suite whose mail app is only a client for another server scores at the level of that client.
0 — No mailbox at all; a product that only sends transactional mail or only reads another provider's mail without a server of its own or a documented one to pair it with.
3 — Mailboxes on a custom domain with IMAP and SMTP and a webmail; aliases, shared mailboxes, filtering and DKIM or DMARC are basic or not described.
5 — Several custom domains with a documented DNS set-up, aliases and distribution lists, shared or functional mailboxes, IMAP and SMTP plus mobile apps, spam and malware filtering, SPF and DKIM signing, mailbox size per plan stated, server-side rules and out-of-office replies.
8 — Exchange ActiveSync or native Outlook (MAPI) support, DMARC reporting and MTA-STS or DANE, catch-all and plus addressing, delegated access and send-as, quarantine an admin can review, send and attachment limits stated, and the deliverability of the outbound infrastructure documented.
10 — A mail platform a large organisation runs on: every protocol above with feature parity stated per client, inbound and outbound gateways configurable, journaling, DANE and MTA-STS enforced, delivery monitoring and bounce analysis for admins, and mail flow documented end to end.
The Small Firm Owner
Mail on our own domain is documented down to the last DNS record — MX hosts, TXT validation, four DKIM keys as CNAME records, a single SPF record and DMARC with monitoring guidance — plus a catch-all mailbox and aliases on the firm's domain, with IMAP, POP3 and webmail in every tariff and DANE as well as MTA-STS named on the BSI-recommended protocol list. We found no public information on Exchange ActiveSync or native Outlook (MAPI); the help pages describe Outlook via app passwords and a CalDAV plug-in. We also found no public information on shared or functional mailboxes for our kanzlei@ address, on out-of-office rules or on send and attachment limits. 2 8 10 14 15 18
The IT Administrator
Custom domains are covered with a step-by-step DNS set-up — MX records, SPF, four DKIM keys as CNAME, DMARC with report guidance, TXT validation and a catch-all mailbox — and the transport security is exactly what the BSI asks of us: DNSSEC, DANE/TLSA and MTA-STS, with virus and spam filtering at receipt. But for three hundred Outlook users the protocol list stops at webmail, IMAP and POP3; we found no public information on Exchange ActiveSync or native MAPI, so Outlook mail would run over IMAP and the calendar only through a third-party CalDAV plug-in. We also found no public information on shared or functional mailboxes, server-side rules, out-of-office replies, send limits or a quarantine an admin can review. 7 8 10 14 15 17
The Public Sector IT Lead
Mailboxes on custom domains with webmail, IMAP and POP3, per-plan storage of 2, 20 and 50 GB, spam and virus filtering, and a thoroughly documented DNS set-up covering MX records, SPF, four DKIM keys and DMARC with reporting guidance; DANE, MTA-STS and DNSSEC are in use, the plans carry the BSI IT security label under TR 03108, and catch-all mailboxes are documented. For an administration of our size, though, we found no public information on Exchange ActiveSync or native Outlook connectivity, out-of-office replies and server-side rules, send or attachment limits, or a quarantine an administrator can review. 2 7 8 10 14 15
The IT Service Provider
Custom domains are documented down to the last DNS record — four DKIM CNAME keys, the SPF single-record rule, DMARC with report evaluation, DANE and MTA-STS, plus catch-all, IMAP/POP3/webmail and storage stated per plan — which is DKIM and DMARC I can set up without opening a ticket. We found no public information on Exchange ActiveSync or native Outlook MAPI, send and attachment limits, a quarantine I can review, shared mailboxes, or out-of-office and server-side rules, and that is what my Outlook shops ask about first. 14 15 10 8 7 2
The Data Protection Officer
Own domains are documented end to end — MX records, four DKIM keys as CNAME entries, SPF and DMARC guidance — plus catch-all, mailbox sizes stated per plan (2 GB, 20 GB, 50 GB), aliases including 250 on own domains in Premium, IMAP/POP3/webmail, and MTA-STS and DANE stated on the certifications page. We found no public information on Exchange ActiveSync or native Outlook (MAPI) access, a quarantine an administrator can review, out-of-office replies, server-side rules or stated send limits. 2 4 8 10 14 15
The Skeptic
Mail runs on Webmail, IMAP and POP3, and the domain set-up is documented to a level I rarely see: four DKIM keys as CNAME records, SPF and DMARC policy guidance, MX targets, TXT validation and a catch-all mailbox, with DANE, DNSSEC and MTA-STS recognised by the BSI secure-mail-transport mark. But Outlook reaches the service only as an IMAP account with app passwords or via the third-party CalDAV Synchronizer — we found no public information on Exchange ActiveSync or native MAPI, on send or attachment limits, or on a quarantine an administrator can review. 2 7 8 10 14 15 17
Calendar, contacts & office apps
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What the office plans and writes with: shared and team calendars, free/busy lookup, meeting invitations across providers, room and resource booking, shared address books and a company directory, CalDAV and CardDAV or ActiveSync for phones, Outlook calendar sync, tasks, online office documents with co-editing, file storage that comes with the suite, video meetings and chat inside the bundle, and the desktop and mobile apps.
0 — Mail only, with no calendar or contacts of any kind.
3 — A personal calendar and address book in the webmail; sharing, resources, sync protocols and office apps are basic or not described.
5 — Shared calendars and address books, meeting invitations with free/busy lookup, CalDAV and CardDAV or ActiveSync sync to phones and desktop clients, a company-wide address book, tasks, and either online office documents or a documented integration with an office suite.
8 — Room and resource booking with approval, delegated calendar access, Outlook calendar and contacts sync documented, co-editing of documents and spreadsheets in the browser, file storage with sharing, video meetings in the bundle, and apps for desktop, iOS and Android.
10 — A full office suite that replaces Microsoft 365 for a whole organisation: every function above with Microsoft file formats edited without loss, scheduling across organisations, resource planning, offline editing, an accessible interface stated against a standard, and feature parity across web, desktop and mobile documented.
The Small Firm Owner
Shared calendars and address books, tasks, browser editing of documents that support common Office formats, a Drive with password-protected sharing and video meetings are all documented, and CalDAV and CardDAV set-up is written out for DAVx⁵, iOS, Thunderbird and Outlook via CalDAV Synchronizer — so the shared calendar would reach every phone in the office. We found no public information on free/busy lookup across providers, room and resource booking for our meeting room, a company-wide address book, or native desktop applications. 3 4 10 16 17
The IT Administrator
The suite is genuine: browser editing of documents, spreadsheets and presentations in common Office formats, live co-editing, drive storage with guest sharing and mobile apps, video meetings and tasks in the paid plans, and CalDAV/CardDAV documented down to concrete URLs with DAVx5, Thunderbird and Outlook via CalDAV Synchronizer. What an Exchange shop like ours misses is the groupware layer on top: we found no public information on free/busy lookup, room and resource booking with approval, delegated calendar access or a company-wide directory, and no native desktop applications are documented. 3 4 10 16 17
The Public Sector IT Lead
The bundle includes shared calendars and address books, tasks, browser editing of documents and spreadsheets with real-time co-editing, drive storage with guest sharing and expiry-dated links, video meetings in every plan, and CalDAV and CardDAV synchronisation documented down to URLs and clients including DAVx⁵, Thunderbird and Outlook via CalDAV Synchronizer. For a Microsoft 365 replacement we found no public information on free/busy lookup across providers, room and resource booking, delegated calendar access, or lossless editing of Microsoft file formats — and the web client itself cannot subscribe to external calendars. 3 4 10 17 22
The IT Service Provider
Calendar, address book and tasks, browser editing of documents, spreadsheets and presentations in common Office formats, drive with real-time co-editing and password-protected shares, and video meetings all sit in one bundle, with CalDAV and CardDAV documented including Outlook via CalDAV Synchronizer and DAVx5 on Android. We found no public information on free/busy lookup, room and resource booking, delegated calendar access or a company-wide address book. 10 3 4 17
The Data Protection Officer
Shared calendars and address books, CalDAV and CardDAV with documented URLs and a client list, tasks, in-browser editing of common office formats, a Drive with password-protected expiring shares and real-time guest co-editing, and video meetings in every plan cover what a practice team uses daily. We found no public information on free/busy lookup, meeting invitations across providers, room and resource booking, delegated calendar access or a company-wide directory. 3 4 10 16 17
The Skeptic
Shared calendars and address books, tasks, browser office editing with live co-editing, a Drive with iOS and Android apps, and video meetings sit in one bundle, and CalDAV/CardDAV set-up is documented client by client. What a company would actually schedule with is thinner: we found no public information on free/busy lookup, room or resource booking, or delegated calendar access; the webclient cannot subscribe to external calendars; and Outlook synchronises only through the third-party CalDAV Synchronizer. 3 4 10 16 17 22
Security, encryption & compliance archiving
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How mail and documents are protected and kept: TLS enforced in transit, encryption at rest, end-to-end encryption or S/MIME and PGP, who at the provider can read a mailbox, two-factor authentication and passkeys, phishing, malware and account-takeover protection, audit-proof archiving that meets GoBD, retention policies and legal hold, eDiscovery, backups and restore of deleted mail, a transparency report on authority requests, and certifications (ISO 27001, BSI C5, SOC 2) with their scope.
0 — No security information of any kind; no encryption, two-factor sign-in or archiving stated.
3 — Encrypted connections and a password login; encryption at rest, two-factor sign-in, archiving and certifications are basic or not described.
5 — TLS in transit and encryption at rest stated, two-factor authentication, spam, phishing and malware protection, restore of deleted mail for a stated period, archiving offered (built in or as an add-on), and a certification such as ISO 27001 stated for the data centres or the service.
8 — End-to-end encryption, S/MIME or PGP supported, GoBD-compliant archiving documented, retention policies and legal hold, enforced two-factor or passkeys for all users, a transparency report on authority requests, and certifications such as ISO 27001 or BSI C5 published with their scope and auditor.
10 — Security that holds up in an audit of a regulated organisation: zero-access or customer-held keys where the provider cannot read mail, eDiscovery, tamper-proof archive with documented verification, every certification published with its report or attestation available, independent security audits or open-source code reviewed, and incident disclosure documented.
The Small Firm Owner
PGP and S/MIME sit in the webmailer with Mailvelope support and an own key server, two-factor is available in every tariff (though optional), mail is scanned multiple times for malware, a seven-day self-service backup snapshot is stated, and a transparency report is published that even names the share of authority requests rejected, alongside ISO 27001 and BSI C5. But for a tax office the archiving question decides the purchase, and we found no public information on GoBD-compliant archiving, retention policies or legal hold for mail, nor on enforced two-factor for all users. 7 8 9 10 13 18
The IT Administrator
Encryption is unusually strong: TLS with perfect forward secrecy, PGP and S/MIME end-to-end inside the webmailer in every plan, optional re-encryption of stored mail with the customer's own key with no provider-held recovery key, plus a published transparency report naming the share of authority requests rejected and ISO 27001 and BSI C5 stated alongside the BSI IT security label for secure mail transport. Two-factor sign-in is optional rather than enforced, and we found no public information on GoBD-compliant archiving, retention policies, legal hold or eDiscovery — for a German machine builder that gap matters, as does a backup snapshot held for only seven days on a non-contractual basis. 2 7 8 9 10 13 18
The Public Sector IT Lead
PGP and S/MIME end-to-end encryption in the webmailer, optional encryption of stored mail and files with the customer's own key and no provider-held recovery key, two-factor sign-in in all plans, seven-day backups, and published ISO 27001 and BSI C5 alongside a transparency report on authority requests complete with rejection rates. Two-factor is optional rather than enforceable for all users, and we found no public information on GoBD-compliant archiving, retention policies or legal hold — for a district administration with statutory retention duties that gap would have to be closed by a separate archive. 7 8 9 10 13 18
The IT Service Provider
PGP and S/MIME end-to-end in the webmailer, optional re-encryption of stored mail with the customer's own key with no provider-held second key, two-factor everywhere, a transparency report with real rejection figures for 2023 to 2025, and ISO 27001 plus BSI C5 stated. We found no public information on GoBD-compliant archiving, retention policies and legal hold, eDiscovery or admin-enforced two-factor, and the certification scope and auditor are not published — the archive gap alone rules it out for my hotel group. 10 7 2 13 9 8
The Data Protection Officer
PGP and S/MIME in the webmailer with no provider-held recovery key, optional after-the-fact encryption of stored mail with the customer's own key, multi-stage malware scanning, a seven-day backup snapshot, a TÜV-certified data protection officer and a transparency report naming rejection rates for authority requests over three years give me a chain I can largely defend. But two-factor sign-in is stated as optional rather than enforced, and we found no public information on GoBD-compliant archiving, retention policies or legal hold — for patient correspondence and tax retention that gap must be closed before signature. 2 7 8 9 10 13
The Skeptic
PGP and S/MIME in the webmailer with an explicit refusal of any provider-side key recovery, multiple virus scans, and a transparency report with published rejection rates for three years are more than most providers show, and ISO 27001 and BSI C5 are stated as held. For a regulated buyer the archive question stays open: we found no public information on GoBD-compliant archiving, retention policies, legal hold or eDiscovery, two-factor sign-in is optional rather than enforced, and the seven-day backup snapshot is expressly not a contractual entitlement. 2 7 8 9 13 18
Administration, identity & partner management
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How an IT team or an IT service provider runs it: an admin console for users, groups, mailboxes and domains, admin roles, single sign-on (SAML or OpenID Connect), sync with Active Directory, Entra ID or LDAP, SCIM provisioning, mobile device policies and remote wipe, audit logs of admin and user actions, usage reports, a documented API for provisioning, multi-tenant or reseller accounts for partners managing several customers, and the support channels and response times per plan.
0 — No administration; one login per mailbox and nothing managed centrally.
3 — A web console to add mailboxes and aliases; roles, single sign-on, directory sync and audit logs are basic or not described.
5 — An admin console for users, groups, mailboxes and domains, admin roles, two-factor sign-in enforceable by the admin, password policies, a documented API or command line for provisioning, an activity or audit log, and business support by phone or ticket stated per plan.
8 — Single sign-on (SAML or OpenID Connect), Active Directory, Entra ID or LDAP sync, SCIM provisioning, mobile device policies with remote wipe, audit logs exportable, delegated administration, partner or reseller accounts that manage several customer organisations, and support response times stated.
10 — Administration that scales across many organisations: every setting reachable by API with parity stated, granular role scopes, policies by group, logs streamed to a SIEM, white-label partner offerings with separate billing, and an SLA with service credits published.
The Small Firm Owner
A web console manages contract, domains, mailboxes, forwards, passwords and storage, business customers create staff accounts in bulk by CSV, and a documented API is offered for larger environments; support response windows are stated (usually 48 hours Standard, 24 hours Premium) with a 24/7 emergency hotline in the top package. The reseller platform is genuinely partner-grade — create and delete customer accounts, set tariff and mailing-list limits, export invoices as PDF or CSV, keep billing and support in your own name. We found no public information on Active Directory or LDAP sync, SCIM provisioning, mobile device policies with remote wipe, admin roles or exportable audit logs, and single sign-on is offered only as an individual integration without protocol details. 5 6 10 20
The IT Administrator
The admin console manages contract, domains, mailboxes, forwards, passwords and storage centrally, business accounts can be created in bulk by CSV, there is a documented API aimed at larger environments and resellers, and the reseller tier is real: creating and deleting customer accounts, tariff limits, white-label billing, invoice export in PDF and CSV, and support packages with stated response times and 24/7 in the top package. The identity story stops short of what we run, though — we found no public information on Active Directory, Entra ID or LDAP sync, SCIM provisioning, admin role models, mobile device policies with remote wipe, or exportable audit logs, and single sign-on is offered only as individual integrations without a named protocol. 5 6 10 13 20
The Public Sector IT Lead
A central web console manages contract, domains, mailboxes, forwards, passwords and storage, accounts can be created by CSV or through an API, catch-all addresses are configured in the console, and there is a genuinely mature reseller programme with white-label billing, PDF and CSV invoice export and tiered support packages; support response times are stated per plan next to a 99.9% availability commitment. We found no public information on Active Directory, Entra ID or LDAP synchronisation, SCIM provisioning, admin roles, mobile device policies with remote wipe, or exportable audit logs — with eleven hundred accounts I would be provisioning and auditing by hand. 5 6 10 13 20
The IT Service Provider
There is a genuine partner story: a reseller web console where I create, modify and delete customer accounts, cap mailboxes and mailing lists per tariff, search my customer base, export invoices in PDF and CSV, keep billing with myself, and hand support to paid Silber, Gold or Platin tiers — backed by a business admin console with API, CSV account creation and SSO. We found no public information on directory sync, SCIM provisioning, mobile device policies with remote wipe, audit logs or granular admin roles, and typical response times of 24 to 48 hours reach around-the-clock only in the platinum package. 20 5 6 10 1
The Data Protection Officer
A central console manages contract, domains, mailboxes, forwards, passwords and storage plus security settings (virus, spam, password protection, IP whitelisting, blacklists, backups), employee accounts can be created from CSV, an API is published, and reseller accounts administer several customer organisations with white-label billing and PDF/CSV invoice export, with support response times stated per plan (48 and 24 hours, Mo–Fr). Single sign-on is offered; we found no public information on the protocol used. We also found no public information on Active Directory or LDAP sync, SCIM provisioning, admin roles, mobile device policies with remote wipe, or exportable audit logs. 5 6 7 10 20
The Skeptic
The admin console covers mailboxes, domains, forwards, passwords and storage, with an API, CSV account creation, central spam, virus and IP-list controls, and a reseller tier that manages several customer organisations with white-label billing and invoice export; support response times are stated per plan. Identity is the weak flank: single sign-on is offered but no SAML or OpenID Connect is named, and we found no public information on Active Directory, Entra ID or LDAP sync, SCIM provisioning, mobile device policies with remote wipe, or exportable audit logs. 1 5 6 10 20
Migration, open standards & exit
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How the organisation gets in and out: migration from Exchange, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or another IMAP provider with a documented tool or service, mail, calendars and contacts carried over, coexistence during a move, standard protocols (IMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV, JMAP, open document formats) rather than proprietary ones, export of a mailbox and of the whole organisation in standard formats (mbox, EML, PST, ICS, vCard), open-source code or a self-hosted edition, what happens to data when the contract ends, and how domains and DNS are handed back.
0 — No way to bring mail in or take it out; a proprietary store with no IMAP access or export.
3 — IMAP access to mail; a migration path, calendar and contacts export and the end-of-contract handling are basic or not described.
5 — A documented migration from Exchange, Microsoft 365 or Google (a tool, an import or a service), mail, calendars and contacts imported, IMAP, CalDAV and CardDAV or ActiveSync access, export of mail, calendars and contacts in standard formats, and the deletion of data after the contract ends stated.
8 — A migration service or tool that moves whole organisations with calendars and permissions, coexistence with free/busy during the move, open document formats supported natively, export of the whole organisation by the admin, an open-source code base or a self-hosted edition, and a data return period after cancellation stated.
10 — An exit that costs nothing but time: every record exportable in open formats with the method documented, a self-hosted open-source edition with feature parity stated, migration in and out documented with the same tools, and a contractual data return and deletion with confirmation.
The Small Firm Owner
The Audriga move service transfers mail, calendars, contacts and files from a named list of providers including Gmail, Outlook.com and T-Online, a migration assistant sits in the settings, and there is a second-account drag-and-drop path described as running without interruption, plus iCal and vCard import and calendar export to file; thirty days after the contract ends data is irreversibly deleted and users are told to download beforehand. We found no public information on a whole-organisation export by the administrator or a documented migration from Exchange or Microsoft 365, and the migration service is priced as free only for private customers. 6 13 22 23
The IT Administrator
The Audriga partner service imports mail, calendars, contacts and files automatically, a migration assistant sits in the settings menu, iCal and vCard import and calendar export to file are documented with concrete provider walkthroughs, and the terms state irretrievable deletion thirty days after the contract ends with a thirty-day holding period beforehand. What we found no public information on is the move we actually face: Exchange and Microsoft 365 are absent from the supported provider lists, and permissions, free/busy coexistence during the move, an admin-side export of the whole organisation and any self-hosted edition are not documented; mail export is described only as downloading or copying from a client. 5 6 13 22 23
The Public Sector IT Lead
A documented migration service through the partner Audriga moves mail, calendars, contacts and files from IMAP and POP3 mailboxes with a named provider list and an in-product migration assistant, manual drag-and-drop is described as an alternative, calendar import and export are documented, the switch is described as occurring without operational interruption, and end-of-contract handling is clear: a 30-day retention after contract end with deletion thereafter, while domains remain at the customer's own registrar. The named source providers include Gmail, Outlook.com and GMX but not Exchange or Microsoft 365, and we found no public information on organisation-wide export by an administrator or a self-hosted edition — our exit from Exchange would rest on a generic IMAP path. 6 13 22 23
The IT Service Provider
The Audriga migration assistant in the settings menu pulls mail, calendars, contacts and files from a named list of IMAP and POP3 providers, calendar export and iCal import are documented, and the terms state 30-day deletion after contract end with download the user's responsibility — so I can run a move myself. We found no public information on a documented Exchange or Microsoft 365 path, organisation-wide export by an administrator, or free/busy coexistence during the move. 22 6 5 23 13
The Data Protection Officer
A named partner (Audriga) moves mail, calendars, contacts and files automatically from a published provider list including Gmail, Outlook.com and T-Online, available in Standard and Premium, with a migration assistant in the settings plus manual second-account and iCal import/export paths documented; after contract end all account data is irreversibly deleted following a 30-day holding period, statutory retention excepted, and the user is obliged to download beforehand. We found no public information on organisation-wide export by an administrator, export formats such as mbox, EML or PST, or a self-hosted or open-source edition. 6 13 22 23
The Skeptic
Getting in is genuinely documented — the Audriga service moves mail, calendars, contacts and files from a published provider list, a migration assistant sits in the suite alongside manual drag-and-drop, and calendar and contact export via iCal and vCard files is described step by step. Getting out is thinner: the terms make the user responsible for downloading their data before the contract ends, with a weekly backup duty, and we found no public information on an administrator exporting the whole organisation, on a named Exchange or Microsoft 365 source, or on an open-source or self-hosted edition. 5 6 13 22 23
European sovereignty
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Who the contracting entity and the parent company are, where mailboxes, calendars, contacts, documents and backups are stored and processed, who at the provider or its subprocessors can access them, and who the subprocessors are (data centres, spam filtering, support, payment, AI features). Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline. An EU data region offered by a non-EU parent is part of the chain, not the whole of it. A self-hosted or open-source edition the customer runs on its own European servers counts as the customer's chain, whatever the vendor's seat.
0 — Non-EU vendor and contracting entity, hosting unstated, subprocessors unnamed, and no data processing agreement offered.
3 — A privacy policy and a data processing agreement exist, but hosting location is unstated or non-EU and the subprocessors are not listed.
5 — EU hosting available and an EU contracting entity or EU representative, but parts of the chain (spam filtering, support, backups, AI features) run through non-EU providers or a non-EU parent without a stated safeguard.
8 — EU hosting on named infrastructure, EU contracting entity, subprocessors listed with their locations, a data processing agreement published, and security certifications (ISO 27001, BSI C5) stated — or a self-hosted edition documented that keeps every mailbox on the customer's own servers.
10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: European ownership, entity, hosting and every subprocessor, or a self-hosted open-source edition with no call home, data export and deletion documented, and certifications published with their scope rather than implied.
The Small Firm Owner
The imprint names Heinlein Hosting GmbH of Berlin as operator, while the terms name Heinlein Support GmbH for the prepaid service — both Berlin companies — and the business and security pages state that all servers sit exclusively in Berlin on the provider's own infrastructure under German data protection law, with ISO 27001 and BSI C5 stated and a GDPR data processing agreement listed in the Standard and Premium tariffs. The privacy policy names self-hosted Matomo and Conviva via the video player as third-party elements, but we found no public information on a full subprocessor list with their locations, and data centre operators are not named. 1 7 8 10 11 12
The IT Administrator
Heinlein Hosting GmbH of Berlin is the named operator and data controller with a commercial register number, servers stand exclusively in Berlin on the provider's own hardware with green power, German law governs the contract, a GDPR data processing agreement is offered in the paid plans (and one under section 43e BRAO on request), and ISO 27001 and BSI C5 are stated. The chain is not fully evidenced: the captured pages name no data centres and list no subprocessors with their locations, so hosting in Germany and a German entity are proven while the rest of the chain remains open. 1 7 8 10 11 12 13
The Public Sector IT Lead
The operator and data controller is Heinlein Hosting GmbH of Berlin, registered at the Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg under HRB 220010 B and part of a German group, with servers exclusively in Germany on the provider's own hardware in Berlin data centres, German governing law, a GDPR data processing agreement offered in the Standard and Premium plans, a § 43e BRAO agreement on request, and ISO 27001 and BSI C5 stated alongside the Software Hosted in Germany seal. What holds this below the top mark: the captured pages name individual third parties such as video analytics via Conviva and the migration partner Audriga, but we found no public list of subprocessors with their locations, and no self-hosted edition is documented. 7 8 10 11 12 13
The IT Service Provider
Heinlein Hosting GmbH of Berlin runs it on its own Berlin servers under German law, with green power, a GDPR data processing agreement in the Standard and Premium tariffs, and a published authority-request report — exactly the chain my Austrian clients want to see. The edges are thin: there is no subprocessor list with locations (Audriga appears only in the migration help), no certification scope published, and the captured pages name Heinlein Support GmbH as provider of the prepaid terms alongside the Berlin operator. 11 7 1 8 10 13 9 22
The Data Protection Officer
Operator and controller are Heinlein Hosting GmbH of Berlin under German register and governing law, mail and office run on the provider's own servers in Berlin data centres, and a GDPR data processing agreement is offered in Standard and Premium — one under § 43e BRAO even on request — alongside ISO 27001, BSI C5 and the BSI TR 03108 IT security label. Spam filtering, backups and support are described as in-house, and authority requests are reviewed by the data protection officer with lawyers, a quarter to a third rejected in recent reports. We found no public information on a subprocessor list with locations; the migration partner Audriga is named but not located. 1 7 8 10 11 12 13
The Skeptic
Heinlein Hosting GmbH of Berlin appears as operator and controller with register court and number, the servers are stated to stand exclusively in Berlin on the provider's own hardware, and a GDPR data processing agreement comes with Standard and Premium alongside ISO 27001 and BSI C5 — with spam filtering and support evidently in-house rather than farmed out. The captured pages give different names for the contracting entity, however (Heinlein Hosting in the imprint and privacy policy, Heinlein Support in the terms), we found no public information on a subprocessor list with locations, and one certification text describes hosting across Germany, the EU, EFTA and the EEA rather than Berlin alone. 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Pricing transparency
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How this is scored
Whether a buyer can compute the real annual cost from public pages alone: price per user or mailbox per tier, storage per user, what shared mailboxes, aliases and extra domains cost, which features (archiving, office apps, SSO, advanced security, more storage) cost extra, the first-year discount and the regular price after it, minimum users and term, monthly versus annual billing, and VAT.
0 — No public prices at all; every customer is a sales call.
3 — A starting price per user exists, but how cost scales with storage, users, add-ons or after the first year is unclear.
5 — Tiers are public with their price per user and main inclusions, but at least one commonly needed piece (archiving, extra storage, shared mailboxes, SSO, the price after the introductory period) is unpriced or "on request".
8 — Every tier priced publicly per user with storage, add-ons priced, the regular price after any introductory discount stated, minimum users and term stated, monthly and annual billing compared, and VAT treatment stated.
10 — Complete price computability: annual cost derivable for a given number of users, storage and add-ons, with every support, migration and archive fee and the cancellation and data-return terms published.
The Small Firm Owner
Three tiers are public at Light 1 €, Standard 4 € and Premium 12 € per month with mail storage of 2, 20 and 50 GB and Drive storage of 0, 10 and 100 GB, extra mail storage quoted at 0,20 € or 0,10 € per GB and extra Drive at 0,40 € or 0,20 € per 5 GB, monthly terms for Standard and Premium, a 30-day trial, and business prices expressly excluding VAT on 14-day invoice terms. We found no introductory discount on the captured pages, so the monthly figures read as the ongoing price — exactly what I need for the second year. We found no public information on minimum user counts, a monthly-versus-annual billing comparison, or the cost of single sign-on and the business migration service. 4 10 13 22
The IT Administrator
Prices are public and exact — Light at 1 €, Standard at 4 € and Premium at 12 € per month with mail and drive storage per tier, extra storage priced per gigabyte, alias and disposable-address counts, terms (Light yearly, Standard and Premium monthly), a 30-day trial, one-month cancellation, and VAT treatment stated for consumer prices included by country and business prices exclusive under reverse charge. What we could not compute from the pages: minimum users for a business deployment, the cost of the Silver, Gold and Platinum support packages, catch-all or shared mailbox fees, and what a business migration via the partner costs — we found no public information on those, nor any priced archiving item. 4 6 10 13 20
The Public Sector IT Lead
All three tiers are public — Light at 1 € per month, Standard at 4 €, Premium at 12 € — with mail storage of 2, 20 and 50 GB, drive storage of 10 and 100 GB in the paid tiers, priced add-on storage (mail per 1 GB at 0,20 € or 0,10 € depending on tier, drive per 5 GB at 0,40 € or 0,20 €) and per-plan feature tables; the business terms state monthly invoicing in advance, a 14-day payment term and a one-month termination right. However, the consumer price page shows prices including VAT while the business terms state all fees exclusive of VAT — a buyer must reconcile that — and we found no public information on minimum seats, shared or functional mailbox pricing, or the cost of the Silber, Gold and Platin support packages. 4 10 13 20
The IT Service Provider
All three tiers are public — Light 1 €, Standard 4 € and Premium 12 € pro Monat — with mail and drive storage per plan, aliases counted, and add-ons priced at 0,20 €/0,10 € je 1 GB mail storage and 0,40 €/0,20 € je 5 GB drive storage, so I can cost a client before quoting; terms are yearly on Light, monthly on Standard and Premium, with a 30-day trial and one-month cancellation. The Silber, Gold and Platin support packages carry no public prices, we found no public information on a monthly-versus-annual comparison or minimum user counts, and the captured pages give different figures for VAT — the pricing page includes it depending on the user's country while the business terms state prices exclude it. 10 4 6 13 20
The Data Protection Officer
Light 1 € pro Monat, Standard 4 € pro Monat and Premium 12 € pro Monat are published with mail storage (2/20/50 GB) and drive storage (0/10/100 GB) per tier, extra storage is priced (0,20 €/0,10 € per 1 GB mail, 0,40 €/0,20 € per 5 GB drive), terms per plan are stated (Light yearly, Standard and Premium monthly), and VAT is documented as included on the pricing page and excluded with reverse charge under the business terms. We found no public information on prices for the reseller support packages Silber, Gold and Platin, single sign-on, a business price for the Audriga migration, a minimum user count, or a monthly-versus-annual billing comparison. 4 6 10 13 20
The Skeptic
All three plans carry public monthly prices — Light 1 €, Standard 4 €, Premium 12 € — with included mail and drive storage per plan, alias counts, per-gigabyte prices for extra mail and drive storage, the minimum term per plan, VAT rules for consumers and businesses, and a thirty-day trial. The unpriced corners remain: the reseller support packages Silber, Gold and Platin and the user support plans are named without prices, and we found no public information on minimum seats or a monthly-versus-annual comparison. 2 4 5 6 10 13 20
European sovereignty — proven facts
0 of 6 dimensions provenBuilt only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.
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| Hosting location | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Hosting options | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Open source | Not determined | — | uncited Report an error |
| Data processing agreement | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
| Transfer impact assessment | Not determined ⚠ unverified | — | uncited Report an error |
Questions about mailbox.org Business
Is mailbox.org Business European?
Yes. whats-best.ai classifies mailbox.org Business as EU-Made.
Where does mailbox.org Business store data?
The default storage location for customer data is not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026. The vendor’s pages mention Germany as hosting location, per the vendor’s page captured 5 Nov 2026.
Does mailbox.org Business have a free plan?
Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 5 Nov 2026.
What are the best alternatives to mailbox.org Business?
As of 6 Nov 2026, the panel rates grommunio (3.5/5), Infomaniak kSuite (3.5/5) and Nextcloud Hub (Groupware & Office) (3.5/5) highest among the other 14 Business Email & Office Suites products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is grommunio (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: mailbox.org Business alternatives.
Where this could be wrong
- Evidence ages. The oldest capture behind this page is from 5 Nov 2026. Vendors change pricing and policies without notice; every fact reflects its source as of the capture date shown in the registry.
- Weak sourcing — Data processing agreement, Transfer impact assessment, Hosting location. Not confirmed on the vendor’s own pages as captured.
- AI can misread a source. Extraction and judgement are automated; a citation guarantees traceability, not infallibility. If something here is wrong, say so — no account needed, every report is decided within 5 business days, and accepted corrections are published.
What we left out
A claim that does not survive our checks costs us the claim, not the page. This is what was taken off this one.
- 35 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 24 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 7 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 7 support facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 5 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 5 hosting facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 4 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 2 data facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown. Know more? Tell us
Sources (23)
The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.
- 1 Vendor homepage (business) mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 2 Features page (mail) mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 3 Features page (office) mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 4 Features page (drive) mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 5 Features page (admin console) mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 6 Features page (migration) mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 7 Security / trust page mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 8 Security / trust page (certifications) mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 9 Transparency report mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 10 Pricing page mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 11 Legal notice mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 12 Privacy policy mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 13 Terms of service mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 14 Mail, domains & deliverability — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 15 Mail, domains & deliverability — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 16 Calendar, contacts & office apps — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 17 Calendar, contacts & office apps — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 18 Security, encryption & compliance archiving — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 19 Security, encryption & compliance archiving — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 20 Administration, identity & partner management — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 21 Administration, identity & partner management — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 22 Migration, open standards & exit — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →
- 23 Migration, open standards & exit — found from sitemap kb.mailbox.org Checked 5 Nov 2026 Details →