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How Much Does Tuta Mail Cost in 2026?
Tuta Mail pricing is EUR 0 for the 1 GB free plan, EUR 3.00 per month on the 20 GB middle tier billed yearly (EUR 3.60 monthly), and EUR 8.00 per month for 500 GB Legend, verified on tuta.com on 7 November 2026. Business plans start at EUR 6 per user monthly. The catch: no plan supports IMAP.
What matters
- The 20 GB middle plan costs EUR 3.00/mo billed yearly and EUR 3.60/mo billed monthly, so a yearly term saves EUR 7.20.
- Legend buys capacity, not new capability: 500 GB, 30 extra addresses and 10 custom domains for EUR 8.00/mo yearly or EUR 9.60 monthly.
- Tuta offers no IMAP, POP3 or SMTP on any tier, so Outlook, Apple Mail and Thunderbird cannot connect to it.
- Business tiers are EUR 6, EUR 8 and EUR 12 per user/mo billed yearly and exclude taxes, while personal prices on the same site include them.
What Tuta Mail is
Tuta Mail is an end-to-end encrypted email service run by Tutao GmbH, a German company registered at Deisterstr. 17a, 30449 Hanover. Its clients are open source under GPL-3.0: the tutao/tutanota repository had 8,129 stars and a push on 6 November 2026 when checked today.
The encryption is the reason the pricing page looks unusual. Tuta does not use PGP. Per its security page, it replaced RSA with ECDH (x25519) and Kyber-1024 for quantum-safe cryptography, and it encrypts calendars and contacts as well as message bodies. The company says the service has more than 10 million users. Treat that figure as a vendor claim, not an audited number.
What you are buying is therefore a closed ecosystem that happens to be open source: the server code and clients are published, but the price of that privacy is that nothing else can talk to your mailbox.
Tuta Mail pricing: all six plans, verified
The personal page shows three cards, and the business page shows three more. Both were read directly from tuta.com today, with the yearly toggle active and then switched to monthly to confirm the difference.
On the personal side, the free plan gives 1 GB of storage, one calendar and three labels. The EUR 3.00 middle plan gives 20 GB, unlimited calendars and labels, 15 extra email addresses and 3 custom domains, and the card marks it as the most popular option. Legend gives 500 GB, 30 extra addresses and 10 custom domains for EUR 8.00. Both paid personal plans include taxes.
Switch to monthly billing and the numbers move to EUR 3.60 and EUR 9.60. The page states the saving explicitly: EUR 7.20 a year on the middle plan and EUR 19.20 on Legend.
Business pricing is quoted per user and, unlike the personal cards, excludes taxes. Essential is EUR 6 per user monthly for 50 GB with 3 custom domains, Advanced is EUR 8 for 500 GB with 10 domains, and Unlimited is EUR 12 for 1,000 GB with unlimited domains. All three are quoted on the yearly rate and carry the same alias allowances as their personal equivalents: 15, 30 and 30.
The yearly discount is a flat 16.7%, and that is deliberate
Run the numbers and the annual saving is identical on all six plans. Paying yearly costs 83.3% of the monthly rate: EUR 36 instead of EUR 43.20 on the middle plan, EUR 96 instead of EUR 115.20 on Legend, EUR 72 instead of EUR 86.40 on Business Essential. Every card offers exactly one sixth off, no matter which tier or seat count you pick.
That consistency says something useful about the offer. There is no tier where annual billing is a worse deal in percentage terms, so the decision is purely about cash flow and commitment: EUR 36 up front versus EUR 43.20 paid across the year. If you are testing Tuta for a month before committing a domain, monthly billing costs 60 cents more for that month and nothing else.
The awkward zone is the free plan. There is no annual upgrade path from 1 GB; the first paid step is a sixfold jump in monthly cost, which is why most people either stay free indefinitely or move once and never think about it again.
The renewal terms are worded differently on the two pages
This is the detail worth checking before you pay, because the two pricing pages do not say the same thing.
The personal page reads: "The subscription period is one month when paying monthly and one year when paying yearly. After the initial period, the plan will turn into a non-fixed term contract and may be cancelled at any time."
The business page reads: "Subscription period is one month or one year. All plans will automatically renew at the end of the chosen subscription period."
One describes a contract that becomes open-ended and cancellable, the other describes automatic renewal. For a solo buyer on a personal plan the practical outcome is the same either way, since you can cancel at any time, but a team buying ten seats should read the checkout terms rather than assume the personal wording applies.
The catch: no IMAP, POP3 or SMTP, on any plan
No Tuta tier supports standard mail protocols. The company is explicit about why: "We do not offer IMAP as it would only work if we sent decrypted data to your device," according to its security page. A post on offline mode makes the same point for POP: supporting it would mean storing mail unencrypted on your machine, so Tuta built local caching into its own clients instead.
In practice that rules out Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird and every third-party mobile client. You use Tuta's web app, its desktop clients or its mobile apps. There is no official bridge, and the company has argued against building one.
This is where the cheap price stops being cheap for some buyers. If your workflow depends on a mail client that reads a local store, or on scripts that send mail over SMTP, Tuta is not a discount option. It is simply not an option.
What the free plan actually gives you
Free is a real mailbox, not a trial: 1 GB of storage, one calendar, three labels, full encryption and no tracking. That is enough for a secondary address or a privacy-conscious signup inbox.
Three limits decide whether it stays free for you. There is no custom domain, so you cannot bring your own address. There are no extra email addresses, so no aliases beyond your primary login. And three labels is a small organising budget once you filter more than a couple of senders.
The moment you need a domain, the free tier is over and you are choosing between EUR 3.00 and EUR 8.00 a month, which is a different decision from the one the free plan suggests.
Tuta Mail vs Proton Mail on price
Proton is the obvious comparison, and its prices were also verified on the official page today with the 12-month toggle active. Proton Free gives 1 GB and one address. Mail Plus is $3.99 per month billed at $47.88 every 12 months, or $4.99 month to month, with 15 GB, one custom domain, 10 addresses and 10 hide-my-email aliases. Proton Unlimited is $9.99 per month billed at $119.88 a year, or $12.99 monthly, with 500 GB and three domains.
Line them up and the shape is clear. Tuta's EUR 3.00 plan gives more mailbox than Proton's $3.99 plan: 20 GB against 15 GB, three domains against one, 15 extra addresses against 10. Proton's table lists email client support over IMAP and SMTP on paid plans, which Tuta does not offer at any price.
Two caveats before anyone treats this as a straight win. The currencies differ, so the comparison is approximate unless you convert at today's rate. And Proton's headline price is the discounted annual rate, the same display convention Tuta uses.
Who should pay for which plan
- Stay free if you want an encrypted second address and never need your own domain. 1 GB covers years of text email.
- Take the EUR 3.00 plan if you want mail at your own domain. Three custom domains and 20 GB cover a personal brand plus a side project, and it undercuts Proton's entry paid tier on storage and domains.
- Take Legend at EUR 8.00 only when 20 GB is not enough. The extra EUR 5 buys 480 GB and 15 more addresses, not new features, so most individuals never need it.
- Take a business tier if you need per-seat billing. Essential at EUR 6 per user is roughly double the personal price for 50 GB and the same three domains, and remember that business prices exclude tax.
- Skip Tuta entirely if you need IMAP, an existing Outlook archive, or programmatic SMTP sending. No plan fixes that.
At a glance
| Plan | Price billed yearly | Storage | Custom domains | IMAP/SMTP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | EUR 0 | 1 GB | None | No |
| Personal middle plan | EUR 3.00/month (EUR 3.60 monthly billing) | 20 GB | 3 | No |
| Legend | EUR 8.00/month (EUR 9.60 monthly billing) | 500 GB | 10 | No |
| Business Essential | EUR 6/user/month | 50 GB | 3 | No |
| Business Advanced | EUR 8/user/month | 500 GB | 10 | No |
| Business Unlimited | EUR 12/user/month | 1,000 GB | Unlimited | No |
FAQ
Is Tuta Mail free?
Yes. The free plan gives 1 GB of storage, one calendar and three labels with no tracking and no ads. It has no custom domain support, so you cannot use your own address on it.
Can I use Tuta Mail with Outlook or Thunderbird?
No. Tuta does not support IMAP, POP3 or SMTP on any plan, because decrypting mail for a third-party client would break its encryption model. You use Tuta's own web, desktop or mobile apps instead.
Is Tuta Mail cheaper than Proton Mail?
On the entry paid tier, yes by storage and domains: Tuta charges EUR 3.00 a month yearly for 20 GB and three custom domains, while Proton Mail Plus is $3.99 a month yearly for 15 GB and one domain. Proton's paid plans do include IMAP and SMTP access, which Tuta does not offer.
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