Short question: Is the free plan worth it or do I need the paid plan? Its just going to be a E-Mail-Client. Thinking about moving away from web.de :folded_hands:t5:

Depends on your usage honestly. If you don’t use email much and don’t want to use custom domains or the proton bridge (to use thunderbird), 500mb is more than enough. Also you can upgrade it to 1GB by doing few tasks.

The free plan is free, so by that definition it is definitely already worth it, as you have nothing invested in it in the first place. If you’re wondering whether it is a fully usable email account, then yes it is. Especially if you clean up your inbox once in a while and don’t hoard every notificat…

Just be aware that you can’t create more than 3 folders in the free plan, other than that it should be quite nice and usable as main email provider.

Oh wow, I didn’t realise that! I have the paid plan and have almost 30!

Free is not always free. In this case I have to invest my time to change my email at all my accounts. If I do so I want to have an Idea of what I am getting into :slight_smile: The 3 folders thing is something I would have to think about. Maby for my workplace, bankaccount and PayPal :thinking: …

I find myself having another email account is actually helping me to better manage my emails that are beyond saving in my main (15 years old) email account. Now, I can: Choosing a new email service that’s better and more interesting than my previous one. Slowly changing my email address on var…

Someone correct me if Im wrong but I believe with skiff you do not have a folder limit and they give you 10gb on the free plan instead of 1gb, though proton’s is perfectly usable even if more limited

This. Skiff is doin a great job

And remember in your decision No IMAP in proton, if you need it

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I will check out posteo aswell:

Then decide

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