--- title: Hostinger Business Email canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/hostinger-business-email/ category: Email Hosting points: 34 rank: 8 of 9 facts_checked: 2026-10-09 --- # Hostinger Business Email Low-priced custom-domain mailboxes sold per mailbox on a 48-month term, with IMAP and POP3 access. 34 points out of 100. #8 of 9 email hosting services. Vendor: Hostinger International, Ltd.. Website: https://www.hostinger.com/business-email - Starter costs $0.39 per mailbox a month at first and renews at $1.59, on a 48-month term [1]. - At the renewal price, 5 Starter mailboxes come to $7.95 a month [1]. - Starter gives each mailbox 5 GB, 5 aliases and 5 forwarding rules; Premium gives 50 GB [1][2]. - Mail apps connect over IMAP and POP3; CalDAV and CardDAV are not mentioned [3]. - Only a 48-month term is shown on the plans page, with a 30-day money-back guarantee [1]. Verdict: Hostinger Business Email suits small teams that want very low per-mailbox prices and accept a 48-month commitment [1]. Mailboxes are small on Starter at 5 GB, and the introductory price rises about fourfold at renewal [1][2]. Help pages cover IMAP, POP3, authenticator-app sign-in and SPF, DKIM and DMARC setup, but they describe no single sign-on or security keys [3][4][5]. Best for: Small teams that want a low price per mailbox and can commit for years. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Price | Cost for a team of 5 | $7.95/mo | 9/12 | Starter regular (renewal) price $1.59 per mailbox a month, 5 mailboxes; only a 48-month term is shown [1]. | | Price | Free plan on your own domain | No | 0/6 | The plans page lists only paid plans, and the limits article describes only time-limited trials and a deprecated legacy offer [1][2]. | | Price | Monthly billing | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's plans page, which shows only a 48-month term [1]. | | Mailbox | Storage per mailbox | 5 | 2/10 | Business Starter: 5 GB per mailbox [2]. | | Mailbox | Open mail and calendar protocols | IMAP, POP3 | 4/8 | Setup help lists IMAP and POP3 with SMTP; CalDAV and CardDAV are not mentioned [3]. | | Mailbox | Shared calendar and contacts | Not published | 0/5 | Not published on the vendor's webmail help; contacts are described, a calendar and sharing are not [8]. | | Mailbox | More than one domain | Not published | 0/3 | Not published on the vendor's limits page; it gives unlimited mailboxes per domain but no domain count per plan [2]. | | Mailbox | Aliases and catch-all | Yes | 3/3 | Starter allows 5 aliases per mailbox; the plans page lists a catch-all for mistyped addresses on every plan [1][2][6]. | | Security | Two-factor sign-in | Yes | 7/7 | Webmail help describes two-step sign-in with an authenticator app; no plan limit is stated [4]. | | Security | Passkeys or security keys | Not published | 0/3 | Not published on the vendor's two-step sign-in help, which names authenticator apps only [4]. | | Security | Admins can require 2FA | Not published | 0/3 | Not published on the vendor's two-step sign-in help [4]. | | Security | Single sign-on (SAML) | Not published | 0/5 | Not found on the vendor's pages [1]. | | Security | SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 | Not published | 0/6 | Not found on the vendor's pages [1]. | | Security | SPF, DKIM and DMARC guides | Yes | 4/4 | Domain setup help explains SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for the service [5]. | | Reliability and support | Written uptime commitment | Not published | 0/9 | Not published on the vendor's Business Email page [1]. | | Reliability and support | Public status page | Yes | 2/2 | Public status page lists Hostinger Email and Webmail, with a past incidents list and incident history [10]. | | Reliability and support | Live support | Not published | 0/4 | The plans page lists 24/7 support but names no channel [1]. | | Reliability and support | Mail migration tool | Yes | 3/3 | An Email Import tool copies mail from another provider over IMAP; no plan restriction is stated [7]. | | Reliability and support | Official phone apps | Not published | 0/3 | Not found on the vendor's pages; webmail help mentions no phone app [8]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Starter | $0.39/mailbox/month at first, renews at $1.59 [1][2] | $1.59 | | Standard | $0.99/mailbox/month at first, renews at $2.79 [1][2] | $2.79 | | Premium | $1.99/mailbox/month at first, renews at $3.99 [1][2] | $3.99 | Prices are for a 48-month term paid upfront; the first term is discounted and renewal prices are higher [1]. The page says the monthly rate is the plan price divided by the months in the plan, so we use the renewal price as the regular price [1]. ## Strengths - Starter renews at $1.59 per mailbox a month, so 5 mailboxes cost $7.95 a month [1]. - Storage rises to 20 GB on Standard and 50 GB on Premium [2]. - Help covers SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for the service [5]. - An Email Import tool copies mail from another provider over IMAP [7]. - Two-step sign-in with an authenticator app is documented [4]. ## Limits - Only a 48-month term appears on the plans page, with no yearly or monthly price shown [1]. - The introductory price renews at roughly four times as much on Starter [1]. - Starter mailboxes hold 5 GB [2]. - The help pages describe no security keys, admin-enforced two-step sign-in or single sign-on [4]. - In 2019 an attacker reached a Hostinger customer database; hosted email was reported untouched [9]. ## Vendor claims (not scored) - Hostinger says its filters stop 99.9% of malicious emails [1]. ## Concerns - BleepingComputer reported that on 23 August 2019 an unauthorized party used a server authorization token to reach a Hostinger customer table covering about 14 million users; Hostinger said hosted emails were unaffected and reset passwords [9]. ## Sources 1. [Business Email](https://www.hostinger.com/business-email), Hostinger, accessed 2026-10-09 2. [Parameters and limits of Hostinger Mail](https://www.hostinger.com/support/4625828-parameters-and-limits-of-hostinger-email/), Hostinger, accessed 2026-10-09 3. [Set up Hostinger Email on your applications and devices](https://www.hostinger.com/support/4305847-set-up-hostinger-email-on-your-applications-and-devices/), Hostinger, accessed 2026-10-09 4. [How to set up two-factor authentication in Hostinger Webmail](https://www.hostinger.com/support/how-to-set-up-two-factor-authentication-in-hostinger-webmail/), Hostinger, accessed 2026-10-09 5. [Set up a domain for Hostinger Email manually](https://www.hostinger.com/support/8671319-set-up-a-domain-for-hostinger-email-manually/), Hostinger, accessed 2026-10-09 6. [How to set up a catch-all for Hostinger Email](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583450-how-to-set-up-a-catch-all-for-hostinger-email/), Hostinger, accessed 2026-10-09 7. [How to import emails to Hostinger Email](https://www.hostinger.com/support/5866288-how-to-import-emails-to-hostinger-email/), Hostinger, accessed 2026-10-09 8. [How to access and use Hostinger Mail web app](https://www.hostinger.com/support/1583218-how-to-access-webmail-of-hostinger-email/), Hostinger, accessed 2026-10-09 9. [Up to 14 million Hostinger clients impacted by security incident](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/up-to-14-million-hostinger-clients-impacted-by-security-incident/), BleepingComputer, accessed 2026-10-09 10. [Hostinger Status](https://statuspage.hostinger.com/), Hostinger, accessed 2026-10-09