--- title: "Compare" description: "OpenEmail against Google Workspace, Superhuman, HEY, Fastmail and Proton Mail. Real list prices, a feature-by-feature table, and a calculator you can drag." url: "https://openemail.uk/compare" --- OpenEmail against the rest # Everyone else counts seats. We count domains. Real list prices, checked in August 2026, and an honest account of what the others do better. Drag the slider and watch the only line that stays flat. People per seat everywhere but here; two or more needs Starter 5 people Domains bills only us 1 domain Sent a month per message nowhere; sets our step 5,000 sent Addresses bills only us, past ten 12 addresses You save with OpenEmail $130 a month against Superhuman $1,680 a year ![Forward Email](https://openemail.uk/brands/forward-email.svg) Forward Email forwarding only $3 /mo $36/yr Mailchimp marketing sends $13 /mo $156/yr Resend transactional sends $20 /mo $240/yr ![Fastmail](https://openemail.uk/brands/fastmail.svg) Fastmail Standard $25 /mo $300/yr ![OpenEmail](https://openemail.uk/black-icon.svg)![OpenEmail](https://openemail.uk/white-icon.svg) OpenEmail per domain $30 /mo $240/yr Proton Mail Mail Essentials $34.95 /mo $419/yr ![Google Workspace](https://openemail.uk/brands/google-workspace.png) Google Workspace Business Starter $35 /mo $420/yr HEY for Domains per person $58 /mo $696/yr ![Superhuman](https://openemail.uk/brands/superhuman.png) Superhuman + Workspace $160 /mo $1,920/yr ## Line by line. Where a vendor does not document something, it says so rather than pretending the answer is no. | Compared | ![OpenEmail](https://openemail.uk/black-icon.svg)![OpenEmail](https://openemail.uk/white-icon.svg) OpenEmail per domain | ![Fastmail](https://openemail.uk/brands/fastmail.svg) Fastmail Standard | Proton Mail Mail Essentials | ![Google Workspace](https://openemail.uk/brands/google-workspace.png) Google Workspace Business Starter | HEY for Domains per person | ![Superhuman](https://openemail.uk/brands/superhuman.png) Superhuman + Workspace | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | What you actually pay for | The workspace | Each person | Each person | Each person | Each person | Each person, twice | | Five people, every month | $30 | $25 | $34.95 | $35 | $58 | $160 | | Twentieth person costs | $0 | $5 | $6.99 | $7 | $12 | $32 | | Hosts the mail itself | | | | | | a client on top of Gmail or Outlook | | Catch-all on your own domain | yours to switch on | | paid plans | via a routing rule | aliases; catch-all not documented | whatever the host does | | Free on your own domain | one domain, ten addresses | trial only | custom domains are paid | trial only | no trial on domains | trial only | | Drafts, subjects and answers from AI | | | writing assistant only | Gemini | | Business tier | | Your own agent can work the inbox | MCP server | JMAP API | | API, no MCP | | | | End-to-end encryption | between OpenEmail mailboxes | | their whole point | enterprise tiers | | | ## One at a time. Each of these says what that rival is genuinely better at before it says anything else. [OpenEmail vs Google Workspace $7 / person / month](https://openemail.uk/compare/google-workspace.md)[OpenEmail vs Superhuman $25 / person + a mailbox](https://openemail.uk/compare/superhuman.md)[OpenEmail vs HEY $10–12 / person / month](https://openemail.uk/compare/hey.md)[OpenEmail vs Fastmail $5 / person / month](https://openemail.uk/compare/fastmail.md)[OpenEmail vs Proton Mail $6.99 / person / month](https://openemail.uk/compare/proton-mail.md)[OpenEmail vs Resend $20 / month for 50,000 sends](https://openemail.uk/compare/resend.md)[OpenEmail vs Mailchimp $13 / month at 500 contacts](https://openemail.uk/compare/mailchimp.md)[OpenEmail vs Forward Email $3 / month, unlimited domains](https://openemail.uk/compare/forward-email.md)