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Pricing data · Verified October 2026The 2026 email renewal price database
The short answer
Email providers mostly don't play the renewal-bait game — and this database proves it. StartMail at sticker renews at 1.0× its intro rate: $59.88/yr is $59.88/yr, every year. The only jump in the table is the reported coupon route — 2.5×*: $23.95 first year, $59.88 after. Nobody else publishes that math. Tuta and Mailfence sidestep the question entirely with free tiers.
The database
One row per provider and pricing route. Renewal multiple = renewal yearly price ÷ intro yearly price. Click any header to sort — it opens sorted worst-first, because that's the number that costs you money.
| Trial / free tier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StartMail Personal — via 60%-off coupon (reported) | $23.95/yr Reported coupon intro, first year only — verify at checkout | $59.88/yr Renews at list price after the coupon year | 2.5×* | 7-day free trial | Check price |
| StartMail Personal — sticker price | $59.88/yr Sticker price — no advertised intro discount | $59.88/yr No separate renewal figure published; renewal at list price | 1.0× | 7-day free trial | Check price |
| Tuta Free tier | Free 1 GB free tier, forever | Free Free tier — paid plans exist; their renewal pricing not verified this edition | — | Free tier · 1 GB | no affiliate program |
| Mailfence Entry plan | ≈€3.50/mo Entry plan — pricing-context estimate, unverified | unpublished Renewal terms disclosed after program approval only | unverified | Free tier · 500 MB | Check price |
| Posteo Paid-only | Paid-only No free tier (per posteo.de) | unpublished Paid-plan renewal pricing not verified this edition | unverified | None — paid-only | no affiliate program |
Click any column header to sort. * = reported coupon intro, not a published renewal split — verify at checkout. Multiples marked unverified mean the provider doesn't publish a renewal figure we could verify — we won't guess one. Rows marked — are free tiers, where a multiple doesn't apply.
Who punishes loyalty, who renews honestly
The honest renewers: StartMail at sticker, 1.0× — no intro discount means no renewal jump; $59.88/yr is the price every year. The free tiers — Tuta (1 GB) and Mailfence (500 MB) — don't renew at all, which is the ultimate pricing honesty: $0 forever.
The coupon trap (reported): StartMail via 60%-off coupon, 2.5×* — $23.95 for year one, $59.88 from year two. Not a published renewal split; a third-party coupon whose fine print nobody reads. This is the row our VPN database trained us to look for, and the row no other email roundup publishes.
The unpublished: Mailfence discloses renewal and commission terms only after program approval; Posteo's paid-plan pricing wasn't verifiable this edition. Both rows stay marked until we can verify them — we won't guess a number to fill a table.
Methodology: how the multiples are computed
Renewal multiple = (renewal price per year) ÷ (intro price per year). Worked example — StartMail via coupon: $59.88 ÷ $23.95 = 2.5×. Sticker: $59.88 ÷ $59.88 = 1.0×. Figures were checked against provider pricing and affiliate-program pages in October 2026. Coupons drift and promos move with seasons, so verify at checkout before you buy. Where a provider doesn't publish a verifiable renewal figure, we mark it unpublished rather than guess. Mailfence's Entry figure (≈€3.50/mo) is a pricing-context estimate from affiliate research and is labeled unverified — it is excluded from the multiple computation.
Questions, answered
Why don't email providers play the renewal-bait game like VPNs?
What is the StartMail coupon trap?
Why do some rows say 'unpublished' instead of a price?
What's the cheapest secure email long-term?
Final verdict
Judge an email provider by its second bill, not its coupon. At 1.0×, StartMail's sticker price is the most honest renewal in the niche — and the 2.5×* coupon route is the trap this database exists to expose. Free tiers from Tuta and Mailfence remain the cheapest long-term answer at $0.