Introduction
Hostinger is a web hosting and domain company that also provides email hosting, sold under the name Hostinger Mail. Mango Mail is an affordable email hosting provider built around unlimited domains and mailboxes under one storage based plan. Here is how the two compare, category by category.
Pricing Philosophy
Mango Mail
Mango Mail keeps pricing simple. You pay for your storage plan, and can create as many domains, mailboxes, and aliases as you need within your plan. This makes costs predictable as your organization grows.
Hostinger Mail
Hostinger's email hosting is charged per mailbox and adds to your costs as you add more addresses. Once the initial term ends, prices increase to a different rate depending on the plan.
Multiple Domains
Mango Mail supports unlimited domains within a single account and storage plan on every tier. Hostinger's email hosting is generally tied to a domain, either one hosted with Hostinger or connected from elsewhere.
Standard Email Protocols
Both providers support the core protocols. IMAP, POP3, SMTP and custom domains are supported by both, and both are compatible with common third party clients, though on Hostinger's own resold Titan plans, IMAP and POP access has historically depended on the specific plan tier.
Feature Breakdown
| Feature | Mango Mail | Hostinger Mail |
| Pricing model | Mango Mail keeps pricing simple. Unlimited mailboxes and domains within each plan | Hostinger charges per individual user or bundles email with broader web hosting packages |
| Unlimited domains in one account | Yes, natively, on every tier | Not clearly documented, email allotments are generally described per domain |
| Migration Transfer tools | Built-in email migration tool called SimpleTransfer | Email Import tool |
| Catch-all addressing | Supported | Supported |
| Subaddressing | Supports both plus addressing and subdomain addressing | Support only plus addressing |
| Aliases and Group Mailboxes | Supported | Supported |
Which Should You Choose?
Choose Mango Mail if you
- Want storage based pricing with unlimited domains and mailboxes under one plan on every tier
- Manage several domains and want them handled under a single account rather than per domain allotments
- Need many hosted mailboxes without worrying about which specific email product, native or resold, your plan includes
- Prefer a single purpose email host over one bundled into a larger hosting company's broader ecosystem of add ons, such as AI tools, marketing platforms and upsells
Choose Hostinger Mail if you
- Are already using or planning to use Hostinger for web hosting and want email bundled into the same account (though this is not best practice)
- Require certain features such as AI assistant
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mango Mail cheaper than Hostinger Mail?
Hostinger's entry level pricing, from $0.39 a month, can be very cheap for a small number of mailboxes, especially when bundled free with hosting. However, as your number of mailboxes and domains grows, Mango Mail's unlimited, storage based pricing tends to be more predictable. Accounting for Hostinger's renewal prices, Mango Mail is almost always the cheaper solution.
Does Mango Mail charge per mailbox?
No. Mango Mail's pricing is based on data usage across your account, not the number of mailboxes or domains you have.
Does Hostinger charge per mailbox?
Hostinger's plans charge per mailbox with some exceptions for bundled allotments, though no plans offer unlimited domains and addresses like Mango Mail.
What happens if I have two businesses on Mango Mail?
You can fit all of your business in one subscription with Mango Mail. You can attach as many domains and users to your account as your plan's storage can fit, so whether you have one business or several, you only pay for one subscription.
Can I migrate from Hostinger to Mango Mail?
Mango Mail's SimpleTransfer automatically moves mail data, attachments and folder structure with no headache. This allows you to seamlessly transfer mailboxes from Hostinger to Mango.
