Introduction
Spaceship is a domain registrar and hosting company that also offers email as one of several bundled services, sold under the name Spacemail. Mango Mail is a dedicated email host 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.
Spacemail (Spaceship)
Spacemail is priced per mailbox subscription, with a set number of mailboxes bundled in. Standalone Spacemail plans start at $0.82/month for each added mailbox. When bundled with Spaceship Web Hosting, each connected domain gets 5 free mailboxes by default, renewing at $5.88 a year, and you can add more mailboxes at $1.88 a year each. One Spacemail subscription covers one domain name only, so connecting multiple domains means either buying multiple subscriptions or relying on the free mailbox allowance bundled with hosting for each domain. Email service is also free for the first year on many hosting plans before converting to a paid renewal.
One Account, One Domain vs Unlimited Domains
This is one of the clearest structural differences between the two services. Mango Mail lets you manage unlimited domains and unlimited addresses within a single storage based plan on any tier. Spacemail ties one subscription to one domain. If you run several branded domains, you are either paying for a separate Spacemail subscription per domain or relying on the free mailbox allotment that comes bundled with Spaceship hosting for each connected domain.
Standard Email Protocols
Both providers support the core protocols. IMAP, POP3, SMTP, webmail and custom domains are supported by both, and both are compatible with common desktop and mobile clients like Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and Thunderbird.
Setup Automation
Mango Mail's dashboard offers DNS provider detection and 1-Click DNS configuration for supported registrars, plus step-by-step guides in the Mango Mail Docs for many others, including a dedicated Namecheap setup guide. Spaceship's technology, called Unbox, automatically connects domain, hosting and email only when the domain is registered with Spaceship. If your domain is hosted elsewhere, Spacemail's setup shows a pop up guide walking you through the MX, SPF and DKIM records you need to add manually.
Migration Tools
Both providers advertise a migration tool. Spacemail describes its own import process as easy and quick. Mango Mail's SimpleTransfer tool moves attachments, folder structure and full message content automatically from major providers such as Gmail and Outlook which makes migration simple and seamless.
Feature Breakdown
| Feature | Mango Mail | Spacemail |
| Pricing model | Mango Mail keeps pricing simple. Unlimited mailboxes and domains within each plan | Per domain subscription with a bundled mailbox allowance, additional mailboxes billed individually |
| Multiple domains under one account | Yes | No, Multiple domains require multiple subscriptions or hosting bundle allotments per domain |
| DNS auto setup | 1-Click DNS with automatic provider detection for supported registrars, plus dedicated guides for others | Unbox automatic setup for domains registered with Spaceship, guided manual setup for domains hosted elsewhere |
| Migration Transfer tools | SimpleTransfer, automatic migration of mail data, tags, and folder structure | Spacemail's own migration and import tool |
| Subaddressing | Supports both plus addressing and subdomain addressing | Not documented as a feature of Spacemail |
Which Should You Choose?
Choose Mango Mail if you
- Manage multiple domains and want them under a single unlimited plan rather than separate per domain subscriptions
- Want predictable, storage based pricing that does not grow with each additional mailbox or domain
- Need many hosted mailboxes without paying an incremental per mailbox fee for each one
- Prefer a single purpose email product rather than one bundled into a larger hosting and registrar ecosystem with add on upsells
Choose Spacemail if you
- Only need email for one or two domains, where the bundled free mailbox allotment covers your needs
- Are comfortable with per mailbox pricing which increases costs as you add mailboxes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mango Mail cheaper than Spacemail?
It depends heavily on how many domains and mailboxes you need. For a single domain with just a few mailboxes, Spacemail's bundled free mailbox allowance can be very cheap. As soon as you need multiple domains each with their own mailboxes or more than 5 mailboxes on any single domain, Mango Mail's storage based plans avoid the costs of per mailbox pricing and scale better as your business grows.
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. Every tier includes unlimited addresses and unlimited domains.
Does Spacemail charge per mailbox or per domain?
Both in a sense. One subscription covers one domain and includes a set number of mailboxes, with additional mailboxes on that domain billed separately at $1.88 a year each. A separate domain requires a separate subscription.
What happens if I have two businesses on Mango Mail?
With Mango Mail, you only need one subscription for all your businesses. 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 Spacemail to Mango Mail?
Yes. Mango Mail's SimpleTransfer tool moves mail data, attachments, and folder structure automatically allowing you to move from Spacemail to Mango seamlessly.
