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Fastmail comes up with new plans (incl. Duo and Family)

13 points by holigot ↗ HN
Hi,

Fastmail is testing new pricing schemes with some very nice plans.

Looks like they want to change their whole billing system to Paddle so that it's possible to deal with international currencies.

When clicking a new account you can choose those new plans. And even get a 10% discount.

https://imgur.com/a/CwvAZJc https://imgur.com/a/IVlbZCg

Examples: - Family: When paying $11/month for yearly subscription you get 6 accounts (30GB each) and all the features from actual standard plan - Duo: When paying $8/month for yearly subscription you get 2 accounts (30GB each) and all the features from actual standard plan

The full comparison is included within the screenshots.

Hopefully these plans will soon be available for existing users too. They're currently only available for newly registered users.

11 comments

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gbrindisi
Right on time, I just got an email from Google Workspace that they are rising prices
nusl
Fastmail is a smaller company, focused on email and calendars, but it does it well and you’re unlikely to be subject to random algorithm nukes and having to sit through the nonexistent Google support channels.

The more folk that get out of Gmail the better. Google has too much power there, and controls your entire online life by controlling your email. I’ve seen so many folks have their online lives nuked when Google didn’t like something for no real reason, then refusing to help fix it.

holigot
Super statement! Thank you.

Fastmail does also have contacts within their portfolio and you can manage own (static) websites with their service. They do really have a great feature set.

They're the developers of JMAP (with great features for now and in future), they do have Masked Mails built-in and much more.

Overall a great service!

nusl
Oh, yeah. I use the masked emails with 1Password. Super convenient
KomoD
$11/mo for 6 users? That's actually a pretty good deal
holigot
Yes - it is. But be aware that's a 12 month plan. If you renew every month it's $14 which actually also is a good price!

So sad to see, that it's only available for new customers.

KomoD
> So sad to see, that it's only available for new customers.

I'm sure it'll roll out to existing customers too.

sphars
Where are these new plans shown? Only after you start signing up for an account? Seems like a great deal to me. I'm pretty heavy in the Google ecosystem, but being able to use my own domain would be nice.
holigot
Hi,

you need to register a new account - then you can see the new plans (and you also get a 10% discount when choosing them).

But this is only for new customers.

nusl
Fastmail is great. I use them for pretty much all of my mail. A bit perplexed about why this is only for new accounts. Maybe they’re gathering data on how people use the offerings before potentially losing customers by messing with existing ones. I also get the vibe that they’re targeting the average person more than normal, specially with the Spotify-like subscription terminology used.
holigot
Hi,

yes - I'm also a bit perplexed. Looks like they do some sort of 'testing'? No one knows...