# Migadu

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/migadu/

27 people recommended Migadu in Hacker News comments, 4 had mixed feelings and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 12 months, in 22 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for cheap, reliable custom-domain email with unlimited domains and addresses and responsive support. Main caveat: low outgoing mail limits and no 2FA.

Summary written by Claude from 35 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 32 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Cheap, affordable pricing (7 comments in the sample): "They are quite cheap, offer a student discount, support multiple domains, offer a very neat snappy UI, and have an extremely responsive support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46078467)) "somehow my email provider (Migadu) is cheaper than a VPS ($19 USD per year) and offers custom domains, catch-all, and unlimited addresses." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041742)) "Migadu has been on my radar also, and at $19/yr it is worth giving it a try." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49432212))
- Reliable, long-running service (4 comments in the sample): "Super reliable hosting. Have had it for nearly 5 years now." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49415426)) "Once I got them on a better path, I haven't had any issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47492934)) "I've been a happy migadu.com customer for years already." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489123))
- Unlimited domains and addresses (1 comment in the sample): "For email very happy with the provider, notably also as it allows infinite domains." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49566357))
- Responsive human support (1 comment in the sample): "very sane and transparent payment model, human support" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48380544))

## What people warn about

- Low outgoing mail limits (2 comments in the sample): "the limits on outgoing mail are ridiculously low for transactional use" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46443881)) "that 20 outgoing emails limit is just so off-putting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488485))
- No 2FA support (2 comments in the sample): "they lack 2FA support, but they are one of a small number of businesses who make their proposition easy to evaluate quickly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958679)) "https://migadu.com/procon/#no-mailbox-2fa-yet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49989944))
- Price increases and steep jumps (1 comment in the sample): "I find the price jump at 5gb for Migadu pretty steep" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49063611))

## Other email services people recommend

- [Fastmail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fastmail/): 309 recommend, 51 mixed, 81 criticize
- [Gmail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gmail/): 156 recommend, 108 mixed, 745 criticize
- [Proton Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-mail/): 133 recommend, 50 mixed, 206 criticize
- [Tuta Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tuta/): 40 recommend, 7 mixed, 16 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.migadu.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Migadu", https://hackerapproved.com/p/migadu/ (27 recommend, 4 mixed, 5 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.