--- title: Mailbird canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/mailbird/ category: Email Clients points: 52 rank: 10 of 10 facts_checked: 2026-10-08 --- # Mailbird Windows and Mac email client with a free one-account plan and a Premium plan for unlimited accounts. 52 points out of 100. #10 of 10 email clients. Vendor: Mailbird. Website: https://www.getmailbird.com/ - The free version has no time limit but works with one email account [2]. - Premium Yearly lists €5.75 a month (€69 a year) for unlimited accounts; a 'SAVE 50%' badge shows €2.88 a month [1]. - Premium Pay Once lists €369, with a 'SAVE 75%' badge showing €92.25; Lifetime Updates are a €65 add-on [1]. - Mailbird says mail is stored on your computer, never on its servers [2][4]. - Snooze, send later, undo send, a native calendar and rules are Premium; free accounts get a 7-day trial of them [3]. Verdict: Mailbird suits people who run several mail accounts on Windows and want a unified inbox, calendar and snooze in one app [2][3]. Mail stays on your computer, per the vendor [2][4]. The catch: the free plan allows one account, and PGP, S/MIME and CalDAV are not listed on its pages [1][3]. Best for: People who want a unified inbox and a calendar for several accounts. Status: Mailbird says updates to its older Windows version, Mailbird 2, stop at the end of 2026, and offers active Mailbird 2 customers a free upgrade to Mailbird 3 [9]. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Mail and accounts | Account types | IMAP, Exchange | 6/12 | Home page lists any IMAP account; Exchange support is a Premium feature. POP3 and Google or Microsoft sign-in are not stated [2][3]. | | Mail and accounts | Unified inbox | Yes | 4/4 | Home page: add all accounts to read, reply and organise from a unified inbox [2]. | | Mail and accounts | Mail tools | Scheduled send, Snooze, Undo send, Templates | 8/8 | Features page lists Send later, Snooze and Undo send; the pricing page lists email templates under Premium [1][3]. | | Mail and accounts | Filters and rules | Yes | 3/3 | Rules and filters are Premium features; free accounts get them in the 7-day trial [3]. | | Calendar and contacts | Built-in calendar | Yes | 6/6 | Features page lists a native calendar as a Premium feature [3]. | | Calendar and contacts | CalDAV and CardDAV | Not published | 0/3 | Not published on the vendor's features page or home page [2][3]. | | Privacy and encryption | OpenPGP | Not published | 0/7 | Not published on the vendor's features page or home page [2][3]. | | Privacy and encryption | S/MIME | Not published | 0/6 | Not published on the vendor's features page or home page [2][3]. | | Privacy and encryption | Blocks tracking pixels | Not published | 0/4 | Features page lists Block pixel trackers but does not say it is on by default [3]. | | Privacy and encryption | Open-source apps | Not published | 0/6 | Not published on the vendor's home page or download page [2][8]. | | Privacy and encryption | Mail stays on your device | Yes | 5/5 | Home page: mail is stored on your computer, never on Mailbird's servers; the data-flow page says mail does not pass through its servers [2][4]. | | Systems and upkeep | Other systems | macOS | 2/10 | Mac app is on the Mac App Store. Android is in public beta and iOS is not released, so neither counts [6][7]. | | Systems and upkeep | Released in the last year | Yes | 5/5 | Blog index dates the Mailbird Next for Windows and Mac announcement 5 October 2026; Mailbird 2 updates run to the end of 2026 [5][6][9]. | | Price | No ads in the app | Yes | 3/3 | Price line uses the paid Premium Yearly plan, which counts as ad-free under the rule [1]. | | Price | Free plan | Yes | 6/6 | Free version has no time limit and works with one email account [2]. | | Price | Cost of a year | $77.18/yr | 4/12 | Premium Yearly, regular €5.75 a month paid yearly (€69), unlimited accounts. The €2.88 shown is a SAVE 50% offer. Free plan has a 1-account limit [1]. Converted at €1 = $1.1186 [10]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Free | Free [1][2] | $0 | | Premium Yearly | €5.75/month, paid yearly (€69/year) [1] | $6.43 | | Premium Pay Once | €369 one time (€92.25 with SAVE 75% badge) [1] | - | The pricing page lists €5.75 a month (€69 a year) and €369 for Pay Once, and shows 'SAVE 50%' and 'SAVE 75%' badges with €2.88 and €92.25, in euros only [1]. The price line uses the regular yearly price: 12 × €5.75. ## Strengths - Free version has no time limit and keeps one account [2]. - Mailbird says mail is stored on your computer, not on its servers [2][4]. - Premium includes unified inbox, snooze, send later, undo send, native calendar and rules [3]. - Block pixel trackers is listed for both Free and Premium [3]. ## Limits - The free plan is limited to one email account [2]. - No OpenPGP, S/MIME or CalDAV is listed [3]. - Android is in public beta and iOS is not yet released [6]. - Mailbird says Mailbird 2 gets no updates after 2026, and that its Pay Once and Lifetime wording was unclear [9]. ## Vendor claims (not scored) - Mailbird says it does not read your mail or train AI on it [2]. - Mailbird says that in its default on-device setup, mail and AI requests do not pass through its servers [4]. ## Concerns - In a post dated 22 September 2026 [5], Mailbird's CEO wrote that its wording about 'Pay Once', 'Lifetime' and future major versions was not clear enough [9]. ## Sources 1. [Mailbird pricing](https://www.getmailbird.com/pricing/), Mailbird, accessed 2026-10-08 2. [Mailbird home page](https://www.getmailbird.com/), Mailbird, accessed 2026-10-08 3. [Mailbird features](https://www.getmailbird.com/features/), Mailbird, accessed 2026-10-08 4. [AI privacy and data flow](https://www.getmailbird.com/ai-privacy-and-data-flow/), Mailbird, accessed 2026-10-08 5. [Mailbird blog](https://www.getmailbird.com/blog/), Mailbird, accessed 2026-10-08 6. [Mailbird Next is here for Windows and Mac](https://www.getmailbird.com/mailbird-next-is-here/), Mailbird, accessed 2026-10-08 7. [Mailbird on the Mac App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mailbird-the-email-app/id6749447444), Apple, accessed 2026-10-08 8. [Download Mailbird](https://www.getmailbird.com/downloading/), Mailbird, accessed 2026-10-08 9. [Mailbird 2 is winding down; Mailbird 3 is free for all Mailbird 2 customers](https://www.getmailbird.com/mailbird-2-winding-down/), Mailbird, accessed 2026-10-08 10. [Euro foreign exchange reference rates: US dollar](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/eurofxref-graph-usd.en.html), European Central Bank, accessed 2026-10-08