iRedMail review
Affordable self-hosted email with webmail, groupware, migration tools, and optional enterprise support.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
iRedMail is an open-source, self-hosted mail server for organizations and administrators that want to run email on their own infrastructure. Its free Open Source Edition provides a self-hosted mail server, open-source components, and unlimited accounts, while the broader package includes SMTP transport with TLS, IMAP and POP3 access, Roundcube and SOGo webmail, spam filtering, antivirus scanning, and web-based account administration. SOGo also adds calendars, contacts, tasks, and ActiveSync, making iRedMail relevant to teams seeking mail and groupware in one deployment.
Pricing is structured around deployment scale. The Open Source Edition is free. Enterprise Edition costs $10 per mailbox per year with annual billing and requires at least 10 mailboxes; this tier includes unlimited mail domains and mailing lists and deployment on one server. The per-server Enterprise Edition costs $1,000 per server per year and includes unlimited mailboxes, unlimited mail domains and mailing lists, and technical support. Enterprise Edition also adds two-factor authentication, alongside web-based deployment and management features. The published plans make the per-mailbox option a fit for smaller paid deployments, while the per-server option suits installations with larger mailbox counts.
iRedMail’s ecosystem fit is broad for a self-hosted product. It supports Linux and BSD distributions, SQL and LDAP account backends, and integrations with Microsoft Active Directory, Samba, OpenLDAP, MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL. A RESTful administration API, downloadable installers, migration tools, and documentation support operational flexibility. The trade-off is that infrastructure ownership brings deployment and ongoing administration responsibilities, and mobile access is represented through third-party apps rather than a listed first-party mobile application. Choose iRedMail for control, open-source components, and configurable mail infrastructure; choose an alternative if you want a fully managed service or a first-party mobile app.
iRedMail pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free edition includes SMTP, IMAP, POP3, webmail, filtering, and groupware
- Supports SQL, LDAP, Active Directory, Samba, and multiple mail backends
- Migration tools, RESTful administration API, and web-based administration included
- Where it doesn't
- Enterprise per-mailbox plan requires a minimum of 10 mailboxes
- Two-factor authentication is available only in Enterprise Edition
- Administration and maintenance remain the responsibility of the self-hosting team
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