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Reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the service for its reliability, privacy focus, and user-friendly interface, often highlighting its superiority to other email providers. Many people appreciate the efficient and easy-to-use nature of the platform, noting its clean design and advanced features like email organization and search capabilities. However, some customers have expressed dissatisfaction with the customer service, citing slow response times and unresolved issues. A few users also reported problems with account access and unexpected changes to the website interface, which negatively impacted their workflow.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Fastmail is a great and reliable service focused on privacy, which I really appreciate. The only downsides for me are the lack of built-in email translation and the apps. Both the mobile and Windows a... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fastmail is everything gmail and yahoo is not. No advertising, fabulous spam protection and SUPPORT. The interface is far better than gmail. You get out of office or on vacation included. You can s... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Super easy to switch from the clunky yahoo interface. Mostly automatic, except did have to export my yahoo contacts to a file, then upload to Fastmail. Can send end and receive using my old yahoo a... See more

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Email and calendar made better! More productive, lightning fast, simple and built to save you time. Fastmail has been the leading independent email service since 1999.


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3.8

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

249 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fastmail has the best features and by…Far the best for security and other features not available anywhere else.

Fastmail has the best features and by far the best customer service I have ever received. I lost my account to malicious hackers but they were extremely patient and took care of me. Now I’m putting all of my e mails on Fastmail, Has security key as a 2nd factor and you can even build a website on the platform. Unlimited domains too!,,, I love Fastmail. Nobody really want features of protonmail,. Every time I send an encrypted mail I get yelled at due to the encryption… including proton herself….

July 1, 2025
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Hi there, Attila. It's our pleasure to help, always!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

An excellent mail provider

I've been using Fastmail for several years, and I've always been very pleased with the service. It is easy to use and very reliable.
On the few occations where I've had to contact support, I have received quick and competent help.

August 2, 2025
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Thanks so much, Claus!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Happy to receive another annual invoice

I just got a bill reminder for my annual charge. And my immediate thought was "oh, that's cool - i like paying this company". It simply works. No drama. I don't have to constantly maintain anything. I forgot how most of it was even set up because it just works and is so far in the background of my life. Everything else just sucks energy and requires another update, another change or terms, or another something.
I can only say "thanks" for doing what I need and letting me waste my time on everything else that demands more attention than it deserves.

July 21, 2025
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Hi Michael! Thank you for the kind words. We hope that you'll continue to allow us to work with you for many years to come.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Have used Fastmail for many years and…

Have used Fastmail for many years and been very happy until 5 weeks ago when my email stopped retrieving mail from my primary email address. Five weeks have passed and the issue has still not been resolved. Support is unbelievably slow. I have slowly been transferred up different tier levels of support. I am now at Tier 3. My last email to them was sent 12 days ago and I am still awaiting a reply.

July 21, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I made a mistake with my billing and…

I made a mistake with my billing and forgot that it was due and forgot to update my credit card. Customer service rep, George was fantastic. He extended my due date two weeks into the future, with friendly, professional customer service. No guilt trip, or warning; just great service. Here is his response:
"Hello,
Thanks for reaching out to Fastmail support! I'm happy to help you with this.
I've gone ahead and delayed your due date by two weeks, so you will have some extra time to submit payment.
You may still get overdue renewal reminders and see an overdue banner on your account, but I can assure you no action will be taken on your account in the meantime.
Please let me know if I can help with anything else.
Cheers,
George"

Obviously, it is important to pay for services on time, as that is the exchange and promise that is understood. However, sometimes things happen and it is so nice to do business with a company that is considerate, professional, and also offers great email service. I have only good things to say about Fastmail and I encourage other people to make Fastmail their primary email provider. Nicely done Fastmail!

July 20, 2025
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Thanks so much for your thoughtful review. We're honored to be your email provider!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've been with Fastmail for over 21…

I've been with Fastmail for over 21 years. Their customer service has only gotten better and better. There aren't many businesses that accomplish that. They have always quickly responded to every question and concern. Just can't say enough about them. Just the fact that an email service has been around for that long and manages to consistently improve their service is pretty amazing.

July 15, 2025
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This means so much, Becky. Thank you!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Simply safe

After becoming frustrated with ads taking over every aspect of my internet life and becoming more concerned about privacy I decided to start taking steps in the right direction. It started with changing my browser from Chrome to Vivaldi. Vivaldi earned my trust and recommended Fastmail. I haven't enjoyed the internet this much since I was a teenager on dial up. Thank you everyone on the Fastmail team for keeping my family and I safe.

July 9, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best E-Mail provider

Finally, I found a paid email provider that gives me easy control over my daily emails and without any ads. For just €3 per month, it's definitely worth it.

July 7, 2025
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Thank you so much for your kind words, Mustafa! We're thrilled to hear that you're enjoying the ad-free experience and the control that Fastmail gives you over your email.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They locked my account permanently

I paid for Fastmail and used it, but suddenly they locked my account permanently while I was using it without any warning. I didn’t do anything wrong, and now I can't access my emails created here. I tried to contact support, but didn’t get proper help. I had a very bad experience, and I don't recommend this service to anyone.

July 1, 2025
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Reply from Fastmail

Hi, Ravindu. Accounts are locked for behavior such as fraud or sending spam. In the support ticket we have from you regarding this, we've responded asking you to confirm your identity and let us know how you've been using the account so we can better understand how this was an error on our part. We're still awaiting a reply from you. As soon as we have that we'll gladly review this for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend ... Fastmail is one of the best!

I'm a long-time Fastmail user for our business and personal use. Over the years they have continued to add features and improvements, always keeping the interface user-friendly.

I have never had to do a ticket for help until now, as their online help info has always been sufficient in the past. This time, however, I needed to interact with their tech support ... I submitted a ticket with images, their response was quick and within the listed turn-around time, and they were extremely helpful and informative so I was easily able to fix the perplexing mail issue I was having.

I have always been happy with Fastmail, they are definitely one of the BEST!

June 25, 2025
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Hi Nirav, thanks so much! So glad we could help.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing privacy-respecting email service

I've been a customer for 20 years. I'm a privacy and free software advocate, GNU/Linux sysadmin. My priorities when it comes to email are: 1. A service that respects my privacy, 2. Technically proficient and speedy customer support, and 3. Numerous configuration options for total customization. Fastmail checks these three boxes with a flourish. I could not be happier with the service.

May 22, 2025
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Reply from Fastmail

We couldn't be happier to have you as our customer!! Thank you for the lovely review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been using Fastmail for 8 years…

I have been using Fastmail for 8 years now. It has never been down, the interface is easy to use, it integrates with all my programs and apps, and it provides everything I want. It's honestly everything I ever wanted as an email service. I particularly love the aliases.

May 13, 2025
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Hi Rob! We're so glad to hear that you're enjoying Fastmail, and taking advantage of our integrations and features. Thank you for your kind words!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Simply Great!

All the features I need and more. Easy to use. Super reliable.

Only contacted support once (an external account suddenly changed protocols and I could no longer fetch from that acct) - got immediate reply from Fastmail with an easy fix.

In 20 years I've found no reason to change providers. Why would I?

May 10, 2025
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Thank you! Here's to 20 more!!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Deletion of important email and loss of 200USD through Fastmail.com

Unable to pay for the service, I was cancelled and they claim they removed my infomation from the database
I lost 200USD due to this being an important email, I was both unable to pay to "Get my Email out of jail" and therefore I was punished by deletion

Un fuc n real - Truely the most greediest 1st world service I have come across in my 32 years on this universe, Absolute scum

April 30, 2025
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Reply from Fastmail

Hi there! As we mentioned in your support tickets, trial accounts lose the ability to send and receive mail if they are not paid for at the end of the trial period. We understand how impactful unexpected data loss can be, and want to balance this with good privacy practices, so we allow for 60 days after a trial ends before destroying data in an unpaid trial account, unless you take action to close the account sooner.

To make sure that you know the trial period is up:

We display a red banner across the screen at the top of your Fastmail account with the message "This account is overdue. Pay now to avoid losing access." The only way to remove the banner is to pay for a subscription plan.

We also send several notices to make sure you know exactly what to expect:
- One day before your trial expires, we send an email reminder, which also lets you know how to choose a subscription plan.
- On the 30th day of your free trial, we send an email reminder to let you know that the trial has expired, and you'll need a paid subscription to continue using Fastmail. This message also lets you know how to subscribe to a paid plan, and how to close your account immediately if you'd prefer to do that.
- Three days later, we send a second email reminder letting you know that "after another week without payment, you will no longer be able to receive mail", and "after 60 days without payment, your Fastmail account may be closed. If you wish to retain your account, you should renew as soon as possible." Again, this message also lets you know how to subscribe to a paid plan and how to close your account immediately if you'd prefer to do so.
- Four days later (one week after the free trial period has ended), we send a third and final reminder with the previously mentioned details.

If there's anything additional that would have helped you recognize that your trial had expired and that payment was required to continue using Fastmail, we'd love to hear more! You can share this with our support team at support@fastmail.com.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great tech, great support

I've been a Fastmail customer for a few years and I'm very pleased with it. I've been able to remove Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts from my life, while having great support to send and receive email from my domains.

I've always had a good experience finding support, but I had a strange edge case error recently and I was escalated to more and more senior support until I got to the right person, no hassle.

Email's basically the center of digital life and for that service I think Fastmail delivers great value. After using accounts on big tech it's great to feel like a valued customer!

March 30, 2025
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Thanks so much for the kind words, Patrick :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fastmail customer for life

I have been using Fastmail for over 12 years now. They feel secure, with 2FA and passkeys to login safely. They also offer tools to help you guard your privacy. The ability to create endless aliases or alternate email addresses is a true luxury.

You can easily create masked email addresses at the click of a button, and it works well with Bitwarden password manager for this.

When I’ve needed support, which hasn’t been often mind you, Fastmail’s support team has always been fast and helpful.

I’m a happy Fastmail customer for life.

March 31, 2025
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Hey Matt! We love hearing that you're taking full advantage of our privacy features. We're looking forward to having you with us for many more years to come.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Not as good as it was...

Have been using Fastmail for many years for personal and business -but finding support isn't simple (I'm having problems changing my password). Finally found how to raise a ticket via a 'search' online -at the top of results was a 2017 blog post about 'improving customer support'!
Also spam increased recently...it has calmed down for the moment but I am losing confidence in Fastmail now - I currently find I am using yahoo more as a result!

March 28, 2025
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Reply from Fastmail

Hi there! We're grateful that you brought this up, and very sorry to hear that you've had a tough time finding a way to contact our support team. We're here to help you and definitely want that to be easy for you.

I see that you mentioned you searched for how to contact us. Can you please let us know the search engine you used, and the words you searched for? That will help us make adjustments to optimize for the keywords you searched for.

We're happy to help with the password and the spam. If you haven't already contacted our support team, please email us at support@fastmail.com, or go to Fastmail.com/support.

For future reference can find our contact information:
- On Fastmail.com and throughout our blog and help pages. We have a link to our support contact form (and other resources) at the top and bottom of every page.
- When you are viewing your Fastmail account on your web browser. Click the menu at the top left of any screen and select "Help". This will take you to our help pages. In addition to the header and footer, the text of every page includes a link labeled "Need help? Contact our support team."
- Or, reply to any email we've sent you.

Thanks for being a Fastmail customer for so many years, and we're looking forward to helping you with your password and spam concerns.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It just works so well

It just works so well. High quality product. Excellent support. I've been using Fastmail for more than 6 years now. I don't see a reason to ever stop.

March 27, 2025
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Reply from Fastmail

Thanks so much for trusting us with your email for so many years, Andreas!!

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