# Proton Mail for Business pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $7.99/mo (Mail Essentials). Among the 7 email hosting we track it is the most expensive; median entry $4.92/mo.
**Domain:** proton.me
**Free tier:** No · 14-day free trial
**Compliance:** HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** proton-calendar, proton-drive, proton-vpn, proton-pass, imap-smtp-bridge, easy-switch-migrator
**Best for:** Privacy-first teams and healthcare orgs needing end-to-end encrypted email with BAA; Organizations subject to Swiss or EU data privacy law; Businesses wanting a fully encrypted suite (email + storage + VPN + passwords); Teams migrating from Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 seeking stronger encryption
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mail Essentials | $7.99 | −13% | per_seat | Per user/month on monthly billing; end-to-end encrypted mail and calendar, 15 GB per user, 3 custom domains, appointment scheduling. Annual billing is $6.99/user/mo (~13% off). | proton.me |
| Workspace Standard | $14.99 | −13% | per_seat | Per user/month on monthly billing; encrypted Mail, Calendar, Drive and VPN with 1 TB storage per user and 15 custom domains. Annual billing is $12.99/user/mo (~13% off). | proton.me |
| Workspace Premium | $24.99 | −20% | per_seat | Per user/month on monthly billing; full encrypted suite (Mail, Calendar, Drive, VPN, Pass) with 3 TB storage per user, 20 custom domains and Lumo AI access. Annual billing is $19.99/user/mo (20% off). | proton.me |

**Key features:** End-to-end and zero-access encryption for all stored mail (no Proton access to content); HIPAA BAA available to all Proton users — contact legal@proton.ch; SOC 2 Type II audited and ISO 27001 certified; GDPR compliant; governed by Swiss law with Data Processing Agreement included; Password-protected emails to non-Proton recipients; Encrypted calendar, cloud storage (Drive), VPN, and password manager in suite; Easy Switch migration tool from Google Workspace and Microsoft 365; 30-day money-back guarantee.

**Plan limits:** IMAP/SMTP access only via Proton Bridge desktop app — not native IMAP; Mail Essentials plan: 15 GB storage per user and 3 custom domains; End-to-end encryption applies to Proton-to-Proton email; external email uses TLS only; Subject lines are not end-to-end encrypted (OpenPGP standard limitation); No offline web access without Bridge client installed.

## Cheaper email hosting alternatives

- [Zoho Mail](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/email-hosting/zoho-mail/) — from $0/mo
- [IceWarp](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/email-hosting/icewarp/) — from $2.5/mo
- [Fastmail](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/email-hosting/fastmail/) — from $4/mo
- [MXroute](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/email-hosting/mxroute/) — from $4.92/mo
- [Microsoft 365 for Business](https://frontdeskreview.com/software/email-hosting/microsoft-365-business/) — from $6/mo

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-13
Provenance: https://proton.me/business/plans (official business plans page, accessed 2026-06-13; the page renders prices client-side as $0.00 placeholders but the plan names, storage and custom-domain counts are present, and the per-user USD prices were corroborated via Tekpon's 2026 Proton Mail for Business pricing review which matches the live-page lineup)
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/email-hosting/proton-mail/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Proton Mail for Business's entry plan was $7.99/mo as of 2026-06-13 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/email-hosting/proton-mail/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl