Custom domain email without Google Workspace

Workspace went up again in 2026 — and paying per user, per domain, makes no sense when you just need info@ to reach you. The real options:

Option 1 — Forwarding (free/cheap)

Cloudflare Email Routing (free), ImprovMX or ForwardEmail (~$0–3/mo) forward domain mail to the inbox you already have. Great for receiving. The catch: replying from the domain address needs separate SMTP setup per domain, and nobody watches your SPF/DMARC — the settings that decide whether your replies land in spam.

Option 2 — A cheap mailbox host

Zoho Mail from ~$1/user/mo gives real mailboxes. But each domain’s mailbox is separate — five domains means five inboxes to check, and support forums are full of deliverability complaints. You saved money and bought inbox-juggling.

Option 3 — Managed: keep your inbox, we run the plumbing

All Your Inboxes sets up the forwarding for you (one-click on Cloudflare domains), delivers every message as a notification to the inbox you already read, sends your replies from the right domain address, and monitors SPF/DKIM/DMARC daily with automatic fixes. Flat pricing from $6.99/mo for 5 inboxes — not per user, not per domain mailbox. Free plan for your first inbox.

Which one is right?

One hobby domain, technical comfort → do it yourself with Cloudflare (option 1).
You need a real second mailbox with its own login → Zoho (option 2).
Several domains, no appetite for DNS, replies must not hit spam → option 3 is built for exactly that.

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