Google Workspace alternatives after the 2026 price hike

Business Standard now runs ~$16.80 per user per month — the third increase in three years. Fair for the full suite; absurd if all you actually use is info@yourdomain.com.

First, be honest about what you use

If your team lives in Docs, Meet and shared Drive — stay; the suite is worth it. This page is for the other crowd: solo founders and small businesses who pay Workspace only so domain email works.

If you only need domain email

Zoho Mail (~$1/user/mo): cheapest real mailboxes; separate inbox per domain, spartan clients, mixed deliverability record.
Forwarding (free–$3/mo): Cloudflare/ImprovMX/ForwardEmail push domain mail into your free Gmail. Fine for receiving; replying and spam-protection are on you.
All Your Inboxes ($0–29.99/mo flat): keep your free Gmail as the inbox; we run the domain plumbing — setup, replies from the right address, deliverability monitoring, an audit log. No per-user math: the price is the same with 1 user or 5 domains.

The math

Workspace for 2 users: ~$403/yr, per domain organization. Our Starter: $69/yr covering 5 inboxes across any domains — with your existing Gmail as the front end. The suite features are the only reason to pay the difference; email alone never was.

All your email. One place.

Connect any inbox. Send from the right address automatically. Free plan forever, paid from $6.99/mo, and it never touches how your mailboxes are set up.

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