[mikewave]

You can easily get hosting for ~$20/yr from classic web hosts like Hostineer and just set up email forwarding to people's personal Gmail and get the same functionality with a little bit more control and flexibility on your part.

[ISL]

Email aliasing is more annoying/error-prone than directly hosted GSuite. I've done both.

[Alupis]

Ya, aliasing is certainly not a replacement - particularly for non-tech savvy family members.

I've also been around long enough to know not to try running my own email server anymore... been there, done that (Zimbra & Exchange). While possible, it will consume more of your time than you want.

It's just beyond me why the likes of Google and Microsoft have not come up with a Family plan for bringing your own domain name... one that doesn't cost $5-6+ per month per user.

[mikewave]

I'm not suggesting running your own mail server. Hosts like Hostineer do that for you. Setting up forwarding takes three seconds in a web UI.

[Alupis]

I understand, but forwarding in my experience is brittle and rife with it's own problems.

The point of paying an email service is to make me not have to worry about it anymore. Gmail is free, and Workspace is $6 per user, Fastmail is $5 per user, etc.

If I'm anywhere near $20 monthly, I'd rather pay it to someone to have proper email and no "hacks". I just think it's absurd there is no "family & personal" option for any of these services... particularly Google where they could hoover up everyone's inbox like they already do in Gmail, plus make a few bucks monthly for the privilege of allowing me to use my own domain name.

That's literally all everyone wants here... GMail + Custom Domain Name. Google One should have this an a paid option and support X number of other users you can invite (family members with their own Gmail accounts). Families don't need retention policies, GDPR accreditation, etc.

[Fileformat]

https://www.migadu.com/pricing/ $19/year

[fuzzzerd]

Microsoft has a family plan, it's 99/year, includes five or six accounts and a few TB of onedrive storage along with a vanity domain.

[Alupis]

The vanity domain must be registered with GoDaddy, and doesn't provide attachment screening nor email encryption.

So... It's artificially gimped for no real reason.

[extra88]

It's not supported but apparently it's possible to use a personal domain for Microsoft email without using GoDaddy as your registrar.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Office365/comments/ft15pk/use_perso...

[mikewave]

Sure, but unless your family is growing rapidly, it shouldn't be something you have to do very often.

[riffic]

cloudflare is doing forwarding for free now.