In the past, I used Google Workspace and found it to be excellent, but the price increases over the years made me feel like a rip-off.
Now, I've settled on a simple yet somewhat technical solution that works quite well. I use my personal Gmail account and set up email redirects with Cloudflare email routing for each domain. This ensures that all emails sent to any domain are forwarded to my personal Gmail address.
To send or reply to emails using an address from a specific domain, I follow a two-step initial process. First, I set up an Amazon SES account and create SMTP credentials. Second, I add a new "Send mail as" entry in the Gmail settings.
This approach gives me a very similar experience to Google Workspace, including labels, search functionality, and more, at a fraction of the cost. Plus, it works regardless of how many domains you have.
Thanks Laurent! -- from my research online, this looks like it is what most resort to 😅 (Gmail redirects + Cloudflare routing).
The SMTP piece seems to be the missing piece I was looking for.
And you're right -- Google's price increases are 100% killer, the platform is well built though -- I was also hoping I could find an alternative for it, but I guess it's hard to beat.
In the past, I used Google Workspace and found it to be excellent, but the price increases over the years made me feel like a rip-off.
Now, I've settled on a simple yet somewhat technical solution that works quite well. I use my personal Gmail account and set up email redirects with Cloudflare email routing for each domain. This ensures that all emails sent to any domain are forwarded to my personal Gmail address.
To send or reply to emails using an address from a specific domain, I follow a two-step initial process. First, I set up an Amazon SES account and create SMTP credentials. Second, I add a new "Send mail as" entry in the Gmail settings.
This approach gives me a very similar experience to Google Workspace, including labels, search functionality, and more, at a fraction of the cost. Plus, it works regardless of how many domains you have.
Haha same here, I just used mailgun for SMTP instead of SES
Thanks Laurent! -- from my research online, this looks like it is what most resort to 😅 (Gmail redirects + Cloudflare routing).
The SMTP piece seems to be the missing piece I was looking for.
And you're right -- Google's price increases are 100% killer, the platform is well built though -- I was also hoping I could find an alternative for it, but I guess it's hard to beat.
Used this today and it works like magic!