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Cheap Business Email Hosting: Free Tiers That Actually Work in 2026
Compare real costs at 5, 10, and 15 users — hidden forwarding tricks vs workspace models and when cheap becomes expensive.
Cheapest is not free forwarding — it is a generous free tier with real inboxes. At ten users, Workspace costs ~$840/year; OquMail free tier covers fifteen mailboxes at $0.
Total cost checklist
- Per-user monthly fees
- Domain renewal (~$12–15/year)
- Transactional email API add-ons
- Engineering time for DIY SES/SendGrid
- Migration cost when you outgrow forwarding