iCloud+ Custom Email Alternative for Teams
Apple Mail custom domains work for individuals — compare team admin, API, and free tiers for small business.
iCloud+ lets you use your domain with Apple Mail — great for solo users. Teams needing fifteen mailboxes, admin roles, and API sends need a workspace host.
What iCloud+ custom email domains are built for
iCloud+ lets a paying Apple subscriber use their own domain with iCloud Mail, and share it with members of their Family Sharing group. That suits one person or a household. It is not a business admin console: there are no company roles, no way to create mailboxes for staff outside your family group, and no API for sending receipts from an app. Apple publishes its current domain and address limits in its support documents — check them before you commit.
When a team outgrows it
- You hire someone who is not in your Family Sharing group
- You need role mailboxes such as support@ and billing@ that more than one person looks after
- Your product needs to send receipts or password resets from your domain
- You want delivery logs showing why a message bounced
Keep Apple Mail on your devices
Switching host does not mean giving up Apple Mail. OquMail mailboxes connect to Apple Mail on Mac, iPhone and iPad over IMAP (port 993) and SMTP submission (port 587), alongside webmail. You get up to 15 mailboxes free on your domain, with admin roles and a transactional API.