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Comparison
A short comparison of Relais and other custom domain email services.
Here are a few reasons why you might use Relais over other related services:
| Relais | Gomailify | Cloudflare Email Routing | ImprovMX | Google Workspace | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receive at a custom domain | |||||
| Send from Gmail | |||||
| Open Source | |||||
| Self-hostable | |||||
| Price | $6/year (free to self-host) | $12/year (minimum 2 domains) | Free | $9/month (base with limits) | $11/user/month |
When to Use What
- Gomailify: You want a managed service for send-and-receive with Gmail
- Cloudflare Email Routing: You only need to receive email, no send-as support
- ImprovMX: You want zero-maintenance hosted forwarding with send-as
- Google Workspace: You need the full suite (calendar, drive, admin console) for a team
- Relais: You want to send-and-receive from your custom domain in your personal Gmail, owning the infrastructure with the potential to self-host