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MailKit vs the subscriptions
Everyone else bills you every month or every year. MailKit sets up email on your own domain once — then the stack is yours to keep.
| MailKit | SendMailAs | Google Workspace | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $5 once | $29 / year | $84 / year |
| Billing model | One-time | Subscription | Subscription |
| Keeps your existing Gmail inbox | replaces Gmail | ||
| You own the stack after setup | Cloudflare + Postmark, yours | their SMTP relay | |
| No vendor lock-in | |||
| Automated setup | manual | ||
| Real sending, not just forwarding | |||
| Stops working if you stop paying | stack stays yours |
vs Google Workspace
Workspace replaces Gmail and bills every user every month. MailKit keeps you in the inbox you already use and charges once.
vs SendMailAs
SendMailAs is a yearly subscription tied to their SMTP relay — stop paying and sending stops. With MailKit the Cloudflare + Postmark stack is yours after a one-time $5.
vs the DIY route
Doing it by hand means Cloudflare, DNS records, SMTP and Gmail Send-As yourself — an hour of fiddly work where one typo breaks delivery. MailKit is that hour, automated.