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Cheap email hosting,
honestly priced

Two plans, one price per user, billed annually. Both include every feature — you only pay more for bigger mailboxes. The renewal price is the purchase price.

Essential

Perfect for small teams

$ 0.49 /user/mo
Annual prepaid only
  • 25 GB Storage per User
  • POP / IMAP / SMTP
  • ActiveSync & EWS
  • CalDAV & CardDAV
  • File Sharing (Drive)
  • Online Meetings
  • Live 1:1 Chats
  • 2FA Security
  • Cenmax MailGuard
  • Webmail Access
Get Started

Rolling out to a larger team?

Let's run a quick proof of concept first. We'll set up trial email accounts for your entire team for a month, with full migration assistance — so you can evaluate everything before committing.

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Essential is $0.49/user/mo (25 GB) and Professional is $0.99/user/mo (75 GB) — annual prepaid only, billed in USD. All plans include Cenmax MailGuard protection, webmail, and mobile sync. If you're hunting for the cheapest email hosting for small business that still runs on real, certified infrastructure, this is our honest answer.

A complete business
email service

Email hosting for business shouldn't stop at an inbox. Every mailbox comes with collaboration tools, calendars, security, and seamless sync across all your devices.

Cenmax MailGuard

Enterprise-grade spam filtering that blocks 99.98% of spam before it reaches your inbox.

  • Inbound filtering
  • Virus scanning
  • Quarantine management

ActiveSync & EWS

Exchange-protocol compatibility for seamless sync with Outlook, iOS, Android, and any ActiveSync device — the hosted Exchange experience without the licensing.

  • Push notifications
  • Real-time sync
  • Outlook compatible

Calendar & Contacts

Full CalDAV and CardDAV support for syncing calendars and contacts across all your devices.

  • Shared calendars
  • Meeting scheduling
  • Contact sharing

File Sharing (Drive)

Built-in file storage and sharing. Send large files without attachment limits.

  • Cloud storage
  • Share links
  • File versioning

Online Meetings

Built-in video conferencing for team meetings without third-party tools.

  • Video calls
  • Screen sharing
  • Meeting rooms

Security & 2FA

Two-factor authentication and encryption to keep your communications secure.

  • 2FA support
  • TLS encryption
  • IP restrictions

Email hosting for
small business

Most email hosting services are priced and packaged for enterprises. Ours is a business email hosting service that works just as well for a two-person shop: pay per mailbox, skip the bundles you'll never open, and look professional from day one.

Your Domain, Your Brand

Custom domain email hosting means you write from [email protected], not a free webmail address. It's the cheapest credibility upgrade a small business can buy.

  • Works with any domain you own
  • Start with a single mailbox
  • Keep your domain registered anywhere

Pay Per Person, Not Per Suite

Add mailboxes as you hire, starting at $0.49/user/mo. No minimum seat counts, no forced bundle of office apps, and no renewal jump — the price you sign up at is the price you keep.

  • From $0.49/user/mo, billed annually
  • Every feature on every plan
  • Renewal price = purchase price

No IT Department Needed

Webmail works out of the box, phones connect over ActiveSync, and our team helps with setup and migration. One of the few email hosting solutions where "set up" doesn't mean "hire a consultant".

  • Guided DNS & mailbox setup
  • Migration assistance included
  • 24/7 human support

IMAP email hosting that
works with everything

Full protocol support for any email client or device — open standards like IMAP and CalDAV alongside Exchange protocols (ActiveSync & EWS), so Outlook and mobile users get push sync without a hosted Exchange license.

POP3

Download emails to your device

IMAP

Sync across all devices

SMTP

Reliable email delivery

ActiveSync

Push sync for mobile

EWS

Outlook integration

CalDAV

Calendar sync

CardDAV

Contact sync

Webmail

Browser access

Cenmax vs other email
hosting providers

Most business email providers bundle email into a full office suite, and price it accordingly. If you're weighing email hosting services or looking for a simpler Microsoft 365 alternative for mail, here's the side-by-side.

What you get Cenmax Business Email Google Workspace Microsoft 365 Zoho Mail
Starting list price (per user/mo) $0.49, billed annually $7.00 — Business Starter, annual plan $7.00 — Business Basic, paid yearly $1.00 — Mail Lite, billed annually
Entry-plan included storage 25 GB mail per user 30 GB per user (shared across Gmail & Drive) 50 GB mailbox + 1 TB OneDrive per user 5–10 GB mail per user (Mail Lite)
IMAP / POP3 / SMTP access Included on every plan Supported Supported Supported on paid plans
ActiveSync & EWS (Outlook push sync) Included on every plan Check current support Native (Exchange) Check current support
Bundled office suite No — you only pay for email & collaboration Yes (Docs, Sheets, Meet) Yes (Office apps) Mail-only or Workplace bundle
Renewal price = purchase price Yes, always Check current terms Check current terms Check current terms

US list prices per user/month, as of July 2026 — pricing may vary by region and promotion. Microsoft 365 Business Basic as published on microsoft.com; Google Workspace Business Starter and Zoho Mail Lite annual-billing list prices as published for the US market. Storage figures as published by each provider for its entry business plan. All third-party names belong to their owners; the table compares published list facts only.

Switch your email hosting
in an afternoon

Moving domain email hosting sounds scarier than it is. Whether you're coming from Gmail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho, or cPanel mail, the switch is three steps — and our team assists with all of them.

Create Your Mailboxes

Order the seats you need and set up a mailbox for each person — same addresses you use today, on the same domain.

  • Keep every existing address
  • Add aliases and groups

Copy Your Old Mail

Existing mail moves over IMAP from virtually any provider. We assist with the transfer so folders, contacts, and calendars arrive intact.

  • IMAP migration from any host
  • Migration assistance included

Point Your MX Records

Update your domain's MX and DNS records to our servers. New mail starts flowing to Cenmax; your domain stays wherever it's registered.

  • Guided DNS changes
  • No domain transfer required

Security &
compliance

Your mail runs on the same audited, fully managed infrastructure that hosts our banking and fintech clients.

MailGuard Filtering

Every inbound message passes through Cenmax MailGuard, blocking 99.98% of spam with virus scanning and quarantine management.

Encryption & 2FA

TLS encryption in transit, two-factor authentication on every account, and optional IP restrictions for tighter access control.

Audited Operations

SOC 2 Type II compliant and ISO 27001 certified — the same standards our infrastructure is held to for regulated workloads.

Fully Managed Infrastructure

Fully managed mail infrastructure across the USA, Germany, and India — redundant power, DDoS protection, and 24/7 monitoring.

Common
questions

Business email hosting is a service that runs email on your own domain ([email protected]) on professionally managed mail servers, instead of a free webmail address or the basic mailboxes bundled with a website plan. You get bigger mailboxes, spam filtering, calendars and contacts sync, and per-user pricing that scales as your team grows. For many small businesses it's the best email hosting choice because you only pay for mail — not a whole office suite.

Yes. This is email hosting for your domain — any domain, registered anywhere. You keep the domain at your current registrar and simply point its MX records at our mail servers. There's no need to transfer the domain or move your website.

No. Business email hosting works standalone — all you need is a domain name. Your website (if you have one) can stay wherever it's hosted today, or you can run email with no website at all. Mail and web are separate DNS records, so they don't have to live with the same provider.

Yes — every Cenmax shared hosting plan includes 5 to 50 mailboxes at your domain, free for life. This page is the standalone product for teams that want more: 25–75 GB mailboxes, ActiveSync push sync, shared calendars, file sharing, and online meetings, without needing a hosting plan at all.

Cenmax Business Email starts at $0.49/user/month billed annually. Suite providers charge more because they bundle office apps — Google Workspace Business Starter and Microsoft 365 Business Basic both list at $7.00/user/month on annual plans (US list prices as of July 2026; pricing may vary by region and promotion). If your team mainly needs reliable email, calendars, and file sharing on your own domain, you're not paying for a suite you won't use.

Every plan supports POP3, IMAP, and SMTP for any standard email client, ActiveSync and EWS for Outlook and mobile push sync, CalDAV and CardDAV for calendars and contacts, plus full webmail access from any browser.

Cenmax MailGuard is our enterprise-grade email filtering solution that blocks 99.98% of spam, viruses, and phishing attempts before they reach your inbox. All inbound email is filtered through our MailGuard servers for maximum protection.

Yes! Our email service supports ActiveSync and EWS (Exchange Web Services), providing full compatibility with Microsoft Outlook on desktop and mobile. Your email, calendar, and contacts will sync seamlessly.

For larger rollouts we recommend a proof of concept before you commit. Our team will set up trial email accounts for your entire organization for a month, along with full migration assistance, so you can evaluate the platform in your real environment. Once you're happy, you can decide. Contact our sales team to get started.

Yes, Cenmax Workspace includes a modern, feature-rich webmail interface. Access your email, calendar, contacts, file storage, and online meetings from any web browser.

Yes, we offer migration assistance to help move your existing email, contacts, and calendars to our platform. Contact our support team to plan your migration.

Ready for professional
business email?

Get enterprise-grade email with spam protection, collaboration tools, and seamless sync.