# MXRoute

9 Hacker News commenters recommended MXRoute and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend MXRoute as a low-cost custom domain email host with easy switching and pricing they find sensible, including lifetime plans sold around Black Friday.

## Why people recommend it

- Good value for the cost (3 comments): "both work well, and are very reasonably priced" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49349547)) "their pricing makes much more sense to me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961588)) "Absolutely great service for the cost" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49959104))
- Reasonable, appealing pricing model (2 comments): "It was pretty easy to switch and I really like their pricing model." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46740148)) "their pricing makes much more sense to me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961588))

## What people warn about

- Lifetime fee sustainability is doubtful (1 comments): "The sustainability of this is dubious to me because you're taking a one time fee for service forever" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338011))
- Run by a single person (1 comments): "The issue with mxroute is that it's run by one person, AFAIK." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49342471))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Gmail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gmail.md): 295 recommend
- [mailbox.org email](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mailbox-org.md): 45 recommend
- [Zoho Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zoho-mail.md): 29 recommend
- [iCloud Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/icloud-mail.md): 24 recommend
- [HEY email by Basecamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hey-email.md): 23 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://mxroute.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "MXRoute", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mxroute/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).