MXRoute
Ranked 14 of 17 email services by recommenders
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.
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.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 82%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good value for the cost
“both work well, and are very reasonably priced”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail” “their pricing makes much more sense to me”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “All I wanted was a custom domain email” “Absolutely great service for the cost”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “All I wanted was a custom domain email” Reasonable, appealing pricing model
“It was pretty easy to switch and I really like their pricing model.”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem” “their pricing makes much more sense to me”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “All I wanted was a custom domain email”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Lifetime fee sustainability is doubtful
“The sustainability of this is dubious to me because you're taking a one time fee for service forever”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail” Run by a single person
“The issue with mxroute is that it's run by one person, AFAIK.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail”
Other email services people recommend
The four most recommended other email services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fastmail | 388 | 95 | 80% | 13 | 5 yrs90 owners | Approved |
| Gmail | 295 | 797 | 27% | 12 | 20 yrs58 owners | — |
| Proton Mail | 196 | 222 | 47% | 13 | 3 yrs29 owners | — |
| Tuta Mail | 49 | 17 | 74% | 13 | — | Approved |
| MXRouteThis page | 9 | 2 | 82% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“their pricing makes much more sense to me”
“Absolutely great service for the cost”
“MXRoute's lifetime plans (which they usually offer around black Friday) are a great option if you can get one.”
“both work well, and are very reasonably priced”
“The issue with mxroute is that it's run by one person, AFAIK.”
“The sustainability of this is dubious to me because you're taking a one time fee for service forever”
“I got the same capabilities from mxroute.com, another worthwhile alternative - hosted in the USA.”
“It was pretty easy to switch and I really like their pricing model.”
“This is one of the reasons I picked a small, dedicated email provider over Google Workspace for my corporate emails.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.