What are you switching to from G Suite legacy free tier?

Migadu: https://www.migadu.com/

Their power user controls seemed to have a bit more power (at a reasonable cost) compared to the others I compared (mainly Fastmail), particularly in terms of number of domains. I have Calendar and Drive accounts in both Outlook and iCloud (and also personal Gmail), so an email-only/email-focused provider seemed an appropriate choice for this particular migration as I had already minimized my usage of GSuite/Google Workspace down to just email.

Made the shift to Fastmail a few months back with all my custom domains. Created a free Google account and use Fastmail as my mail server. I still like the Gmail experience but can exit if need to. I was using G-suite legacy for about 10 years. Change has made me migrate away from reliance on Google. I don't have a problem paying for something. I never needed or wanted online office. Just email and custom domains.

I've switched my main domain to iCloud, once they announced custom domains. It "just works" with the Apple devices I usually use for main domain stuff. If I do end up leaving Apple, this will likely get moved to another service.

I do have a few other domains I use for various tasks and testing, I've moved those to the free Zoho Tier for now. I'll keep an eye out if anything else comes up thats worth looking at. These work well with any device, and not just Apple ones.

Migadu for domains that need email sending. Cloudflare email redirect for ones that don’t.

I have my domain name with Google Domains so I am using their email forwarding service to forward my existing email addresses to normal gmail accounts, and then using gmails alias feature for sending mail as my original domain email address.

Works OK and is free (apart from the domain registration fees). Google Domains allows you to have 100 different email addresses forwarded, so all my family can use the same domain

I'll probably pony up the $6/user for my family members to not face any interruptions or annoying changes.

While I'm not exactly thrilled about the way Google did this, admittedly, I have been using it for the past 10+ years for free on multiple domains/accounts.

When I add up the cost to replace value-added stuff like Google Voice, it doesn't seem worth it to switch right now.

Unpopular Answer: Paid Google Workspaces.

Really boils down to how many users you need. I am your stereotypical 1 user with a catch-all, and I just make up email addresses on the fly. For $6(+tax)/user/month, for a single user just paying them made the most sense.

But I wouldn't make the same decision if I had e.g. 10 users on the free tier, and it is over $70/month after tax.

I pointed my MX records to iCloud and quickly forgot about it soon after. It works for my needs, which are really not that complex. I can receive and send email, have a 'family' calendar shared with my wife, and it's all included in the price of what I was already paying for iCloud storage. To me, it's a good deal.

Fastmail. I'm quite happy with it so far. Paying $5/month is worth it to be the customer rather than the product.

Fast mail. Worth it.