When to use @finmail.com vs your own domain
Finmail Product
Two self-serve paths. They are not the same product with a cheaper badge.
| Professional | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Address | [email protected] |
[email protected] |
| Price | $29/mo | $59/seat/mo |
| Trial | 14 days, card required, cancel before day 15 | No trial — billing after DNS onboarding |
| DNS | None | MX / SPF / DKIM / DMARC on your domain |
| From branding | Hosted suffix — recognizable, not yours | Strongest public identity |
Default billing on public signup (when the URL omits billing=monthly) is annual.
Use hosted @finmail.com when
- You need a mailbox this week, without a corporate domain or IT ticket.
- The job is a personal-finance identity or a professional second mailbox — second mailbox.
- You accept that counterparts will see
finmail.com, not your brand.
That is Professional.
Use your own domain when
- Recipients should see your organization on every From line.
- You can change MX (or are starting a greenfield domain that is not already on Google Workspace / Microsoft 365).
- You want Team collaboration: assignments, shared drafts, composer approval.
That is Team. We do not promise that US SMBs or PE/VC firms will rip out Workspace to put Finmail on firm.com. Team is for domains you control that are not already locked to another suite — or for a new domain you are willing to point at Finmail.
What neither path is
- Not Instantly, not a mail-merge ESP, not a free Zoho-style custom-domain growth offer.
- Not “Gmail isn’t enough.” If Workspace already works for the firm, keep it.
Enterprise (50+ seats, Legal Hold, BYO AI keys) is email-to-sales, not a third self-serve card.
Next step
- How the two identities differ from Gmail and Proton: comparison hub.
- Numbers and AI quotas: pricing.
- DNS walkthrough: domain DNS docs.