Business email hosting with custom domain, anti-spam filtering, IMAP/SMTP and a webmail interface.
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Business email hosting provides professional mailboxes under your domain ([email protected]) with IMAP/SMTP/POP3, webmail (Roundcube, RainLoop, SOGo), anti-spam filtering, anti-virus and DKIM/SPF/DMARC signatures. Alternatives to Gmail Workspace and Microsoft 365: ProtonMail, Tutanota, Infomaniak, FastMail. Pricing: 1-5 €/mailbox/month. Check jurisdiction (EU, Switzerland) for GDPR compliance and E2E encryption policy if critical.
Shared hosting works fine up to ~10,000 visitors/month. Beyond that, or with heavy plugins, a managed VPS brings performance and stability. For e-commerce shops, a dedicated VPS is recommended from day one.
Managed WordPress (Kinsta, WP Engine, o2switch) costs more but bundles optimised caching, automatic updates, staging and backups - you save time and reduce risk. Worth it as soon as the site is business-critical.
WordPress is the most flexible with a huge ecosystem. Webflow excels at design with integrated hosting. Wix and Squarespace are the simplest but most limited. Pick based on the flexibility/simplicity trade-off you need.