The complete business budget
Small team.
One business price.
A mailbox is one part of the working day. Compare where your team keeps files, manages access, shares calendars and runs its website, too.
$26.00 / business / month
Planned core package: one website, business email identities and 250 GB shared across mail, files, websites and eligible backups. Addresses can follow employees, projects and clients without a separate per-address subscription fee.
Addresses for the work
No ten-address cap in the planned business package. Create distinct project mailboxes or aliases to suit the work, within shared storage and sending safeguards.
Shared work. Deliberate access.
Personal and company calendars, internal Arbam chat and Storage Vault permissions connect the team’s work. These workflows are in the pilot; full paid services remain in development.
Planning price · Private preview. Paid checkout is not open. All figures below are USD before tax, checked 15 September 2026. Domain registration/renewal and other add-ons are excluded. A 12-month GridOnBoard projection is $312.00, assuming the planned monthly price stays unchanged.
People change.
Your business keeps the conversation.
Mark joins. Mark leaves. Steve takes over. The client relationship and its correspondence still belong to the business. GridOnBoard’s planned mail model prices the business workspace, with no ten-address cap and no separate core subscription charge for each employee or project mailbox.
An address for the client
Use marksproject@yourbusiness.com for a project. Give authorised colleagues access to the same correspondence. Removing an employee’s access does not erase the business mailbox.
One hundred clients. Clearer boundaries.
Plan a separate project mailbox for each client, including a hundred client mailboxes when useful. Keep conversations organised and grant access only to the people working on that client.
Pay for shared capacity
Mail, files, websites and eligible backups draw from the planned 250 GB business pool. Adding an address does not add a per-address subscription fee. Expand storage when the business needs more capacity.
Choose the right kind of address. An alias delivers to an existing mailbox. A project mailbox keeps its own correspondence and access list. Staff use their individual accounts to access authorised mailboxes; they do not share a former employee’s password. Offboarding revokes access and allows an administrator to assign a replacement.
Planned customer mailbox lifecycle; not yet available as a complete paid service. Existing business correspondence remains subject to the business’s retention and deletion rules. Storage, sending rates and abuse controls still apply. Competing services also offer aliases and some offer shared mailboxes: a hundred project addresses must not be priced as a hundred paid employee seats unless that provider’s licensing actually requires it.
Your website. Your people. Your company files.
Start with everything the business needs. Our example is four employees, one public website, business email, shared calendars, internal chat and 150 GB of company files with employee access controls. GridOnBoard’s planned 250 GB pool leaves 100 GB for mail, website content and eligible backups in this example. All uses share that pool.
What you get, what you still need, and where GridOnBoard adds value| Package | Website and business email | Company files and teamwork | Whole-package budget |
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| GridOnBoard planned core | One website and business email within the business package. | 250 GB flexible shared pool. Storage Vault access controls, personal/company calendars and internal Arbam chat. | $26 / business / month planned. No separate website subscription or per-person core subscription in this example. Full paid services are not open yet. |
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| Zoho Workplace Standard | Mail included; Zoho Sites is not among this plan’s listed products. Price a website separately. | 100 GB team files for 3–10 users, plus 30 GB mail per user. Calendar, Cliq and file management included. The team-file allowance needs expanding for our 150 GB example. | $12 / month equivalent for four annual-plan users + website + the required file-storage upgrade. Those additions need a quote; $12 is not the complete-package total. |
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| Hostinger web hosting | Premium: 3 websites and 2 mailboxes per website, free for one year. Unlimited: unlimited websites/mailboxes, with mail free for one year, subject to fair use. | Premium: 20 GB hosting space; Unlimited: 50 GB. Neither listed bundle supplies the 150 GB permissioned company file vault and full internal collaboration setup in our example. | Premium: $2.99 / month equivalent for 48 months prepaid ($143.52), renewing at $10.99. Unlimited: $3.99 ($191.52 prepaid), then $16.99. Add ongoing email and the missing company-workspace services; no complete-stack quote is implied. |
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| Namecheap Stellar hosting | 3 websites and 30 mailboxes included. | 20 GB hosting space. Its bundled hosting/mail does not supply this example’s general company vault, internal chat and shared-calendar workflow. Higher hosting plans differ. | Website and email are already bundled. Price the missing file/collaboration services separately; adding a second email subscription would double-count the included mail. |
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| GoDaddy Web Hosting Economy | 1 website; email is advertised with the hosting offer. Check the local offer’s mailbox count and duration. | 25 GB hosting space. General team-file storage and the full collaboration setup must be assessed separately. | Hosting offer + any additional mailboxes + company-file/collaboration services. Localised pricing varies; a verified USD complete-stack quote is not available here. |
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| Microsoft 365 Business Basic with Teams | Business email included; a public business website hosting product is not listed in this plan. | 1 TB file storage per user, calendars and Teams. Plenty of file capacity for this example. | $28 / month equivalent for four annual-plan users + public website hosting. GridOnBoard’s planned package is $2 lower before adding that website cost. |
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| Google Workspace Business Starter | Gmail and Google Sites included. A separate hosting charge is not necessary when Sites meets your website requirements. | 120 GB pooled for four users, shared across supported services; Calendar and Chat included. This does not fit 150 GB of company files before mail. | $28 / month equivalent for four annual-plan users + sufficient extra storage or a plan upgrade. Compare the final selected configuration. |
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Space your team can actually use
Allocate the planned 250 GB where the business needs it. For a file-heavy small team, flexibility matters more than unused mailbox quotas elsewhere.
The website belongs in the budget
GridOnBoard’s planned core includes one website. Count website subscriptions and storage upgrades when they are needed; count genuine competitor inclusions, too.
A connected working day
Keep files, access, company calendars and internal Arbam chat in the same business workspace. A cheap hosting or email price alone does not cover that working day.
This is a selected workload, not a claim that every competing plan costs more. Missing component prices are unquoted, never treated as zero or invented. Hosting storage, mail quotas and general team-file space are not interchangeable. Domain costs are excluded consistently. GridOnBoard’s combined package is planned; current workflows and availability are described on our availability page.
Arbam chat belongs in the business package.
Four Slack Pro seats cost $29/month equivalent on the regular annual price. GridOnBoard’s planned $26 business package includes Arbam chat alongside mail, one website, calendars and shared storage. That is a $3/month difference before adding those other services to Slack.
USD before tax · Regular rates reviewed 15 September 2026 · Promotional discounts excluded| People | GridOnBoard planned business package | Slack Pro, annual billing | Slack Pro, monthly billing |
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| 4 | $26.00 | $29.00 / month equivalent | $35.00 / month |
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| 10 | $26.00 | $72.50 / month equivalent | $87.50 / month |
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| 20 | $26.00 | $145.00 / month equivalent | $175.00 / month |
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| 50 | $26.00 | $362.50 / month equivalent | $437.50 / month |
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| 100 | $26.00 | $725.00 / month equivalent | $875.00 / month |
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Slack Pro lists $7.25 per user/month annually or $8.75 monthly. Its current eligible introductory offer discounts the first three monthly-billed months. Slack Free is $0, with 90-day searchable message history and up to ten app integrations.
Slack Pro adds unlimited searchable history, app integrations, group huddles and external collaboration. GridOnBoard Arbam chat currently focuses on internal company channels, messages, threads and permitted search; it does not claim feature parity, external Slack Connect-style collaboration or unlimited retention. Full paid GridOnBoard services remain in development.
Slack’s fair billing policy can credit inactive/deactivated members, subject to its rules. This table assumes active paid seats; employee departures must not be counted as permanent extra charges. Neither email hosting nor a public website is included in the listed Slack plan. Compare the complete package your team will use.
See subscription prices by team size
The price advantage can start at four people.
At the selected regular annual-plan rates, four Microsoft 365 Business Basic with Teams or Google Workspace Starter accounts cost $28.00 per month equivalent. GridOnBoard’s planned business package is $26.00: $2.00 less per month, or $24.00 projected over a year. Three accounts cost $21.00, so the crossing point matters.
USD monthly equivalents by team size · Regular annual-plan prices before tax| Plan | 1 person | 3 people | 4 people | 5 people | 10 people | GridOnBoard becomes lower-priced |
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| GridOnBoard planned core | $26.00 | $26.00 | $26.00 | $26.00 | $26.00 | Per business; paid checkout not open. |
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| Microsoft 365 Business Basic with Teams | $7.00 | $21.00 | $28.00 | $35.00 | $70.00 | From 4 people at the annual rate; from 4 on the monthly/flexible rate. |
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| Google Workspace Business Starter | $7.00 | $21.00 | $28.00 | $35.00 | $70.00 | From 4 people at the annual rate; from 4 on the monthly/flexible rate. |
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| Zoho Workplace Standard | $3.00 | $9.00 | $12.00 | $15.00 | $30.00 | From 9 people at the annual rate; from 7 on the monthly/flexible rate. |
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| Microsoft 365 Business Basic without Teams | $5.40 | $16.20 | $21.60 | $27.00 | $54.00 | From 5 people at the annual rate; from 5 on the monthly/flexible rate. |
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Four is a specific comparison, not a universal threshold. The Microsoft plan without Teams crosses at five people on its annual price; Zoho Workplace Standard crosses at nine. Promotions and cheaper email-only products can cross later. Compare the tools, storage purpose, commitment and readiness you need as well as the subscription price. No team size shown here creates a product limit.
Supporting figures: ten-person suite and email examples
A ten-person example in detail
Selected entry plans with ten independent user accounts. This is one example, not a minimum or maximum team size. Monthly equivalents put billing periods on one scale; they do not remove annual commitments.
USD subscription outlay and storage scope for 10 people| Selected plan | Monthly equivalent | 12-month amount / terms | Storage and collaboration |
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| GridOnBoard planned core | $26.00 Per business. | $312.00 projected. Planned monthly billing; checkout not open. | 250 GB flexible business pool with file permissions, one website and mail. Calendar and Arbam chat in pilot. Not 250 GB per person. |
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| Microsoft 365 Business Basic with Teams | $70.00 $7.00 × 10 users. | $840.00. Annual subscription, paid yearly. Monthly/flexible option: $84.00 / month for 10. | 1 TB file storage per user; 10 separate user allowances. Outlook calendars and Teams included. |
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| Google Workspace Business Starter | $70.00 $7.00 × 10 users. | $840.00. One-year commitment; payment frequency depends on billing choice. Monthly/flexible option: $84.00 / month for 10. | 300 GB pooled for 10 users. Gmail, Calendar, Chat, office tools and Google Sites included. |
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| Zoho Workplace Standard | $30.00 $3.00 × 10 users. | $360.00. Annual billing. Monthly/flexible option: $40.00 / month for 10. | 30 GB mail per user plus a separate 100 GB team file allowance for 10 users. Mail, Calendar, Cliq and office tools. |
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$44.00 less per month in this scenario. The planned $26.00 GridOnBoard price is 62.9% below the $70.00 annual-plan monthly equivalent for ten Microsoft or Google users: $528.00 over 12 months. This compares subscription outlay, not identical capabilities or readiness.
Capacity matters, and so does its purpose. Google’s 300 GB pool and Microsoft’s individual 1 TB allowances can offer more capacity. Zoho separates mail from team files. GridOnBoard’s value is its planned connected package and flexible business pool; it does not have the most storage in every comparison.
How cheaper email plans compare
Hostinger, Namecheap and GoDaddy also sell hosting and other services. These are their selected email plans, not quotes for a complete replacement stack. Their mailbox quotas are not a general shared file pool with company file-access controls.
10 separate mailboxes, not aliases · Advertised-rate calculations| Email plan | Initial monthly equivalent | Payment and later pricing | Mail capacity for ten |
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| Hostinger Starter | $3.90 | $187.20 upfront for 48 months. Advertised renewal: $15.90 / month equivalent ($763.20 for 48 months). | 5 GB per mailbox; 50 GB total mail quotas. |
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| Hostinger Standard | $9.90 | $475.20 upfront for 48 months. Advertised renewal: $27.90 / month equivalent ($1,339.20 for 48 months). | 20 GB per mailbox; 200 GB total mail quotas. |
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| Hostinger Premium | $19.90 | $955.20 upfront for 48 months. Advertised renewal: $39.90 / month equivalent ($1,915.20 for 48 months). | 50 GB per mailbox; 500 GB total mail quotas. |
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| Namecheap Launch | $7.90 | $94.80 / year at current regular prices; coupons excluded. 1 included + 9 extra mailboxes. | 5 GB per mailbox; 50 GB total mail quotas. Calendar included. |
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| Namecheap Scale | $22.61 | $271.28 / year at current regular prices; coupons excluded. 5 included + 5 extra mailboxes. | 15 GB per mailbox; 150 GB total mail quotas. Calendar included. |
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| GoDaddy Email Essentials | $19.90 | $238.80 upfront for 12 months. Then-current renewal rate applies. Displayed reference price: $89.90 / month for ten; not a confirmed renewal quote. | 10 GB per mailbox; 100 GB total mail quotas. Outlook calendar included. |
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Compare the whole purchase. These email prices do not include a separately priced public website hosting plan, a 250 GB general file pool or a combined business workspace. Shared calendars also exist in competing services; having a calendar alone is not an exclusive GridOnBoard feature.
Offers have conditions. Hostinger figures use its advertised 48-month term; GoDaddy uses its US first-year offer. Ten-mailbox promotional eligibility must be confirmed at checkout. Namecheap totals include additional-mailbox charges. Regions, taxes, offers and future renewal rates can change.
Price evidence: Slack official USD pricing · Slack fair billing policy · Zoho Workplace included products and file allowances · Zoho Sites plans · Hostinger web hosting bundles · Namecheap shared hosting bundles · GoDaddy web hosting bundles · Google annual and flexible billing · Zoho Workplace USD plan comparison · Hostinger Business Email · Namecheap Private Email plan comparison · GoDaddy Microsoft 365 email · US / USD. Microsoft’s selected plan is linked in its row. No affiliation or endorsement is implied.