Faivelo vs Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 Business Basic bundles Exchange email with Teams and OneDrive at $7 per user, paid yearly. Strong if you need the Office ecosystem, expensive if what you need is email on your domain.
What Microsoft 365 costs as your team grows
Microsoft 365 Business Basic is $7 per user per month. Faivelo Starter is $6/month flat, however many mailboxes you create.
| Team size | Microsoft 365 / year | Faivelo / year | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $84 | $72 | $12 |
| 5 people | $420 | $72 | $348 |
| 10 people | $840 | $72 | $768 |
| 25 people | $2,100 | $72 | $2,028 |
| 50 people | $4,200 | $72 | $4,128 |
Microsoft 365 Business Basic at $7 per user or mailbox a month, on the billing basis the provider's own pricing page states (cited on this page). Faivelo Starter $6/mo ($72/yr); higher Faivelo tiers add storage and sending volume, not seats.
Feature by feature
| Microsoft 365 | Faivelo | |
|---|---|---|
| Mailboxes | 1 per paid seat ($7/user/mo, paid yearly) | ✓Unlimited on every plan |
| Pricing model | Per user, per month, annual commitment | ✓Flat rate — unlimited users, cancel anytime |
| Storage | ✓50 GB mailbox + 1 TB OneDrive per user | 10–500 GB pooled by plan |
| Bulk email campaigns | Not included (Exchange sending limits apply) | ✓Built in — 3,000 to 100,000/mo (Growth+) |
| DNS setup | Manual — verify domain, copy records in admin center | ✓Automatic — records injected via your registrar |
| DKIM, SPF & DMARC | DKIM setup via admin center, DMARC yourself | ✓Configured automatically |
| IMAP & SMTP access | Included (can be policy-restricted) | Included |
| API & MCP for AI agents | Microsoft Graph (per-seat accounts only) | ✓REST API on every plan; hosted MCP server (Growth+) |
When Microsoft 365 is the better fit
- Your team depends on Word, Excel and PowerPoint (web versions ship with Business Basic)
- You run meetings and internal chat on Microsoft Teams
- You operate in an enterprise environment standardized on Azure AD / Entra
Why teams switch to Faivelo
- One Microsoft seat costs more than your entire team on Faivelo
- No Exchange admin center: domains verify and configure themselves
- Campaigns included instead of buying a separate marketing tool
- Unlimited aliases and shared mailboxes without licensing rules
Migration
Moving from Microsoft 365 takes no time at all
- 1Add your domainFaivelo injects MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC through your registrar automatically. Nothing to copy.
- 2Copy your mailThe migration tool pulls each mailbox's history over IMAP while your old service keeps working.
- 3Flip and cancelMail starts arriving at Faivelo the moment DNS switches; cancel the per-seat bill.
Faivelo vs Microsoft 365, answered
Business Basic is $7 per user per month paid yearly, so a 5-person team pays $420/year. Faivelo Starter is $72/year flat for unlimited mailboxes — and no annual commitment. Microsoft's bundle is only better value if the team actively uses Office apps and Teams.
Yes. Faivelo provides standard IMAP (port 993) and SMTP (port 587), so Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird and mobile clients all work — no proprietary connector needed.
Faivelo migrates mail over IMAP per mailbox, and the migration guide walks through MX cutover. Most small teams complete the move in an afternoon.
No. Plans are monthly (with an optional annual discount), and you can cancel anytime. Microsoft's standard per-user pricing assumes an annual term billed monthly.
Unlimited mailboxes. $6 a month.
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