Question 1

How does InboxLee compare to hiring a deliverability engineer?

Accepted Answer

A full-time deliverability engineer carries a loaded cost around $180,000 per year. Even at quarter-time (which is what most teams need), that is $45,000 per year just for the human. InboxLee handles the deliverability stack - SPF, DKIM, DMARC, blacklist monitoring, provisioning, IP reputation - for $2.50 per mailbox per month. A 50-mailbox setup is $125 per month, all in.

Question 2

What does $2.50 per mailbox actually include?

Accepted Answer

Mailbox provisioning through the official Google Workspace partner program, SPF/DKIM/DMARC/MX records applied automatically, daily blacklist monitoring across major sources, inbox-placement tracking, one-click export to Smartlead/Instantly/Lemlist/Apollo/Outreach/Reply, and REST API + webhooks for automation. Domain registration is a separate one-time charge ($2 over the cheapest registrar). No tiered plans, no per-feature add-ons.

Question 3

How long until InboxLee pays for itself compared to DIY?

Accepted Answer

Immediately for any team running more than 10 mailboxes. Our ROI page line-items the DIY costs: engineer time, pooled IP rental, monitoring stack, and ongoing dev maintenance work out to roughly $7,150 per month for a 50-mailbox setup using public industry rates. InboxLee at 50 mailboxes is $125 per month, a $7,025 monthly delta from day one.

Question 4

Are there hidden costs I should know about?

Accepted Answer

No. The $2.50 is per active mailbox per month, billed only after the mailbox is live and delivered. Domains are charged once at registration at $2 over the cheapest registrar (we show the markup transparently at checkout). Dedicated sending IPs are included free for any plan above 200,000 emails per month. No setup fees, no minimum commitments, cancel anytime.

Question 5

What does the ROI look like for a 50-mailbox agency setup?

Accepted Answer

50 Google Workspace mailboxes on InboxLee is $125 per month. The equivalent DIY stack - mailbox provider seats plus quarter-time deliverability engineer plus monitoring tools plus IP rental - runs around $7,150 per month at public industry rates. Annual delta: roughly $84,300 saved. The 2-minute setup also recovers 2-6 weeks of engineering time on the first cohort alone.

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