Hey everyone! We're looking for recommendations on good cold email infrastructure providers for domains + inboxes. We’ve tested a bunch already (Thor’s Hammer, Infraforge, Mailin, Aerosend, Mailscale, etc.) but are moving away from them for different reasons. What we’re mainly looking for:
low-cost setup
easy domain + inbox provisioning
stable deliverability
simple scaling process
works well alongside DFY accounts
Would love to hear:
what providers you’re currently using
what you like/dislike about them
how deliverability and inbox stability have been lately
any providers you’d avoid
Especially interested in bundled infra setups, Gmail/Outlook inbox solutions, and providers with solid support. Appreciate any recommendations 🙏
Before the provider list rolls in, worth flagging the choice matters less than people assume once you're past the obviously bad actors. Most stability problems blamed on infra are actually warming pace, SPF/DKIM/DMARC alignment, or seed damage carried over from the previous setup. Questions I'd put to any vendor before signing: how do they handle warmup pacing, do they expose Postmaster + Mailflow data, and what's their swap-out protocol when a single inbox's reputation slips. Bundled is fine. The diagnostic layer underneath is what saves you when placement dips.
can try theboomerang.co, costing is $1.8/per mailbox when discounted volumes are there. We have gmail and outlook inboxes as well. Happy to share a sample with you too.
I'd suggest Zapmail + Mailivery + Bouncer. We’ve moved away from one-tool solutions to avoid a single point of failure; decoupling infra (Zapmail) from reputation (Mailivery) and hygiene (Bouncer) is much more stable at scale. Plus, Bouncer allows for objective deliverability testing on mailboxes outside the warmup cycle, so you get an honest look at placement without the 'echo chamber' effect of internal warmup reports.
