Email Host Recommendation for Small Business (7-10 employees)

Hi all! I am trying to figure out the best way to go about having a professional business e-mail for me and my employees (about 7 employees currently but room to grow to 10 employees). I want the ability to easily create a user emails, but also the ability to remove one for the unfortunate situation where I must terminate an employee.

I looked at Office 365 and Google Workspace and if I looked at it correctly it would be close to $700 a year ($6-7/ user/ month). What are your experiences with these and would you recommend a different route?

We mostly use emails for client communication and purchases with vendors, google chat to communicate with the team, and occasionally utilize google docs and sheets to share notes, but we do not do any video calls so those are unnecessary. Any help is greatly appreciated!