Best email provider on Reddit

305 reviews from r/SideProject, r/privacy, r/degoogle and 38 more subreddits

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Protonmail

4.3

(27)

"Proton is the best option and you can use multiple emails."

"Proton."

"Just use proton"

"You only need one mail account so proton would be fine"

"I'm very happy with Protonmail and I can recommend it."

"ProtonMail offers excellent privacy features and a user-friendly interface."

"Protonmail is excellent for secure communications."

"ProtonMail is solid and is excellent privacy wise"

"ProtonMail uses zero access encryption, making it a secure choice."

"Awesome email service!"

FastMail

4.4

(16)

"Fastmail offers excellent email services with great privacy features."

"They have the concept of 'virtual domains' that allow you to link as many domains as you want to an email address."

"I have one email account but receive email there for multiple domains."

"Fastmail is superb."

"Fastmail seems to meet your needs."

"Easy to set up aliases in seconds with Fastmail."

"Fastmail allows sending from any address under your custom domain."

"Fastmail is another one to look at."

"[Fastmail] seems to fit the bill nicely."

"I settled on Fastmail because of its great multi domain support."

Tutanota

4.1

(17)

"Tuta Mail! post-quantum encryption, open source, servers in Germany!"

"Tutanota is a great choice for privacy-focused users."

"Tutanota also offers zero access encryption for enhanced privacy."

"Tutanota is a great email provider."

"Tuta gives you 10 to play with"

"Proton, Zoho, or Tutanota"

"You still can use Tutanota without encryption"

"Tutanota is a reliable email service."

"3. You will be using your own domain but no IMAP: Tutanota"

"Tutanota.com"

Google

4.5

(13)

"Google Workspace is much more popular than Outlook/Microsoft in my experience over the past 10 years."

"Highly recommend google workspace / gmail. Their UI is the best & their spam filter is superior to Microsoft."

"Google Workspace offers a professional and paid account with a domain for a reasonable price."

"I use G Suite and GMass to send everything through Amazon SES."

"GMail is simple and clean to use."

"Gmail is the best alternative to everything else, especially for family planning and management."

"I use google for this. Cost me 20 dollars a year."

"Google Workspace is the best bang for your buck."

"G Suite legacy migration offers a variety of suggestions, both free and paid."

"Google / MS365"

Proton

4.2

(13)

"Proton has the best spam filter in the privacy ecosystem."

"Proton is recommended for those who prioritize privacy."

"Proton, Zoho, or Tutanota"

"I'd recommend Proton, but the price is so high for me."

"Check out proton"

"Use proton app on mobile and proton web app everywhere else."

"With a Proton Mail account, you could use another secure email provider for a recovery email address, such as Mail Fence, Tutanota, Skiff, Zoho."

"Proton is good enough as the last recovery in the chain."

"Proton offers a free email service with a custom domain and additional features like a drive, calendar, and VPN."

"Proton services offer secure communication and storage options."

Google Workspace

4.4

(12)

"Google workspace is the go to"

"Google Workspace works wonders and is cheap!"

"Google workspace for non-profit is free for x number of users... Will fix all your delivery problems."

"Google apps all the way. That $60/user/year fee is a REALLY good deal."

"Gsuite and office 365 are good options when it comes to deliverability."

"G-suite and MS365 has the best delivery in cold outreach."

"You could register your own domain then set up Google Workspace or Microsoft 365."

"Google GSuite is sensational."

"I prefer Google Workspace, but only because we used Google Apps before Office365 existed."

Zoho

4.0

(13)

"For free..Zoho"

"You can get unlimited aliases for free with Zoho on your own domain."

"Why don't you use Zoho mail? Their enterprise licenses are way cheaper."

"I’ve been using them for several years now and have been happy."

"Proton, Zoho, or Tutanota"

"Zohoemail is nice"

"The service looks quite decent and is affordable at $10/user/year for a 5GB mailbox."

"Zoho has very good team management solutions."

"Zoho mail, their free plan allows for custom domains."

"Zoho is a good CRM for managing contacts and leads."

Posteo

4.2

(11)

"Posteo offers excellent privacy features and reliable service."

"Posteo is another great option with zero access encryption."

"Posteo"

"Posteo gives you two for free."

"Have a look at Posteo"

"Posteo is great."

"Posteo is an eco-friendly email provider that is affordable and offers Caldav and CardDav servers."

"Posteo"

"Posteo is another good option (about €12 a year I think)."

"1. You will not be using your own domain: Posteo"

Postmark

4.7

(9)

"Happy with the ease of using their API, website and delivery performance."

"Postmark has a good delivery reputation and supports both transactional and marketing emails."

"Absolutely Postmark."

"Clean UI and most straightforward to use."

"Postmark is absolutely amazing."

"Postmark is the best I've used. Clear documentation, clean UI, no bs."

"You should have your marketing and transactional emails separate, in my opinion at least."

"Both Postmark and Mailgun are simple to use, but Postmark is preferable for transactional emails."

"For outgoing email - Postmark."

#10

Mailgun

4.0

(10)

"I've used it for quite a few projects, it's pretty straightforward and easy to set up & use."

"Especially if you are working with laravel framework. Laravel provides the mailgun setup out of the box."

"Mailgun has a well-hidden pay as you go plan."

"For the actual send I use Mailgun - I found their nodejs package was pretty clear."

"Mailgun has a consistently good sending reputation and includes better tools."

"Mailgun is the best, but it's also the most expensive."

"Mailgun is solid for transactional emails and offers a free trial for 3 months."

"Mailgun is also a fine choice for sending emails."

"Something like http://www.mailgun.com offers 10,000 emails for free every month."

"Frustrating configuration and testing process."

#11

Resend

4.9

(8)

"It's really great! Hope it fits your needs 👍"

"Offers a generous free plan with 3,000 emails per month."

"Resend.com offers a generous limit of 100 free emails per day."

"Resend! Generous free tier as well"

"Resend is the my new favorite"

"Resend is great. They recently added Broadcast which is pretty useful."

"Has worked really great so far and took 1 hour to setup and get going."

"[resend.com](http://resend.com) or gmail"

#12

Sendgrid

2.5

(15)

"Pretty straightforward to set up."

"Using SendGrid with email forwarding can help avoid deliverability issues."

"SendGrid is an easy choice, though things can be iffy with a bad shared IP."

"SendGrid provides a reliable sending reputation and includes valuable tools."

"Sendgrid can be a better choice for massive email volumes."

"Use Sendgrid or zoho Zeptomail."

"SendGrid is also a good option for sending emails."

"Frustrating configuration and testing process."

"I'm before using sendgrid but now using AWS. Because sendgrid is very problem email sending"

"SendGrid's free tier has a low volume limit, which is not suitable for my needs."

#13

MailChimp

4.2

(9)

"Mailchimp is very easy to use."

"Sorry but why not using mailchimp if it's the best ?!"

"Mailchimp, as said before, but I would honestly recommend a real-time channel like Discord/Slack"

"I think MailChimp is a common one!"

"Mailchimp is a reliable choice for email marketing."

"Aimed at marketing"

"Mailchimp is great for sending out less than 10,000 emails per month."

"Mailchimp is a good starting point for email marketing."

"Mandrill by Mailchimp"

#14

Mailbox.org

4.6

(8)

"Mailbox.org has been good for me. They provide standard IMAP/SMTP and CalDAV/CardDAV interfaces, so you can use any app you want."

"Mailbox.org seems to meet your needs."

"Great service for SMTP credentials."

"1€/ month, private and an awesome integrated office suite"

"Mailbox.org is a really good (german) email provider for just 1€ per month."

"[Mailbox.org] is my goto."

"Mailbox.org"

#15

Microsoft 365

4.0

(9)

"I use both google workspace and ms365. I’d suggest Microsoft."

"I just do office 365 same as most larger businesses."

"We ended up migrating to office 365 over the last year."

"I would also recommend M365... factor in the cybersecurity implications of moving to any SaaS offering."

"Office 365. Be sure to set up email retention that complies with your state's open records or sunshine laws."

"Office365 all the government has a discount!"

"Office365."

"Office 365 has free subscriptions (or really cheap ones) for those kind of businesses."

"Well the best way would be to use O365 but it's a paid subscription."

#16

Amazon

4.7

(7)

"Amazon SES is a reliable and efficient email service."

"AWS Simple Email Service is reliable and integrates well with EC2 and ECS."

"Amazon SES is the cheapest option."

"AWS SES is what I suggest."

"Amazon Workmail is a great service for managing email with custom aliases."

"Amazon SES is the cheapest at $0.10/1000 emails and offers good deliverability."

"Amazon ses and elastic mail have plugins for wordpress and woocommerce."

#17

Gmail

4.6

(5)

"I had the least amount of issues with gmail."

"I setup a free Gmail address like myapp@gmail.com and setup forwarding for support@myapp.com, etc through Cloudflare email forwarding."

"I used Gmail 6 times."

"Gmail is good for better delivery"

"There are good and cheap hosting providers, gmail being one of them."

#18

Disroot

3.3

(6)

"Currently, I'm using disroot for each purpose."

"Using PGP with Disroot is a good solution as many of their services support E2EE."

"Disroot offers great privacy features."

"Disroot might be another option."

"Otherwise if you can't find anything else, keep using Disroot."

"Not user-friendly and requires K-9 mail for email access."

#19

Amazon SES

4.3

(4)

"Amazon SES is the cheapest you'll find with great deliverability."

"Amazon SES."

"Amazon Simple Email Service."

"Amazon SES can be very cost-effective for high volume email sending."

#20

Proton Mail

4.3

(4)

"If you want security and no questions asked I would say Proton Mail"

"Why not proton mail?"

"Proton Mail offers excellent privacy features."

"I used Proton Mail 4 times."

#21

Microsoft

4.0

(4)

"M365 provides excellent security features and ample storage."

"Microsoft 365 doesn't have Gmail integration, but is damn good. Custom domain integration is super simple."

"Outlook is user-friendly and efficient."

"Microsoft is a good alternative if you want to leave Google."

#22

Tuta

3.5

5.0

(1)

"It's more economical and 99% SPAM free. The best I think for marketing and transactional emails. Free version is available for 30,000 emails."

#70

SoGo

4.0

(1)

"It supports ActiveSync for mobile."

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