Best email service on Reddit
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#1
Google Workspace
4.7
(13)
"One great option is Google Workspace (formerly G Suite). It’s really popular for business emails."
"I’m solo and use Google Workspace with a domain. However this was chosen as I use Google for a lot and love the interface."
"I started my small firm 11 years ago using G Suite and at first it was just me ... now we are 30+ and still using it."
"It has served us very well. We do not use G Drive but use everything else it has been good."
"Google is very, very good for up to 1000 headcounts, so for solo, I highly recommend Google"
"I started my small firm 11 years ago using G Suite and at first it was just me ... now we are 30+ and still using it."
"Google for business is a great fit"
"We migrate them to Google workspace. It handles a 1TB+ mailbox just as well as it handles a 1GB mailbox."
"We found every client dependent on email were willing to switch to gsuite - our selling point was they had dedicated support for email."
"Google for Business"
#2
MailGun
4.0
(14)
"Mailgun (https://www.mailgun.com/)"
"Mailgun is a good one"
"It’s dead easy to setup and use."
"It is recommended by Wpengine and Kinsta hosting."
"Why not just use a different SMTP service with Gmass? Like Mailgun for example"
"Mailgun is another option for managing email delivery effectively."
"Mailgun"
"Many people use the MailGun service, very easy to use and decent free plan."
"You could pipe your outgoing emails through a service like Mailgun to get around the trustworthiness problem."
"Use mailgun and other such services."
#3
Fastmail
4.5
(12)
"I use Fastmail and have been very happy with it."
"Fastmail will allow you to use a custom domain for $5 per month."
"Fastmail offers aliases and email blocking features for $5/month."
"I personally use and recommend Fastmail."
"Fast Mail is pretty much the best"
"I like Fastmail myself"
"I use fastmail for email hosting and am happy with it."
"Fastmail offers simplicity and great features."
"Fastmail effectively mitigates ad tracking by allowing users to disable external images."
"Fastmail's servers anonymize email tracking, providing privacy."
#4
Sendgrid
4.1
(13)
"I'm very pleased with its ability to maintain a high level of deliverability."
"Sendgrid offers easy-to-use client libraries and 100 emails a day for free."
"It works perfectly now :) "
"Switching to SendGrid and verifying the domain has solved the spam issue."
"We’ve used sendgrid for our clients for years"
"Using mailing service providers like SendGrid is recommended for sending large volumes of emails."
"Sendgrid and https://courier.com"
"You can also try a third party email delivery like sendgrid."
"Sendgrid has a free tier I use for that and some other outbound custom domains."
"Sendgrid/twilio"
#5
Apple
3.8
(11)
"I use iCloud, and I even use the 'custom domain' feature of iCloud+ so I have <my name>@<my own site DOT whatever> emails landing in my iCloud mailbox. It works great."
"I use iCloud for much of my email. Zero problems. The 'hide my email' option is great for managing spam."
"Everything seems to be fine for now with the transition from Outlook to iCloud mail."
"I changed my Apple ID to my iCloud email without any problems."
"There are over a billion iCloud users. It's reliable. I think iCloud is more sophisticated than other email services."
"Apple's Hide My Email feature is a great privacy option."
"Reliable email service with improved search feature."
"Apple now has a custom domain service, it’s decent, but of course only if you're in that ecosystem."
"Hide My Email is an iCloud+ feature for me. 😢"
"Apple's policy on account recovery is flawed and unhelpful."
#6
Proton
4.6
(9)
"Your only other reliable option is Proton."
"Proton"
"Proton is pretty good. Try it."
"Proton."
"Proton‼️"
"Proton, Tuta, Infomaniak."
"Protonmail or Tutanota."
"ProtonMail is usually recommended as a great secure and privacy-oriented service."
"Does and Fastmail and Proton strip away trackers?"
#7
Proton Mail
4.8
(8)
"Proton mail is the best email service based on your requirements."
"Protonmail is excellent for privacy."
"They don’t read your emails."
"Proton Mail is highly recommended for its privacy features."
"Proton Mail has a free tier."
"I use ProtonMail with my custom domain, never had any issues with it or it being marked as spam."
"Proton Mail would be my first choice. They have a solid product and a free tier too."
"I'm pretty happy with it."
#8
MXroute
4.4
(8)
"Lifetime plan at mxroute"
"Great value for $30 USD for 3 years with unlimited domains and accounts."
"Mxroute - I was with google, haven't looked back."
"MXroute is an excellent option for what you want at an excellent price point. They also have no history of being blocked by Gmail."
"Ya mxroute is good and price is reasonable."
"Never used them, but mxroute com offers this service."
"Mxroute can be a solid choice for it."
"Mxroute is okay but they have some gotchas and weird issues, and can be pretty heavy handed."
#9
Microsoft 365
4.3
(8)
"Office 365. No question."
"O365. Hands down. You get way more than just email."
"Our firm has used both and office is infinitely better than G Suite."
"I just migrated from google workspace to MS 365 because I use office apps."
"Office 365 could be a good value if you want to get the Ms office suite anyway."
"Microsoft 365"
"Something like M365, Google Workspace (formerly G Suite), or anything like that would be fine."
"I personally went with proton and have to switch to 365. Not enough support for CRM."
#10
Klaviyo
4.7
(7)
"The best bulk email services for eCommerce would be Klaviyo, SendGrid, Omnisend, Brevo, and Constant Contact."
"Just use klaviyo like everyone else...."
"Just use klaviyo like everyone else."
"Klaviyo allows you to target customers based on any event, profile, metric, location, or date, making it great for personalized automation and targeted campaigns."
"It's great and integrates with WooCommerce very well."
"Klaviyo excels in personalization and integration, making it a great choice for e-commerce."
"You get what you pay for and so many other things integrate into Klaviyo natively."
#11
Amazon
4.8
(6)
"Amazon SES is the most cost-effective option for sending transactional emails."
"Nodemailer with AWS SES is extremely stable and SES has a very generous free tier."
"AWS SES offers a generous free tier of 50k sent emails per month."
"It's free and works well for localhost emailing."
"Costs almost nothing, and I generally stick sites on Lightsail anyway."
"SES is a great option based on your needs."
#12
4.2
(6)
"Google Workspace is way better, it is what I use."
"Google Workspace is an excellent tool for collaboration and productivity."
"Google's unified storage takes the cake. You can go well above 100 gb."
"GSuite pairs well with Shopify and is relatively affordable for a true business email system."
"Consider pushing clients toward Google Workspaces."
"My Google Gmail gets spammed a lot."
#13
Microsoft
4.6
(5)
"I get emails right away and I use Outlook."
"Exchange Online Plan 2 offers a generous 100GB storage with unlimited online archiving."
"You can up your Office 365 license to get 100GB mailboxes."
"The Outlook client is effective but has a limitation on .ost size."
"Outlook can be configured to use more than 50gb with a reg edit."
#14
Postmark
5.0
(4)
"Highly recommend Postmark for your application emails, aka transactional emails."
"I'm a big fan of Postmark."
"I love postmark!"
"Postmark is preferred for production projects for better consistency in email deliveries."
#15
Mailchimp
4.0
(5)
"I recommend Mailchimp."
"Mailchimp.com"
"Offers good open rates and integration capabilities."
"Mailchimp's free plan allows for 2,000 contacts and 10k emails per month."
"Similar in terms of pricing and number of subscribers."
#16
SendinBlue
4.8
(4)
"Sendinblue offers excellent email marketing services with great features."
"I use and can recommend SendinBlue."
"Sendinblue has a free tier and an API, making it great for transactional emails."
"Provides various pricing options to fit your needs."
#17
Mailbox.org
4.5
(4)
"It’s paid and secure. From Germany."
"I’ve used for several years now and haven’t had any issues!"
"Mailbox.org is a great alternative."
"Mailbox.org"
#18
Migadu
4.5
(4)
"I've been using Migadu for about a year; it has been faultless for me."
"Migadu is a great solution for email needs."
"Migadu is a cheap email hosting option with your own domain."
"Their spam filter isn't perfect, but other than that it's a great service and very affordable for people with their own domains."
#19
Brevo
3.6
(5)
"The customer service is solid and they get back to you pretty quickly."
"Brevo is the clear winner, it's cheaper, works better than all of them."
"Brevo offers 1000 free emails per day and has a node package built over nodemailer."
"A little steep learning curve but I think I will learn how to set it all up."
"Tried the static IP with Brevo and it made things drastically worse."
#20
Tutanota
4.3
(4)
"Tuta & Proton are good"
"I have been using Tutanota for a few years now and I'm happy with it. It's not too pricey."
"Tutanota and Protonmail."
"For me I like Tutanota."
#21
nodemailer
4.3
(4)
"Go for nodemailer, it's an excellent choice for email sending."
"For super small scale <100 emails a day = Nodemailer with Gmail auth token."
"Nodemailer is a good suggestion for easily swapping providers."
"Nodemailer is a library that helps you send email using various mailing services."
#22
Substack
5.0
(3)
"Free for number of subs"
"Substack. It's free."
"Find it great and a pleasure to work with."
#23
Mango Mail
4.7
(3)
"Great for small businesses to keep costs low and allows unlimited addresses."
"Mango Mail is a great option. They offer IMAP and POP3, but also have a ton of guides on how to set up most clients."
"The basic plan is $1.50/mo for unlimited domains and addresses."
#24
Mails AI
4.3
(3)
"Mails AI could be a solid alternative for your B2B sales emails, supporting direct PDF attachments and providing detailed tracking."
"Supports unlimited email accounts and offers excellent deliverability rates."
"Affordable at $10/month for unlimited emails."
#25
Amazon SES
4.3
(3)
"AWS SES and react-email has been a neat combo for me with transactional emails."
"If you truly only want to send emails AWS SES works out to pennies for basically the same delivery rates."
"I have worked with SG but eventually switched to SES and utilizing their SNS notifications."
#26
MXRoute
4.3
(3)
"I am a client now for a few years and am very happy."
"A few of their normal plans would be sufficient with as many domains you have."
"A reseller account from MXRoute would satisfy basic email needs."
#27
Tuta Mail
4.3
(3)
"My favorite is Tuta Mail, love the Android app as it has zero connection to Google."
"Tuta Mail has not been down for longer than a couple of minutes in the past months."
"Tuta is a solid alternative."
#28
ProtonMail
3.3
(3)
"👍 to proton."
"Alternatively you could use a full on email provider that allows using custom domains. For example Proton/ProtonMail."
"I strongly do not recommend Protonmail."
#29
PurelyMail
5.0
(2)
"I've had nothing but a good experience with PurelyMail. The main plan is $10 USD per year with no strict limits on users or storage."
"I like PurelyMail!"
#30
Zoho Mail
5.0
(2)
"Zoho mail. The free version still let's you use your own domain."
"Quite happy with their free plan."
#31
HEY
3.0
(3)
"I personally use and recommend Hey!"
"HEY seems to have abandoned updating their tracker list, losing interest in email functionality."
"Hey.com has an inflexible inbox approach that may not suit everyone."
#32
Mailerlite
4.5
(2)
"I recommend Mailerlite."
"Slightly cheaper than the above"
#33
AWS SES
4.5
(2)
"The least cost service."
"AWS SES is fine, for your use case."
#34
Amazon Web Services
4.5
(2)
"Nothing beats AWS SES"
"AWS SES is quite good for transactional emails."
#35
Posteo
4.5
(2)
"It's paid, but it's cheap enough (dollar a month). But well worth it."
"Posteo is great."
#36
Resend
4.5
(2)
"I find it to be the most straightforward, simple service yet with a great SDK."
"Next choice would be Resend."
#37
customer.io
4.5
(2)
"Customer.io works well for us."
"Customer.io is good for a little more complex workflows."
#38
Nodemailer
4.5
(2)
"Nodemailer and AWS SES are very cheap."
"Nodemailer with Gmail works fine but can be tricky depending on security settings."
#39
Zapier
4.0
(2)
"Zapier is effective for automation."
"Zapier can automate email notifications for new product additions."
#40
MailJet
4.0
(2)
"I've been using MailJet for many years now and I'm really satisfied."
#41
Flodesk
4.0
(2)
"For a complete no code solution, you can use Flodesk."
"Flodesk"
#42
ActiveCampaign
4.0
(2)
"Pretty cheap and for low volume has good enough features."
"Active campaign"
#43
Mailgun
4.0
(2)
"Mailgun offers a free plan with 10,000 emails per month, which is great for small projects."
"Mailgun works well for sending emails from WordPress."
#44
dropmail.me
5.0
(1)
"This bot provides burner email IDs and can send OTPs."
#45
Swisscows
5.0
(1)
"Swisscows.email offers a great privacy-focused email service."
#46
Linux
5.0
(1)
"The vanilla Linux install with remote control tools is very useful."
#47
Listmonk
5.0
(1)
"Listmonk is one of the best self-hosted solutions for email marketing, especially as costs grow with your contact list."
#48
Uptime Kuma
5.0
(1)
"The external monitoring service is effective."
#49
Kuku Live
5.0
(1)
"Works a treat."
#50
Yandex
5.0
(1)
"If escaping 5 eyes is actually a priority for you, I highly recommend Yandex."
#51
Docker
5.0
(1)
"The email server runs smoothly as a docker image."
#52
SalesNexus
5.0
(1)
"SalesNexus offers excellent email marketing automation tailored for B2B sales, allowing file attachments like PDFs."
#53
Zoho
5.0
(1)
"I use Zoho for email hosting with my own domain."
#54
VMWare
5.0
(1)
"The setup works very well and requires minimal maintenance."
#55
Mimecast
5.0
(1)
"Mimecast specifically offers continuity mode where their servers take over for O365 servers. It requires an Outlook plugin to be installed, but it works great!"
#56
Waypoint
5.0
(1)
"Waypoint offers a tightly integrated template builder for email APIs."
#57
Startmail
5.0
(1)
"Startmail provides similar features for $50/year."
#58
Omnisend
5.0
(1)
"Omnisend is incredible, has unmatched customer support, way more affordable than Klaviyo, and is offering free migration assistance."
#59
Email Service
5.0
(1)
"I’ve used it for everything since 2007. No issues. They have better server level spam filtering than any other email service I’ve tried."
#60
ZeptoMail
5.0
(1)
"I like zeptomail, simple and has templates as well."
#61
Loops.so
5.0
(1)
"Has the best free tier of any competitor and also supports easy variable templating via an API."
#62
Hubspot
5.0
(1)
"I recommend Hubspot."
#63
EmailJS
5.0
(1)
"EmailJS has a generous free offer of 200 mails/month as a starter."
#64
PostmarkApp
5.0
(1)
"Quite an incredible service."
#65
Simple Login
5.0
(1)
"An email inbox with a secure and open source solution that allows managing aliases, contacts, and mailboxes."
#66
Guerrilla Mail
5.0
(1)
"Guerrilla Mail is a great service for temporary email."
#67
Shopify
2.0
(1)
"Shopify does not have an email inbox feature built into their system."
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