Best email service on Reddit

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#1

Microsoft

4.5
(11)
"I get emails right away and I use Outlook."
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"Exchange Online Plan 2 offers a generous 100GB storage with unlimited online archiving."
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"Get the standard 50gb with archiving and auto archive anything older than a year. I can almost guarantee 99.8% of clients won’t notice."
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"You can up your Office 365 license to get 100GB mailboxes."
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"Exchange Online Plan 2 is available as a standalone SKU."
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"Office 365 offers excellent cloud-based productivity tools."
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"I would recommend using MS 365 for mail."
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"The Outlook client is effective but has a limitation on .ost size."
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"OWA allows access to all emails without size limitations."
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"Outlook can be configured to use more than 50gb with a reg edit."
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#2

MailGun

4.0
(12)
"Mailgun (https://www.mailgun.com/)"
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"Mailgun is a good one"
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"It’s dead easy to setup and use."
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"It is recommended by Wpengine and Kinsta hosting."
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"Mailgun is another option for managing email delivery effectively."
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"Mailgun"
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"Many people use the MailGun service, very easy to use and decent free plan."
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"You could pipe your outgoing emails through a service like Mailgun to get around the trustworthiness problem."
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"Mailgun works well with Zapier."
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"I like mailgun and gsuite."
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#3

Apple

3.9
(12)
"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."
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"I use iCloud for much of my email. Zero problems. The 'hide my email' option is great for managing spam."
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"Everything seems to be fine for now with the transition from Outlook to iCloud mail."
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"I changed my Apple ID to my iCloud email without any problems."
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"We have never had a problem and hardly any spam."
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"There are over a billion iCloud users. It's reliable. I think iCloud is more sophisticated than other email services."
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"Apple's Hide My Email feature is a great privacy option."
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"Reliable email service with improved search feature."
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"Apple now has a custom domain service, it’s decent, but of course only if you're in that ecosystem."
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"Hide My Email is an iCloud+ feature for me. 😢"
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#4

Fastmail

4.6
(10)
"I use Fastmail and have been very happy with it."
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"Fastmail will allow you to use a custom domain for $5 per month."
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"Fastmail offers aliases and email blocking features for $5/month."
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"I personally use and recommend Fastmail."
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"I like Fastmail myself"
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"I use fastmail for email hosting and am happy with it."
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"Fastmail offers simplicity and great features."
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"Fastmail effectively mitigates ad tracking by allowing users to disable external images."
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"Fastmail's servers anonymize email tracking, providing privacy."
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"At least look at Fastmail."
#5

Sendgrid

4.1
(10)
"I'm very pleased with its ability to maintain a high level of deliverability."
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"Sendgrid offers easy-to-use client libraries and 100 emails a day for free."
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"It works perfectly now :) "
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"Switching to SendGrid and verifying the domain has solved the spam issue."
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"We’ve used sendgrid for our clients for years"
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"Using mailing service providers like SendGrid is recommended for sending large volumes of emails."
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"Sendgrid and https://courier.com"
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"Sendgrid has a free tier I use for that and some other outbound custom domains."
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"Nodemailer is easy and free. I’ve also liked SendGrid in the past just as a means to keep track of templates, but it costs money."
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"I really hate their product."
#6

Proton

4.8
(8)
"Your only other reliable option is Proton."
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"Proton"
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"Proton is pretty good. Try it."
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"Proton."
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"Proton‼️"
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"Proton, Tuta, Infomaniak."
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"Protonmail or Tutanota."
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"ProtonMail is usually recommended as a great secure and privacy-oriented service."
#7

Proton Mail

4.8
(8)
"Proton mail is the best email service based on your requirements."
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"Protonmail is excellent for privacy."
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"They don’t read your emails."
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"Proton Mail is highly recommended for its privacy features."
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"Proton Mail has a free tier."
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"I use ProtonMail with my custom domain, never had any issues with it or it being marked as spam."
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"Proton Mail would be my first choice. They have a solid product and a free tier too."
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"I'm pretty happy with it."
#8

Amazon

4.8
(6)
"Amazon SES is the most cost-effective option for sending transactional emails."
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"Nodemailer with AWS SES is extremely stable and SES has a very generous free tier."
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"AWS SES offers a generous free tier of 50k sent emails per month."
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"It's free and works well for localhost emailing."
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"Costs almost nothing, and I generally stick sites on Lightsail anyway."
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"SES is a great option based on your needs."
#9

Klaviyo

4.7
(6)
"The best bulk email services for eCommerce would be Klaviyo, SendGrid, Omnisend, Brevo, and Constant Contact."
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"Just use klaviyo like everyone else."
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"Klaviyo allows you to target customers based on any event, profile, metric, location, or date, making it great for personalized automation and targeted campaigns."
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"It's great and integrates with WooCommerce very well."
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"Klaviyo excels in personalization and integration, making it a great choice for e-commerce."
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"You get what you pay for and so many other things integrate into Klaviyo natively."
#10

Google

4.2
(6)
"Google Workspace is way better, it is what I use."
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"Google Workspace is an excellent tool for collaboration and productivity."
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"Google's unified storage takes the cake. You can go well above 100 gb."
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"GSuite pairs well with Shopify and is relatively affordable for a true business email system."
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"Consider pushing clients toward Google Workspaces."
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"My Google Gmail gets spammed a lot."
#11

MXroute

4.2
(5)
"Great value for $30 USD for 3 years with unlimited domains and accounts."
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"MXroute is an excellent option for what you want at an excellent price point. They also have no history of being blocked by Gmail."
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"Ya mxroute is good and price is reasonable."
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"Mxroute can be a solid choice for it."
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"Mxroute is okay but they have some gotchas and weird issues, and can be pretty heavy handed."
#12

Postmark

5.0
(4)
"Highly recommend Postmark for your application emails, aka transactional emails."
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"I'm a big fan of Postmark."
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"I love postmark!"
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"Postmark is preferred for production projects for better consistency in email deliveries."
#13

SendinBlue

4.8
(4)
"Sendinblue offers excellent email marketing services with great features."
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"I use and can recommend SendinBlue."
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"Sendinblue has a free tier and an API, making it great for transactional emails."
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"Provides various pricing options to fit your needs."
#14

Google Workspace

4.5
(4)
"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."
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"Google is very, very good for up to 1000 headcounts, so for solo, I highly recommend Google"
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"Google for Business"
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"Google for Business?"
#15

Mailbox.org

4.5
(4)
"It’s paid and secure. From Germany."
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"I’ve used for several years now and haven’t had any issues!"
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"Mailbox.org is a great alternative."
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"Mailbox.org"
#16

Migadu

4.5
(4)
"I've been using Migadu for about a year; it has been faultless for me."
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"Migadu is a great solution for email needs."
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"Migadu is a cheap email hosting option with your own domain."
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"Their spam filter isn't perfect, but other than that it's a great service and very affordable for people with their own domains."
#17

Brevo

3.6
(5)
"The customer service is solid and they get back to you pretty quickly."
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"Brevo is the clear winner, it's cheaper, works better than all of them."
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"Brevo offers 1000 free emails per day and has a node package built over nodemailer."
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"A little steep learning curve but I think I will learn how to set it all up."
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"Tried the static IP with Brevo and it made things drastically worse."
#18

nodemailer

4.3
(4)
"Go for nodemailer, it's an excellent choice for email sending."
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"For super small scale <100 emails a day = Nodemailer with Gmail auth token."
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"Nodemailer is a good suggestion for easily swapping providers."
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"Nodemailer is a library that helps you send email using various mailing services."
#19

Tutanota

4.3
(4)
"Tuta & Proton are good"
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"I have been using Tutanota for a few years now and I'm happy with it. It's not too pricey."
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"Tutanota and Protonmail."
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"For me I like Tutanota."
#20

Mailchimp

4.0
(4)
"I recommend Mailchimp."
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"Offers good open rates and integration capabilities."
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"Mailchimp's free plan allows for 2,000 contacts and 10k emails per month."
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"Similar in terms of pricing and number of subscribers."
#21

Microsoft 365

4.7
(3)
"Office 365. No question."
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"O365. Hands down. You get way more than just email."
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"I just migrated from google workspace to MS 365 because I use office apps."
#22

Mango Mail

4.7
(3)
"Great for small businesses to keep costs low and allows unlimited addresses."
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"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."
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"The basic plan is $1.50/mo for unlimited domains and addresses."
#23

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."
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"Supports unlimited email accounts and offers excellent deliverability rates."
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"Affordable at $10/month for unlimited emails."
#24

MXRoute

4.3
(3)
"I am a client now for a few years and am very happy."
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"A few of their normal plans would be sufficient with as many domains you have."
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"A reseller account from MXRoute would satisfy basic email needs."
#25

Tuta Mail

4.3
(3)
"My favorite is Tuta Mail, love the Android app as it has zero connection to Google."
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"Tuta Mail has not been down for longer than a couple of minutes in the past months."
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"Tuta is a solid alternative."
#26

Zoho Mail

5.0
(2)
"Zoho mail. The free version still let's you use your own domain."
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"Quite happy with their free plan."
#27

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."
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"I like PurelyMail!"
#28

Substack

5.0
(2)
"Free for number of subs"
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"Find it great and a pleasure to work with."
#29

Amazon Web Services

4.5
(2)
"Nothing beats AWS SES"
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"AWS SES is quite good for transactional emails."
#30

Posteo

4.5
(2)
"It's paid, but it's cheap enough (dollar a month). But well worth it."
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"Posteo is great."
#31

Mailerlite

4.5
(2)
"I recommend Mailerlite."
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"Slightly cheaper than the above"
#32

Resend

4.5
(2)
"I find it to be the most straightforward, simple service yet with a great SDK."
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"Next choice would be Resend."
#33

HEY

3.0
(3)
"I personally use and recommend Hey!"
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"HEY seems to have abandoned updating their tracker list, losing interest in email functionality."
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"Hey.com has an inflexible inbox approach that may not suit everyone."
#34

Mailfence

4.5
(2)
"Look at mailfence and posteo"
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"Mailfence is another great alternative."
#35

Nodemailer

4.5
(2)
"Nodemailer and AWS SES are very cheap."
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"Nodemailer with Gmail works fine but can be tricky depending on security settings."
#36

Amazon SES

4.5
(2)
"AWS SES and react-email has been a neat combo for me with transactional emails."
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"If you truly only want to send emails AWS SES works out to pennies for basically the same delivery rates."
#37

ActiveCampaign

4.0
(2)
"Pretty cheap and for low volume has good enough features."
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"Active campaign"
#38

Zapier

4.0
(2)
"Zapier is effective for automation."
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"Zapier can automate email notifications for new product additions."
#39

MailJet

4.0
(2)
"I've been using MailJet for many years now and I'm really satisfied."
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#40

Mailgun

4.0
(2)
"Mailgun offers a free plan with 10,000 emails per month, which is great for small projects."
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"Mailgun works well for sending emails from WordPress."
#41

AWS SES

5.0
(1)
"The least cost service."
#42

Systeme

5.0
(1)
"2K contacts and unlimited emails including automation for free."
#43

Proofpoint

5.0
(1)
"Get proofpoint- it will handle all of this and do it slightly better than Google."
#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

customer.io

5.0
(1)
"Customer.io works well for us."
#59

Omnisend

5.0
(1)
"Omnisend is incredible, has unmatched customer support, way more affordable than Klaviyo, and is offering free migration assistance."
#60

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."
#61

ZeptoMail

5.0
(1)
"I like zeptomail, simple and has templates as well."
#62

Loops.so

5.0
(1)
"Has the best free tier of any competitor and also supports easy variable templating via an API."
#63

Hubspot

5.0
(1)
"I recommend Hubspot."
#64

EmailJS

5.0
(1)
"EmailJS has a generous free offer of 200 mails/month as a starter."
#65

PostmarkApp

5.0
(1)
"Quite an incredible service."
#66

Simple Login

5.0
(1)
"An email inbox with a secure and open source solution that allows managing aliases, contacts, and mailboxes."
#67

Guerrilla Mail

5.0
(1)
"Guerrilla Mail is a great service for temporary email."
#68

mailforspam.com

5.0
(1)
"A great service for receiving emails without using your own address."
#69

EmailLabs

5.0
(1)
"I use and can recommend EmailLabs."
#70

AnyDomain.Email

5.0
(1)
"They will cover your needs."
#71

Mail Chimp

5.0
(1)
"Very easy to use, and a generous, full-featured free plan for small users."
#72

JangoSMTP

5.0
(1)
"Awesome!"
#73

Mailmeteor

5.0
(1)
"Mailmeteor is perfectly suited for emailing needs with a targeted list of 1000 recipients."
#74

MailsAI

5.0
(1)
"MailsAI could be a game-changer for your B2B outreach with robust tracking and responsive customer support."
#75

SalesLoft

5.0
(1)
"Email template automation, track open/click/read rates, easy to build pipeline management."
#76

Go Mail Merge

5.0
(1)
"Highly recommend Go Mail Merge for Gmail users."
#77

VBOUT

4.0
(1)
"Cost-effective, simple email service provider"
#78

ProtonMail

4.0
(1)
"Alternatively you could use a full on email provider that allows using custom domains. For example Proton/ProtonMail."
#79

Paubox

4.0
(1)
"Or you can try Paubox.com"
#80

Trustifi

4.0
(1)
"We use Trustifi"
#81

securemyemail

4.0
(1)
"Works with any email and has a password-less option to send to any recipient."
#82

Temp Mail

4.0
(1)
"Temp Mail Plus is good."
#83

Mailinabox

4.0
(1)
"Mailinabox is a great self-hosted email server option."
#84

Zimbra

4.0
(1)
"Zimbra offers robust features for self-hosting email."
#85

Postale.io

4.0
(1)
"Postale.io is great for managing multiple domains."
#86

Skiff

4.0
(1)
"Skiff is a great free alternative for those who prioritize privacy."
#87

Exim

4.0
(1)
"Exim is a reliable choice for Linux email server."
#88

Postfix

4.0
(1)
"Postfix is easy to set up and manage on Linux."
#89

AuthSMTP

4.0
(1)
"AuthSMTP is reliable for just relaying emails."
#90

SES

4.0
(1)
"Everything is going good with them, and they are very affordable."
#91

ForwardEmail

4.0
(1)
"They don't do webmail but otherwise seems like a good match for your needs."
#92

Elastic Email

4.0
(1)
"Known for good open rates and integration capabilities."
#93

Apple Mail

4.0
(1)
"Apple Mail intelligently handles tracking by not loading external images unless necessary."
#94

mailtrap

4.0
(1)
"Alternatively you could use mailtrap or mailhog for demo purposes."
#95

mailhog

4.0
(1)
"Alternatively you could use mailtrap or mailhog for demo purposes."
#96

Emailchaser

4.0
(1)
"Emailchaser is easier to use and allows unlimited sender email accounts."
#97

WooCommerce Subscription Extension

4.0
(1)
"The WooCommerce subscription extension is a valuable tool."
#98

Beehiiv

3.0
(1)
"Beehiiv still lacks in terms of landing page designs compared to the other 2"
#99

Kit

3.0
(1)
"Similar in terms of pricing and number of subscribers."
#100

SMTP server

3.0
(1)
"Self hosting an SMTP server isn't the worst thing either."
#101

Shopify

2.0
(1)
"Shopify does not have an email inbox feature built into their system."
#102

ConstantContact

2.0
(1)
"A lot like MailChimp, but harder to get along with."
#103

Lemlist

1.0
(1)
"Lemlist probably has the worst user interface on the market."

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