Nowadays, since most of the smartphone users use Android and almost all the internet users are connected to the Google ecosystem, now the name of Google comes first in any online service or software service. Google's email service Gmail is currently the most popular and widely used email sending service. Most average Internet or smartphone users now understand Gmail to mean email. Even many new internet users are unaware that there are many other email services besides Gmail from which you can get email addresses and send emails.
Today we are going to talk about 5 alternatives of Gmail that you can use if you want. As I said before, these are just a few alternatives to Gmail. If for some reason you want to get out of the Google ecosystem, you can use these. But to be honest, none of this is better than Gmail in terms of features and simplicity. Anyway, let’s get straight to the main topic without further ado!
Proton Mail was founded in 2013 and is currently one of Gmail's best alternatives. Another product of the open-source Proton VPN company is Proton Mail. The biggest focus of Proton Mail is user privacy. It's primarily popular for being a privacy-focused email service. Since all Proton Mail servers are located in Switzerland, all user data is protected under strict Swiss Privacy Law.
As a privacy-focused email service, users can send end-to-end encrypted emails via Proton Mail, ensuring that no one but the sender and receiver can read the email. Moreover, Proton Mail has some unique features that other email providers do not have. Such as - self destructing and password protected email.
All new Proton Mail users can use 500 MB of storage for free and upgrade to a premium plan to increase their storage limit. If you are a casual email user and do not share files via email, then 500 such storage for email will be enough for you.
And you can also use Proton Mail from the web and if you want you can also use its native app on your smartphone. Protonmail's web interface and app interface are also very clean. If you want to switch from Gmail to Proton Mail, Proton Mail also provides a built-in tool to import all the important data from Gmail. If you want to get out of Google's ecosystem and use a privacy-focused email service, Proton Mail may be the best choice.
Zoho is an Indian software services company whose main customer is Business. Zoho not only provides email services, but also many other business related software such as accounting software, invoice software, etc. In addition to these business solutions, Zoho also offers a secure email service that you can use.
In Gmail and all the other mainstream email services you will find almost all the benefits you will find in Zoho Mail. Zoho Mail's infrastructure also includes end-to-end encryption, which ensures maximum security for sender and receiver emails. Zoho Mail also has many other effective security practices that most other email services do not have. For example, two-factor authentication, self-destructing emails, password protected emails, etc. with the help of Touch ID.
You can also use their business email service for free where you want to connect your purchased custom domain name. Zoho Mail's personal account and business account, in both cases you can use 5 GB of storage for free, which is enough for an individual or small business. If you want, you can increase email storage up to 1 terabyte by subscribing to their paid plan.
Zoho Mail and cross platforms like Proton Mail. That is, you can use it in the web interface and if you want, you can also use it by installing its native app on the smartphone. I myself have used Zoho Mail before and the web interface of their email inbox is by far the best for me.
It is already a very popular email service made by tech giant Microsoft. Microsoft's email service Hotmail was quite popular. This Hotmail has been rebranded as Outlook. However, despite being a product of Microsoft, a large part of Gmail users still do not know that Microsoft also has an email service. Outlook is very similar to Gmail in terms of features. However, since Gmail is a Google product, it has a tight integration with other Google services, just as Outlook is a Microsoft product, it has a tight integration with other Microsoft products, such as Office, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc.
And, in Outlook's email template, you will find many input elements that you would not find in other email services. For example, you can add email tables, add text boxes and many other rich HTML editing features in Outlook Email. Outlook Email uses the free 5GB storage that comes with your Microsoft account. So in Outlook email you will get free storage up to 5 GB. However, if you upgrade the onedrive storage, you can get up to 2 terabytes of storage. And, being a Microsoft service, it must also be cross-platform supported. Outlook can use web client as well as native mobile apps, UWP app for email.
If you live in Microsoft's ecosystem, that is, many more Microsoft products and services are actively used every day, then it would be wise for you to use Outlook email as your primary email. Since, you will not find better Microsoft Office Suite integration from Outlook Mail in any other email client. And being Microsoft's app, all the apps in Outlook have used the Fluent Design Guidelines. So the user interface of the Outlook Mail app on all platforms is very nice and minimal.
Yahoo Mail is one of the oldest and most popular names in the world of email. Yahoo Mail was popular long before Gmail gained so much popularity. But with the rise of Google or Gmail users, Yahoo Mail users and popularity are declining and now no one uses Yahoo as their primary email. But what many people don't know yet is that as an email service, Yahoo still has some advantages and features that most other email services do not have.
One of these features is huge storage space. Yahoo offers 1 terabyte of email storage for free to all new users, which to my knowledge no other email provider now offers. Most other email services require 1 terabyte of storage, which can range from at least US $10 to US $50 per month. But in Yahoo Mail you will get 1 terabyte of storage completely free of cost. Another good thing is that Yahoo is the best for inbox theming or customizing. You can customize the color scheme and theme of your inbox web interface at Yahoo, which is very limited to other email services.
However, in addition to these advantages, there are some downsides to Yahoo Mail. First, Yahoo's AI for detecting spam emails is a bit weaker than other email services. And you will see a lot of ads in Yahoo's inbox interface, which often becomes quite annoying. However, in my opinion, if you consider 1 terabyte of free storage, these ads can be tolerated, although it is a personal matter of the user. And like other email services, for Yahoo Mail you will find web interface as well as native mobile app.
There are very few internet users who do not know the Russian tech company Yandex. Users of Yandex Disk have grown significantly since Google announced the discontinuation of the free photos backup feature, as they are still offering free full resolution image backups. However, you may not know that Yandex offers an email service called Yandex Mail along with all their other services. Honestly, Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook have all the features and features of these emails, Yandex Mail has everything. You will not find any new extraordinary features here.
However, since the number of Yandex Mail users is relatively low, the advantage you will get here is that you will get a lot of empty emails with short names. As a result, you can easily get a small clean email address from Yandex Mail which is convenient to say and write. For example, if your name is Tahmid, maybe you don't have a chance to get an empty email like tahmid123@gmail.com in Gmail, since there are so many Gmail users. But in Yandex Mail you will still find many such small names blank.
In addition, Yandex Mail will give you free email storage up to 10 GB as a free user. If you are a casual email user, I think 10 GB storage is enough. And like other emails, it is cross-platform, meaning you can use it both as a web app and as a native mobile app. Although there are no extra features, if you want to use a short and clean email address, you can!
Tags:
ICT