Email Providers

Why do enterprises default to Microsoft 365 while startups pick Google Workspace? This guide covers inertia, compliance, the SME scaling point and what market share numbers really show.

HEY's Screener is the best answer to cold outreach I've used, but it means HEY-only apps, no IMAP and $99 a year or more. Here is what you get, what it costs, and how it compares with Fastmail.

Mailfence is a Belgian email provider built around OpenPGP and a paid-first model. Here is what each plan really includes (IMAP needs Entry, not Base), how its encryption works in practice, and who it suits compared with Proton Mail and Fastmail.

Proton Mail is one of the strongest mainstream choices for limiting what your provider can see, but the design has real costs in search, desktop clients and support. Here is who it suits, what it really protects, what each plan costs in 2026, and when I would pick Fastmail instead.

Google Workspace's strongest security tools sit on the higher tiers. Here is what Business and Enterprise plans include, how the 99.9% SLA works, and which edition suits your risk.

Gmail is faster and better connected. Proton Mail cannot read the mail it stores. Here is how they compare, what I gave up, and who should stay.

Mailbox.org is a paid German email provider with own data centres, custom domains from €3 a month, standard IMAP and usable PGP and S/MIME. Here is what changed in its 2026 plans, why the free trial can't test real email, and who it suits.

Posteo costs €1 a month and is far more serious than that sounds: no personal details at signup, an optional zero-access mailbox and green power. It has no custom domains, which is why it isn't my main inbox. Here is who it suits and how it compares with Proton Mail and StartMail.