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2. Microsoft Outlook
Up next on our list is Microsoft Outlook – an app that you must have already heard about before. We would highly recommend Microsoft Outlook to anyone who is already neck-deep in using Microsoft’s services such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and more. Outlook has seen several updates ever since it was released in 2012 and is now easily one of the best-looking email clients you can use.
With the free version of Outlook, users get up to 15GB of cloud storage. However, unlike Zoho Mail, Outlook is ad-supported which might get annoying for a few people. If you already have an Office 365 subscription, then you can enjoy benefits such as no ads and up to 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage. If your workflow revolves around using Microsoft apps, we assume you most likely have a subscription already.
Outlook has the most modern design of any email client I have used in the recent past, and it ties in very well with Windows’s boxy and sharp UI. The mobile app is also extremely responsive. You can add items and reminders to your calendar, collaborate with others, add tasks, and do much more within Outlook.
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3. Yahoo Mail
I still remember the time when Yahoo was more popular than Google, and when barely anyone used Gmail. Yahoo Mail is still alive and well, and despite all the privacy issues that it has had in the past, it remains to be a solid alternative to Gmail. Yahoo Mail has seen several design overhauls in the past, and it feels more of a well-polished app rather than a website at this point.
Easily the highlighting factor of using Yahoo Mail as opposed to the competition is the amount of free storage it gives. Even for free users, Yahoo Mail provides 1TB of cloud storage, albeit with a maximum file size of 25MB. This is leaps and bounds ahead of what Gmail or other email clients have to offer, and we highly appreciate it.
Yahoo Mail is also very customizable and fun to play around with. You can change themes and colors and can set up your inbox just the way you want to. While the free version is what most people are satisfied with, it does come with advertisements.
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4. ProtonMail
If privacy is your biggest concern, then there’s no better alternative than ProtonMail, which is an email client with its sole emphasis based on the user’s privacy. Firstly, ProtonMail requires no personal information to sign you up, and secondly, it is based on some of the best encryption making it incredibly difficult to hack into.
Since privacy doesn’t come cheap, ProtonMail only offers up to 500MB of free cloud storage and up to 150 messages a day. Thankfully, the premium subscription comes cheap at only $4 a month which grants you access to custom filters, your own domain address, and many other features. ProtonMail has a very minimal user interface as well. You can add labels and sort your emails just the way you like them.
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5. iCloud
Ending our list of some of the best Gmail alternatives to use in 2023, we have iCloud. If you are an Apple user at heart and own many Apple products such as an iPhone and a Macbook, then iCloud is probably the best email client for you. Not only does it come built-in your Apple products, but it works incredibly well with all of the other Apple devices in the ecosystem.
iCloud Mail only offers 5GB of free cloud storage with a maximum file size of 20MB per upload, but if you regularly use Apple services, we assume you already have an iCloud subscription to begin with. Overall, if you are a huge fan of minimalism and speed, iCloud is the best Gmail alternative you can use as an Apple user.
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Conclusion
That’s all folks! We hope you enjoyed our roundup of the best Gmail alternatives in 2023! Which one among the list is your favorite, and how many of these Gmail alternatives have you already known or have been using? Know other good email clients that you feel people might find interesting and helpful? Do let us know in the comments section below, we’d be delighted to hear from you guys!
