Let's face it, look for one alternative to Gmail It is not easy, since Google's mail service is one of the best, if not the best email service that we can currently find on the market, especially if you take advantage of the large number of functions that it offers. our disposition.
Did you know that Gmail allows us delete a sent message? Or that allows us to schedule the sending of a message. It is likely that not knowing these functions you will not use them, but they are some of the functions that Gmail offers us and that are available in a few email services such as Outlook.
When choosing a mail storage service, we must take into account a series of factors, the most important being the storage capacity it offers us, especially if our activity through this communication channel is very high.
Another aspect that we must take into account is if you offer us an application for Android or we can use it with a third-party email client. In the latter case, this will not allow us to get the most out of it from our smartphone, since all the functions that the platform can offer us will not be available.
Outlook
The most similar option in terms of features that we can find is Outlook, Microsoft's email service, a mail service formerly known as Hotmail and MSN, so if you still have one of these, you can take advantage of all the functions it offers us.
Outlook puts at our disposal 15 GB storage, space reserved only for the emails we receive. If in addition, instead of continuing to use Google Drive, we go to OneDrive, Microsoft offers us 5 GB of storage space.
This space is less than the 15 GB that Google offers us, but at least, does not combine mail space, with Google Photos and storage as Google does, so we do not have to be aware of periodically emptying our mailbox looking for space.
One of the positive points of Outlook, specifically the Android application, is that they pay attention to the suggestions that the user community proposes. In fact, from the application itself we have an option to send suggestions for improvements in the form of new functions or modifications to existing ones.
The Android application allows us to get the most out of the application, although the options to delete a sent email and schedule a delivery that Oulook offers us through the web version, they are not available in the Android app.
Outlook for Android also allows us link our storage service accounts different from OneDrive (Microsoft), allowing us to add storage accounts from Dropbox, Box and Google Drive mainly.
Thanks to this functionality, we can Attach files from these mail services to any email that we are sending from the application, either through an Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo account ...
ProtonMail
If the reasons that have forced you to do without Gmail is privacy, the alternative to keep your data protected at all times is to use Proton Mail. Proton Mail encrypts end-to-end messages, so that no person who could intercept them along the way, could have access to their content, including attachments.
The Android application only allows us to configure this mail service. Being a service focused on privacy it's not completely free, but if we have the option to use the free version whose maximum limit of emails is 500 MB.
Yandex mail
We keep talking about another of the internet giants hand in hand with Yandex. To give us an idea, Yandex in Russia is what Google is all over the world. Not only is it a search engine but it also makes its mail service known as Yandex Mail, a storage and mapping service, available to everyone ...
Yandex offers us a powerful filter for unwanted emails and spam, so we will always have our inbox organized and clean. The only one but that we can find in the Android application is that is only available in EnglishHowever, it is not reason enough not to give it a try.
The Android application allows us add any email account from other services including Gmail and Outlook, it is compatible with Android's dark mode and allows us to manage emails by sliding them on the screen, just like the Gmail and Outlook application for Android.
Yahoo Mail
Yahoo had its moment of glory in the early 2000s, when it was the search engine most used worldwide. However, with the arrival of Google, with a completely clean interface, the decline of Yahoo began.
This decline was accentuated over the last 5 years, in which suffered various attacks that leaked the information of millions of users. These attacks were the trigger for the company to hang the For Sale sign. Since 2018 it has been part of the US operator Verizon.
Since Yahoo have never bothered to improve their email service, but to this day, it is still an excellent option if your needs are basic how to send, receive emails and little else. The Android application also allows us to manage the calendar, like Outlook and Yandex.
posteo
If you want to take a step further you commitment to the environment, the solution that we propose is called posteo. Posteo is a paid email service (€ 1 per month) that uses the energy in its Greenpace Energy servers, energy from renewable sources.
It supports the IMPA and POP protocol, so we can use any email client to access without any problems. It does not include any type of advertisements, your data is not sold to third parties and it allows us to send attachments of up to 50 MB.
This service, for now, not available in Spanish and the number of functions are the basic ones that we can find in any mail service.
Tutanota
If you want to use a email account associated with a domain, the solution you are looking for is found in Tutanota. Tutanota is an end-to-end encrypted email service whose application for mobile disposition is open source, like the one used on the website, so that any user can check how it works and the privacy it offers to users.
Tutanota allows us to create a custom domain, for only 1 euros per month, for our mail in addition to including 1 GB of free storage. The application for mobile devices is only compatible with the email accounts of this service. By not using POP or IMAP protocol, we will not be able to configure access to this service with other mail managers such as Outlook or Spark.
Zoho Mail
An interesting alternative to Gmail, although paid, we find it in Zoho Mail, a service whose cheapest version has a price of 0.90 euros per month with 5 GB of storage, and 1,13 euros with 10 GB of storage.
It is compatible with POP and IMAP protocols so we can use this service with any email client available on Android, although it also has its own application for Android.
One of the most striking features of this service is that it allows us cancel sending emails (just like Gmail and Outlook). It includes a calendar that is integrated with the application and that we can also integrate into the calendar of our smartphone.
It also offers us offline access, collaboration tools, task management, notes and bookmarks and allows us to attach files up to 250MB.
GMX
GMX is one of the mail services that offers us the most functions, especially in the paid version, since we also have a free version, although with very few functions. The strength of GMX is found in the integration with Office, integration that allows us to edit documents from the application itself and save changes to the file automatically.
This mail service offers us a powerful Android app, with which we can take full advantage of the functions it offers us. Although it is compatible with IMAP and POP, if we use third-party applications, we will not be able to take full advantage of it.
If we also look for a storage service To complement the absence of Google Drive, we can make use of Cloud GMX, the cloud storage service to work with our files, share them, work online with other users ...
Koala now
Koala now comes from Switzerland and offers us a very interesting alternative to Gmail, where we not only have access to an email account without more, but as with GMX, we have a wide range of options at our service such as file editors, calendars, tasks, notes, does not include advertising ... as well as a video call service
The company does not keep any records about our activity on its servers (hosted in Switzerland), but also all software used is open source, so you can check, with the right knowledge, how this mail service works.
Koala Now is not freeInstead, it offers us two plans, the only difference being the more expensive version (9 Swiss francs), it offers support for CalDAV and CardDAV, something that the cheaper version does not offer (5 Swiss francs).
Both plans include 5 GB of storageor, end-to-end subscription, web access, IMAP and SMTP support (to use the service with mail clients) ...
Mailfence
Mailfence It is a European alternative that comes to us from Belgium. Offers two-factor authentication and encryption and includes support for IMAP and POP, but only the paid versions. The free version does not include this support, so you will not be able to use it in your favorite email application from your smartphone, since Mailfence does not offer an application for Android.
The free version offers us 500 MB of storage for documents and another 500 MB to store emails. Uses a system of digital signature We ensure that the recipient of the mail is us so there is no way to spoof the sender's address.
It does not include any type of ads (not the free version either), it has a powerful SPAM filter and trackers included in most of the advertising emails we receive, with which you can find out if we have opened the mail and as far as we have read.
