So you think chat apps, mobile messaging, texting, and Facebook are going to kill email? Think again. The number of email users worldwide has been steadily growing year by year. In 2017, there were 269 billion emails sent each day. By 2019, that had grown to almost 294 billion. And by 2023, Statistica estimates, we'll be sending more than 347 billion messages a day.
Clearly, email is still a force for communication. If you want to go beyond the free email offerings, present a professional email address, and have some level of control over your corporate email communications, you'll want to sign up with an email hosting provider.
In this article, we present you with a number of excellent email hosting providers who specialize in email and office productivity. Then, we'll introduce you to some web hosts that also offer solid email hosting packages, in case you want to contract for web hosting and email from the same vendor.
Traditional email-focused hosting providers
Here are some of the top email-focused hosting providers. It's probably no surprise we kick off with Google's G Suite and Microsoft's Microsoft 365 and Exchange. But they're not the only games in town. Keep reading to see some alternative options if you don't want to live entirely in Microsoft's or Google's ecosystem.
