As business professionals, we are glued to our email platforms. Whether you are touching base with a new client or making sure you and your employees are on the same page, you know that email communication is a vital part of our everyday work process. Just think about it, almost every person in any position in a company will use email in one way or another. Since email is such an important part of your day-to-day, we want to help you make sure that you are using the right free email platform for your business!

A few of the top free email platforms include:

Gmail

Does your business use Google Workspace regularly? If so, you may want to consider using Gmail as your primary email platform. On top of being very user-friendly, Gmail allows you to easily send and gain access to Google Doc files, create a Google Calendar, access Google Hangouts, and many more Google programs.

Outlook

Do you use many different online or software-based programs or work with others who use many different platforms? Outlook lets you integrate both the Microsoft suite and apps. Since Outlook is geared towards business professionals, it has great features such as email prioritization buttons that allow your recipient to know the importance level of the email they just received. Additional benefits include the ability to create and save multiple signatures for different business occasions andthe out of office automatic reply, to just name a few.

iCloud Mail

If your office runs on Apple products, then iCloud Mail may be the right choice for you! As a Mac user, your iCloud Mail account will be associated with your Apple ID and will be easily accessible on all of your Apple devices. Another appealing aspect of iCloud Mail is the simplicity of the design along with its syncing abilities.

To learn about additional free email platforms, take a look at HubSpot’s 12 Best Free (& Private) Email Accounts and Service Providers of 2023. Then check out the Hampton Roads Chamber blog for our other great business-focused articles.