About Gmail
Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service offered as part of Google Workspace (formerly G Suite). With 15GB of email storage provided for free, users can access Gmail as secure webmail, as well as via POP3 or IMAP4.
Gmail automatically sorts emails into separate, customizable tabs (e.g. Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates) which users can add or remove as desired. Both inbound and outbound messages can be translated into other languages in Gmail, where users can also respond to invites, track packages, and leave reviews, without leaving the app.
Starring and custom color labels let users neatly organize email threads (conversations), while Google-powered search allows users to locate messages from any thread, quickly and easily.
With Gmail's Hangouts, users can instant message with others, as well as host video calls with up to 15 participants, straight from their inbox. The platform is accessible from any mobile device, via either native mobile apps for Android or iPhone/iPad, or via a native mobile web app.
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Key benefits of Gmail
• Choose a professional looking custom email - e.g. [email protected] - for your company and team members to use.
• Host video meetings with up to 15 participants, straight from your Gmail inbox, with Hangouts.
• Access your email account on Android, iPhone, and Blackberry devices, via native mobile apps or the Gmail mobile web app.
• Automatically sort and label incoming emails with Gmail's color-coded inbox filters, similar to 'folders' in old email programs, but emails can have multiple labels applied.
• Recall or 'unsend' emails for a short period of time after you've clicked "send".
Devices
Business size
Markets
Australia, Canada, China, Germany, United Kingdom, India, Japan, United States and 3 others
Supported Languages
Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, zh-hant and 21 others
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of Gmail: 9
- API
- Auto-Responders
- Contact Management Software
- Email Templates
- Inbox Management
- Reporting/Analytics
- Search/Filter
- Spam Blocker
- Subscriber Management
Alternatives
Yahoo Mail
Microsoft 365
Zoho Mail
iCloud
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- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
By far my favorite email client
Reviewed on 10/12/2021
I love that my email es simple and straightforward. As almost any other person, I don't like...
I love that my email es simple and straightforward. As almost any other person, I don't like dealing with email that much; and Gmail helps "getting email done" quick and efficiently.
Pros
It is very simple, easy to use and yet, it is very powerful and feature complete. I never like to install desktop clients for email, since they are not well ported between different computers, thing that I need to do very often. I like that the client "just works" on pretty much any computer and its tools for searching, composing and managing emails work the same exact way everywhere.
Cons
The only thing I can think about is better "folder structure" support. But even for that, there's an alternative with tags and categories.
- Industry: Publishing
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
GMAIL-GOOD but not Ideal
Reviewed on 31/12/2021
I would prefer a better GMAIL. However, when I seek out 3rd party options, Gmail remains the most...
I would prefer a better GMAIL. However, when I seek out 3rd party options, Gmail remains the most reliable system. I fear however that as it grows, it monopolizes processes that forces the smaller company's out. Already, it picks and chooses those with whom it works like Zoom. (Why can't I add other webinar services...like LIVEWEBINAR for example as an option?)
Pros
It is great that IT is ALL there and that I can pretty much arrange emails as I would like. EVERYONE integrates their products with gmail. No worries or concerns there. It works...99.9% of the time.
Cons
Searching for things...a problem. Setting up multiple email addresses is daunting. Why can't I make the UX more to my liking (ie. color options like Yahoo).
Alternatives Considered
OneDriveReasons for Choosing Gmail
Zoho Mail didn't have as many bells and whistles at the time. And those that they did offer was at an EXTRA cost. I'm using Google Drive and Google Docs with other business entities even when they don't have Google! Google is more integrated than even Microsoft--for the cost and ease. It's a no brainer. If I have to pay...it MUST be GMAIL at this juncture--still a start-up.Switched From
Zoho MailReasons for Switching to Gmail
GMAIL offers these items for FREE! And there are simply more software that works with Google's GMAIL.
- Industry: Food Production
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Gmail Bestmail
Reviewed on 25/01/2022
My overall experience with Gmail has been great. The features used are handy and easy to navigate...
My overall experience with Gmail has been great. The features used are handy and easy to navigate and control! I will recommend Gmail to my colleagues and coworkers. I used Gmail through my time at UGA and continue to for personal and work related issues.
Pros
Filtering, searching, archiving, management is all available and extremely easy to use on this platform! I like gmail because it is very easy to understand and comprehensive what’s going on throughout the site. Anyone can use it, along with the features given!
Cons
I’m not sure there are many things I don’t like about this software aside from some deleted mail not being able to be found after a certain amount of time which is expected and the biggest of only a few issues I’ve ever had with other mail services and software.
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Yahoo MailReasons for Switching to Gmail
Gmail had a much easier interface and was more accurate to use. There were more features available to me in order to create the messaging service I like to see when opening my mail! I am able to move messages very easily. I will continue to recommend Gmail to others and will continue to use it over other alternative products and software.- Industry: Design
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
If they force you then it's not that good.
Reviewed on 30/12/2021
Pros
I started using Gmail when I got my first Android device, about 8 years ago. In that moment you had to log in to you Gmail account, or create a new one, because every Android app is related to Google, starting for Play Store... It finally became my everyday email, and I used it for school, university, work, games, etc.
Cons
Being my everyday email didn't make it the best. The truth is some tools doesn't work properly, such as "search" or "spam". Storage is shared with the rest of Google Drive stuff, so if your Drive or Photos is full you take the risk of don't recieving emails (and if you want to buy more storage it's quite expensive). It is not intuitive, for example, during my first months using it I though that slidding to one side the email was deleted, but it wasn't, is was just "archived", I never knew how to find the archive (lol).
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
The email tool you use everywhere
Reviewed on 24/01/2022
As an email tool it seems to me an excellent option, even more so when you can create business...
As an email tool it seems to me an excellent option, even more so when you can create business email environments, but I must confess that the integration to which the same tool FORCES you when using a mobile device has not been very friendly from my point of view. (Having your contacts associated with your email account, almost mandatory association; the fact that you can no longer save your phone contacts on the same phone device and everything has to be associated with your email account). But in the end, today, it is still the most used email tool because every android device requires you to have a gmail account.
Pros
Currently Gmail is an email tool used by millions of users that has entered the world of PCs and mobile devices, this has somehow made it possible to facilitate the set up configuration between all the devices that the same user uses, which has its advantage for the short time used to use a new device ready to be used.
Cons
Although it is a stable tool, generally access to emails is done using a browser or an application on a mobile device or a third-party tool that allows POP3 configuration. When one uses the browser or the Gmail application, the reading or selection of the messages is a list of easy understanding and access, however, when you reply to a message or forward to other users, the history of the messages remains in the first message that was received or generated. This, from my point of view as a user, is confusing and unfriendly, because in order to see the history you have to look for the first message, enter its content, look for the history of responses. In other applications, even in Gmail first versions, the messages appeared according to the date when they are received or sent and the story was always attached and one simply had to scroll the screen to read it, they did not have to search for a specific email on a specific date.
Gmail FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Gmail.Q. What type of pricing plans does Gmail offer?
Gmail offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Not Available
Gmail is a free email service. Gmail is also rolled into Google Workspace.
Q. Who are the typical users of Gmail?
Gmail has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001+
Q. What languages does Gmail support?
Gmail supports the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, zh-hant
Q. Does Gmail support mobile devices?
Gmail supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Gmail integrate with?
Gmail integrates with the following applications:
Airtable, Asana, Basecamp, Chatfuel, Chatwork, ClickFunnels, Clio, ConvertKit, Dropbox Business, Evernote Teams, Facebook for Business, Google Drive, Google Forms, HubSpot CRM, IFTTT, Jira, Mailchimp, MeisterTask, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft To Do, OmniFocus, OneDrive, Pipedrive, Remember The Milk, RescueTime, Ryver, Slack, Streak, Stripe, SugarCRM, SurveyMonkey, Todoist, Trello, Twitter, Typeform, Zapier, Zendesk, Zenkit
Q. What level of support does Gmail offer?
Gmail offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Software, Phone Support
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