So with Google starting to charge previously-free users, I've decided that I'd rather give my money to someone else. I'd like a provider who is likely to be around in a decade or two. Tips on moving many years of Google email to a new provider are appreciated as well!
Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
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Re: Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
#2HN is a hard place for people who like Microsoft but I'll tell you that a single user Office 365 Business Essentials subscription is a great deal. Along with e-mail you get a terabyte of Sharepoint (OneDrive) storage, online versions of office apps, and Teams. $5/mo. There's an IMAP migration tool. Just turn on IMAP on your Gmail account if it's not already enabled and let the O365/Exchange wizard suck all the e-mail down.
Re: Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
#3This question comes up a couple times every month. FastMail always comes up as a recommendation, so if you search comments for FastMail, you’ll find every past thread (and relatively few false positives):
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru...
Example from a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30128198
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Re: Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
#5This question comes up a couple times every month. FastMail always comes up as a recommendation, so if you search comments for FastMail, you’ll find every past thread (and relatively few false positives): https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru... Example from a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30128198
Every service has their haters and lovers. While people in G-suite threads swear that moving to fast mail or MS is the best options, in Microsoft threads people complain about clunky MS interface. It is always full circle!
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30141192
Re: Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
#6HN is a hard place for people who like Microsoft but I'll tell you that a single user Office 365 Business Essentials subscription is a great deal. Along with e-mail you get a terabyte of Sharepoint (OneDrive) storage, online versions of office apps, and Teams. $5/mo. There's an IMAP migration tool. Just turn on IMAP on your Gmail account if it's not already enabled and let the O365/Exchange wizard suck all the e-mail…
That's a pretty great deal. And I've previously tried to replace the Office apps (with Google Docs, Apple's suite, and LibreOffice) but just can't, so that's really appealing too.
EDIT: This plan appears to only support "Office apps for the web", which are not good enough for serious use in my experience.
Re: Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
#7This question comes up a couple times every month. FastMail always comes up as a recommendation, so if you search comments for FastMail, you’ll find every past thread (and relatively few false positives): https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru... Example from a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30128198
It has definitely come up before but since Google just announced that the legacy free plans will convert to a paid service, there will probably be renewed interest.
Re: Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
#8This question comes up a couple times every month. FastMail always comes up as a recommendation, so if you search comments for FastMail, you’ll find every past thread (and relatively few false positives): https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru... Example from a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30128198
> This question comes up a couple times every month.
Thank you! I used HN search before posting but didn't find anything helpful when searching for "google workspace", so I appreciate the links.
Re: Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
#9I've been using Migadu ever since switching away from Google Apps, and I've been happy with their service and pricing.
Re: Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
#10Office 365 is a great deal. For 1 user its $70 per year, up to 6 its $100 per year. You get a lot of storage and all of office.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/outlook/outloo...