6 Best Email Hosting Providers in the UK

Best Email Hosting Providers in the UK (1)

Three interesting facts for you to mull over:

59% of consumers confirm marketing emails influence their shopping decisions.
60% of shoppers return to buy items they left on their cart after they received a personalised abandoned cart email.
75% of customers confirm a professional email address sends a strong trust signal for a business.

Thus, having a business email can 3x your sales and revenue. However, how to choose between the hundreds of email hosting providers? What would be the best email hosting for small businesses in the UK like you?

If you’re asking the same questions, this article is for you. In the next five minutes, we’ll discuss all about the 6 best email hosting providers in the UK.

Note: the information is true at the time of the writing. That’s September 2022.

Features	SeekaHost email hosting service	Hostinger	BlueHost	SiteGround	Google Workspace	Zoho
Storage Space	5 GB - 100 GB	10 GB - 30 GB	100 MB - 350,000 files	2 GB - 6 GB	30 GB - Unlimited	5 GB - 50 GB
Security	Anti-spam feature and SSL certificate	In-built antivirus and anti-spam feature	SSL certificate and anti-spam feature	24X7 system administration, smart WAF, distributed backups	Security and management control including Vault and DLP	S/MIME message encryption and encryption at rest and in transit
Compatibility	MS Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail	WordPress, Google-powered Cloud Global	Java, Node.js, MongoDB and many others	RoundCube, Horde, and SquirrelMaill	All Google collaboration tools including drive, docs, and sheets	Google Workspace, Microsoft .65, Mailchump and many others
Customer Support	24x7	24x7	24x7	24x7	24/7	24X7 but slow in resolving issues
Pricing	Starts from £0.75 a month	Starts from £0.99 a month	Starts from £2.43 a month	Starts from £5.99 a month	Starts from £4.94 a month	Starts from a free plan

6 best email hosting providers in the UK

1. SeekaHost

SeekaHost offers a single-click installation feature for WordPress. The feature makes sure even a beginner can use the service with ease.

Furthermore, the email hosting provider offers 20 mailboxes on the Enterprise plan, making it one of the cheapest email hosting providers in the UK.

Pricing

Personal: £0.75 per month
Startups: £2.25 per month
Business: £7.50 per month
Enterprise: £15.00 per month

Pros

Compatible with all the popular email clients such as MS Outlook, Thunderbird, and Apple Mail.
100 GB of storage space on the Enterprise plan.
Anti-spam protection makes sure you’re not bombarded with irrelevant offers.
SSL certificates make sure your sensitive data is protected against malware, hacking, and phishing attacks.

Cons

Only 5 GB of mailbox storage space on the Personal plan.

2. Hostinger

A quick and easy setup. High levels of security. 24/7 customer support. These are some of the reasons Hostinger is one of the best domain and email hosting providers in the UK.

The email hosting provider allows users to send 500 emails each day.

Pricing

Business: £0.99 per month per mailbox
Enterprise: £2.99 per month per mailbox

Pros

Offers up to 50 email aliases (Up to 10 email aliases per user).
9% uptime guarantee means you will never see an error message on your emails.
In-built antivirus software protects your sensitive data against malware and hacking attacks.
Advanced anti-spam feature keeps your inboxes decluttered and free of spam.
Compatible for use on multiple devices simultaneously even if the devices run on different software.

Cons

The Business plan comes with only 10 GB of mailbox storage space which isn’t enough for most businesses.
The upgraded plan doesn’t offer anything except an additional 20 GB of mailbox storage space.

3. BlueHost

BlueHost offers 5 free email accounts with their basic plan, an offer no other email hosting provider on the list makes.

The email hosting provider offers a free email hosting option with their plans.

Pricing

Basic: £2.43 per month
Plus: £4.48 per month
Choice Plus: £4.48 per month
Pro: £11.47 per month

Pros

Unmetered bandwidth makes sure you can operate without any lack of speed.
A free SSL certificate protects sensitive data against malware, viruses, and phishing attacks.
Allows users to send up to 350,000 files on the Pro plan.
Offers free Office mailbox on Plus plans for a month.

Cons

Offers only 100 MB of mailbox storage space on the Basic plan which is severely low for businesses.

4. SiteGround

SiteGround offers a 30-day money-back guarantee if you don’t like their services. That alone should tell you how confident the developers are about their services.

The SSL certificates protect your data against malware and phishing attacks. Furthermore, a 24X7 customer support team solves all your queries.

Pricing

StartUp: £5.99 per month
GrowBig: £8.99 per month
GoGeek: £12.99 per month

Pros

Includes free website hosting with all their plans.
Allows 40 recipients per email on the cheapest plan.
Offers unlimited free email accounts with a domain name.
Compatible with RoundCube, Horde, and SquirrelMail.

Cons

Limits the attachment size to 50 MB even on the highest plan.
Pricing is on the expensive side, especially if you compare the pricing with the other email hosting providers on the list.

5. Google Workspace

Google Workspace offers the same user interface as free Gmail. Thus, you won’t have to learn to use a new piece of software. Furthermore, the email hosting service includes all the popular collaboration tools such as Drive and Sheets.

Google Workspace offers 4 pricing plans you can choose from.

Pricing

Business Starter: £4.94 per month per user
Business Standard: £8.28 per month per user
Business Plus: £13.80 per month per user
Enterprise: Contact the Sales team for pricing

Pros

Offers unlimited storage on the Enterprise plan. Furthermore, even the basic plan offers 30 GB of mailbox storage space.
Integrated Google Meet allows users to conduct video meetings with 100 to 500 participants depending on the chosen plan.
Offers management and compliance controls such as data regions and enterprise endpoint management, Vault, and DLP.

Cons

Limits the attachment size to 25 MB.
The plans are on the expensive side.

6. Zoho

Zoho offers a Forever FREE plan that offers email hosting and a free domain name. That’s something no email hosting provider on the list offers.

Furthermore, Zoho offers a powerful control panel that allows users to control all aspects of the service including adding users, setting up policies, and managing group aliases.

Pricing

Forever FREE: Free
Mail Lite: £0.87 per month per user
Workplace: £2.61 per month per user
Mail Premium: £.49 per month per user

Pros

A 99.9% uptime makes sure your emails are always running.
Offers encryption both at rest and in transit and S/MIME message encryption. Thus, no third party will ever read your emails.
The email retention feature allows users to retain emails for a specific period of time to counter legal attacks and comply with company standards.