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Gmail Reviews for UK Users
Feature rating
- Industry: Publishing
- Company size: 11-50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Better than most, Worse than some.
Overall experience, aside from the annoyances previously listed about IMAP slowness, has been good. I will hand it to them, their uptime is exceptional. In my ten years of daily business use, I can count on one hand the number of times gmail / Google for Business has had email outages. It is extremely stable.
Pros
I came from an Exchange server to Gmail when forced upon me by a new company. At first I wasn't a fan, and after a decade I find it still has its shortcomings, but overall it's still the best service I've used. The spam filters are second to none which is the #1 reason I rate this far and above other email providers.
Cons
Surprisingly, Gmail doesn't scale very well. Gmail's "labels" paradigm is similar but different than the folders you'd find in an exchange server, or even a generic IMAP server. Still, they've done an OK job mimicking the IMAP folder setup, although their implementation is woefully slow when using a desktop or mobile client. The native web client, while clunky, is by far the fastest and most efficient way to access a massive mailbox of hundreds of thousands of messages and thousands of labels. My #1 complaint about gmail (for Business) is that it's simply too slow once your mailbox gets too big if you depend on a desktop mail client as I do.
- Industry: Consumer Services
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Not my favorite email client
Pros
Gmail does have some redeeming qualities in it'd search functions, predictive text, and templates that make it more efficient overall.
Cons
I just can't get past the substandard inbox organization, disappearing emails and shoddy spam filter. These negatives far outweigh and minimally helpful other features that are available.

- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Best email service without downloading an email client
Excellent. I've been going Gmail strong for over 15 years now.
Pros
Gmail's search function is what keeps me coming back. Outlook's search function is terrible. I love that I can also have multiple Gmail email addresses and have the email forwarded from them to the main one I use. This is helpful when subcontracting and I get assigned a company email. I have a subcontractor Outlook account that is a pain to use. I also use the labels and email filters which are super helpful. I can't stand that Outlook puts emails in a different subfolder b/c I forget to check it and miss emails. But Gmail keeps it in the inbox and applies the label to it. Gmail also has a free scheduling tool called Koalendar that is just like Calendly but better.
Cons
I don't like the ads for personal gmail or the privacy concerns. For business gmail, I don't have any ads and that's helpful. It doesn't integrate with Google meeting as well as I'd like (and Google Meeting isn't that great). I no longer use the chat function, but I used to about 10 years ago.
Alternatives Considered
ThunderbirdReasons for Choosing Gmail
Yahoo Mail had too many adsSwitched From
Yahoo MailReasons for Switching to Gmail
I like the web-based email better than a desktop client- Industry: Utilities
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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My favourite email provider
Pros
Seamless integration across platforms and devices.
Cons
It doesn't play nicely with all desktop email clients.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft OutlookReasons for Choosing Gmail
Better experience across platforms.Switched From
Microsoft Outlook
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great email app
Pros
What I like most about this application is that, I can share and send a wide variety of files such as documents, images, videos among others, I like that it is very easy to use and allows me to manage a large number of emails, I also Like that I can communicate from the same application safely.
Cons
What I like least about this application is that, you must when when the recivaled important emails go to the spam folder and I do not receive a notification that they were received, at the time of envar heavy files as videos among others does not allow you to send them and sometimes it is a Not very annoying that.