Yahoo pioneered in the field of web-mail services and was a promising platform, however, Gmail’s user-friendly interface along with collaborative tools gave the extra edge needed to become the market leader.
By Debasish Roy
Since its inception in 1994, Yahoo! has become a market leader in providing web-services.In its initial days, Yahoo! was the first preference in a series of fields like Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, advertisement, fantasy sports, etc. Since 1997, Yahoo! Started its venture in providing email services for both business as well as the consumer segment, and as of January 2020, reached a user count of 225 million. Yahoo! integrated Youtube, Facebook & Twitter into its email services in the year 2011, which quickly became a huge success as users were able to watch Youtube videos straight from the email with improved searching algorithms from their webmail interface.
However, since the introduction of Google’s Gmail in 2002, and subsequently, G Suite for business, in 2006, the market purview of Business Email Platform changed. G Suite came with inbuilt collaborative and office productivity tools like Docs, Sheets, Slides, & Forms which had a great impact on the corporate market. The user-friendliness of the UI of Gmail, as well as the introduction of G-Drive for file storage, gave users the flexibility to be independent of systems as they could access all their data from anywhere and from any device.
The table below illustrates the different features of G Suite and Yahoo Business Mails.
Point of Difference
G Suite (Basic)
Yahoo Business Mail (BizMail)
Real Time Communication
2000 Internal Mail Recipient500 External Mail Recipient.Hangout Chat. (For Business Chatting)Hangout Meet. (For Business Meetings)Google Groups
500
Space Provided
G Suite (Basic) - (30 GB + Additional Storage available upto 30 TB) Per User. G Suite (Business) - (1 TB for 4 Users or Less. However, Unlimited Storage for more than 5 users) Per User. G Suite (Enterprise) - (1 TB for 4 Users or Less. However, Unlimited Storage for more than 5 users) Per User.
Depends on the plan
Attachable File Space
25 MB
50 MB
User Capping
NA
Depends on the plan.(Like BizMail 1 has 10 user capping.)
MDM Service
Extensive
NA
Mobility and Sync
Yes
NA
Uptime
99.98%
NA
Admin Console + Security Features
Complete Control over the Domain and Users
NA
MS Exchange Interoperability
Yes
NA
Disaster Recovery System
Yes
NA
Data Loss Prevention
G Suite (Basic): NAG Suite (Business): Yes.G Suite (Enterprise): Yes
NA
Cloud Platform
GCP
NA
Socializing
Yes
Yes
Real-time Collaboration
G Docs, G Sheet, G Sites, G Slides, and G forms. (Pre Installed Apps)
NA
Third-Party Integration
Yes
NA
Automatic Notifications
Yes
NA
SEO
Yes
Yes
Auditing
Yes.
NA
User Interface
User friendly
Not User Friendly
Flexibility
Yes.
NA
Customizability
Yes.
NA
Archival / Backup
Google Vault, (Unlimited Storage + Indefinite RetentionTime )
NA
Spam Filter
Domain Black Listing, Email Blacklisting, DMARC, SPF, DKIM Record
