When asked for the best business email hosting, 6 AI assistants named 5 brands between them this month. Google Workspace was named most often, followed by Microsoft 365 and Zoho Mail. 2 brands were named by every assistant that answered: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Workspace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Microsoft 365 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Zoho Mail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 5 of 6 |
| Fastmail | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | 4 of 6 |
| Proton Mail | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 4 brands, in this order: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Mail, Fastmail.
Choosing the best business email hosting service for a small business can depend on a variety of factors, including your budget, the features you need, and your existing technology environment.
Perplexity
Named 5 brands, in this order: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Mail, Fastmail, Proton Mail.
The best business email hosting for a small business is usually Google Workspace for most teams, because it combines custom-domain email, Gmail, collaboration tools, cloud storage, security controls, and easy administration in one platform.
Claude
Named 4 brands, in this order: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Mail, Fastmail.
Here are the top options to consider:
Grok
Named 3 brands, in this order: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Mail.
The "best" business email hosting depends on your priorities (budget, Microsoft vs.
DeepSeek
Named 5 brands, in this order: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Mail, Fastmail, Proton Mail.
There's no single "best" — it depends on your priorities.
Cohere
Named 2 brands, in this order: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365.
Choosing the best business email hosting for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and preferences.
The questions asked
- What is the best business email hosting for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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See the GEO suiteHow this was measured
Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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