5 Ways to Get a Professional Email Address in the Philippines (From Free to Full Suite)

Getting a professional email address in the Philippines should be simple. 

[email protected] instead of [email protected].

Searching for how to do it returns a wall of jargon. MX records. IMAP. SPF. DKIM. None of which you asked about.

This guide skips the jargon. Five real options in plain language. Exact peso prices. Honest trade-offs. Pick the one that fits and get started.

Quick Comparison: Pick Your Option

Option	Monthly Cost	Best For	The Trade-off
Zoho Mail Free	Free	Testing the waters	Webmail only. No Gmail app sync.
Truehost Hosting + Email Bundle	₱90/mo	Need website and email	Best value if you need both.
Truehost Workplace Email	₱26/mo	Email only, no website yet.	Proper mail servers. Works in the Gmail app.
Google Workspace	₱511-611/mo per user	Team using Google tools daily	Excellent but expensive for email alone
Microsoft 365 Business Basic	₱370/mo per user	Teams on Outlook and Teams	Best for Microsoft ecosystem users.

Pricing verified February 2026. Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 converted from USD at approximate current rates.

Zoho Mail Free:The Zero-Cost Starting Point

Best for: First-time business owners who want to test a professional email address in the Philippines before spending anything.

Zoho Mail offers a genuinely free tier. Up to five custom domain email addresses with 5GB of storage each, no credit card required.

It is a legitimate way to get [email protected] working today at zero cost.

What you get:

• Up to 5 email addresses on your domain
• 5GB mailbox storage per address
• Zoho’s webmail interface at mail.zoho.com
• Basic spam filtering and security

The honest limitations:

• No IMAP on the free tier. You cannot check your Zoho email inside the Gmail app on your phone. You log into Zoho’s website every time.
• No mobile app sync. Zoho’s own mobile app requires a paid plan.
• Zoho bills in USD if you ever upgrade. No peso pricing.
• The free tier has been restricted before and may be restricted again.

The webmail-only limitation is the dealbreaker for most Filipino business owners.

Checking email means opening a separate browser tab every time. Separate from Gmail. Separate from your phone’s mail app.

Most people stop using it within a month and go back to Gmail.

If you want your business email in the Gmail app alongside your personal email, Zoho Free is not the right fit. Go to Option 2 or 3.

Truehost Hosting + Email Bundle: Best Value If You Need Both Website and Email

Best for: Business owners who need both a website and a professional email address. The most common situation for Filipino SMEs.

Here is something most people setting up their first website do not realise.

Every standard cPanel web hosting plan includes unlimited professional email addresses at your domain. Email comes with the Hosting. You do not pay extra for it.

Need a website and email? One hosting plan solves both. One account. One payment. One renewal.

What Truehost cPanel Starter gives you at ₱90/month:

• One website with 30GB SSD storage
• Unlimited email accounts at your domain
• Free SSL certificate
• LiteSpeed servers for faster page loading
• One-click WordPress installation
• 24/7 local support, billed in pesos

Bundled hosting email shares the mail server infrastructure with other accounts. For most small businesses sending normal volumes, this works fine. 

For high-volume sending where deliverability is critical, Option 3 is the stronger choice.

If you need a website and a professional email, this is your answer. ₱90/month for both.

Truehost Workplace Email:Best If You Need Email

Best for: Business owners who already have a website elsewhere, or who want email set up before their website is ready, and need it to work in the Gmail app.

Truehost Workplace is dedicated to email hosting. Nothing else. No website, no cPanel. Just professional mailboxes on servers built specifically for email.

It solves the exact limitation Zoho Free has. Full IMAP support. Your business email appears inside the Gmail app on your phone, right alongside your personal Gmail.

From your client’s perspective, it looks and behaves exactly like Gmail. You are just sending from a different address through the same familiar interface.

What you get:

• Professional email at your domain
• Full IMAP support, works in Gmail app, Apple Mail, Outlook
• Dedicated mail servers with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configured
• Webmail access from any browser
• 24/7 local support, billed in pesos

Plan	Price/mo	Storage	Best For
Starter	₱26	5GB	Solo owners who need one clean, reliable address
PRO	₱68.25	25GB	Small teams with multiple addresses and heavier volume
Business	₱119.17	50GB	Growing teams needing shared inboxes and calendar tools

Pricing is billed triennially. See truehost.ph/hosting/email/ for current rates.

At ₱26/month, this is the cheapest way to get a properly working professional email address in the Philippines that syncs to your phone’s Gmail app.

Google Workspace: The Full Suite

Best for: Teams that actively use Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Meet every day, not just email.

Google Workspace is genuinely excellent. Gmail at your domain. 30GB of Drive storage per user. 

Google Meet with recording. Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Slides are all integrated.

If your team collaborates heavily inside Google’s ecosystem, Workspace earns every peso.

The conversation is about price.

Google raised Workspace prices in early 2025. Business Starter now runs approximately ₱511 per user per month on an annual plan.

₱611 per user on flexible month-to-month billing. After peso conversion and 12% Philippine VAT.

For a solo business owner: ₱511-611 per month. If you use all those tools regularly, it’s reasonable.

If you mainly need email, you are paying Google Workspace prices for something that costs ₱26 a month at Truehost.

For a 5-person team: ₱2,555-3,055 per month. ₱30,000-36,000 per year. A meaningful budget line for a small Philippine business.

Right for:

• Teams creating and editing shared documents and spreadsheets daily
• Businesses relying on Google Meet for regular video calls
• Organisations needing centralised file storage with team folder permissions

Not right for: Anyone who mainly needs a professional email address and does their other work in free tools. The Workspace price premium only makes sense when you use the full suite.

Microsoft 365 Business Basic: The Right Choice for Outlook and Teams Users

Best for: Businesses and teams whose workflow runs on Outlook, Word, Excel, and Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft 365 Business Basic sits between dedicated email hosting and Google Workspace in price and capability.

At approximately ₱370 per user per month (converted from $6/user/month), it includes:

• Outlook-based professional email
• 1TB OneDrive per user
• Microsoft Teams
• Web versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

It does not include desktop Office apps. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint installed on your computer require a higher plan.

Right for:

• Teams that have always used Outlook and are most comfortable in that environment
• Businesses relying on Microsoft Teams as their primary meeting and chat tool
• Organisations in Microsoft-heavy industries, finance, legal, enterprise, where .docx and .xlsx files are the standard

Not right for: A solo business owner or small team that needs a professional email address. 

At ₱370/month per user for features you will not use, you face the same overpaying problem as Google Workspace.

Which Option Is Right for You

Answer these two questions.

Question 1: Do you need a website as well as email?

Yes, go to Option 2  which is Truehost cPanel hosting at ₱90/month. You get your website and unlimited professional email addresses included.

No, or your website is already sorted elsewhere, go to Option 3 which is Truehost Workplace at ₱26/month. 

The cleanest, cheapest path to a properly working professional email address in the Philippines that syncs to your phone.

Question 2: Does your team actively live inside Google or Microsoft tools all day?

Yes to Google, Option 4. The collaboration suite justifies the price.

Yes to Microsoft, Option 5. Particularly if Outlook and Teams are your daily drivers.

No to both, you are paying for features you do not use. Option 2 or 3 is your answer.

	Zoho Free	Truehost Bundle	Truehost Workplace	Google WS	M365
Monthly cost (per user)	Free	₱90	₱26	₱511+	₱370+
Works in Gmail app	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Includes website hosting	No	Yes	No	No	No
Dedicated mail servers	Yes	Shared	Yes	Yes	Yes
Billed in pesos	N/A	Yes	Yes	No (USD)	No (USD)
Local PH support	No	Yes, 24/7	Yes, 24/7	No	No
Productivity suite	Basic	No	No	Full	Full

The Bottom Line

A professional email address in the Philippines does not have to be complicated or expensive.

Most Filipino small businesses need Option 2 or Option 3. Website and email together at ₱90/month, or email only at ₱26/month.

Options 4 and 5 are genuinely worth it when your team lives inside those platforms every day. Not before.

Skip the jargon. Pick your option. Get started.
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