AOL Mail
By AOL Media LLC, United States
Ad-supported free webmail from AOL, sold by Yahoo to Bending Spoons, with paid ad-free options.
At a glance
- Cheapest plan per year
- $23.88
- AOL Mail Plus, 12 × monthly, renewal not stated
- Your own domain from
- Not offered
- Not stated for every plan
- Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Who can read stored mail
- The provider can
- Provider-held keys
Good to know
- AOL Mail holds the keys to your stored mail
- Its policy says mail content is used for ad profiles
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every provider's answer. AOL Mail is outlined.
Who can read your stored mail
The provider can
Only you 3
Only you, if switched on 4
The provider can 16
Not stated 1
Ads on the free plan
Free, with ads
Your own domain
Not stated
On a personal plan 12
Only on a business plan 3
Not offered 2
Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
Yes, standard IMAP
Yes, standard IMAP 17
Through a bridge app 1
No, its own apps only 3
Where the company is based
United States
European Union 7
Switzerland or Norway 5
Elsewhere 4
Plans and prices
In USD, as listed by AOL Mail on 2026-10-16.
Free
Free
Ads; inactive accounts can be deleted (external reports)
AOL Mail Plus
$23.88/yr
12 × $1.99 monthly
- People
- 1
- Storage
- Not stated
- Own domains
- Not stated
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Not stated
Ad-free experience in the mobile app. Annual billing unknown. Not introductory; renewal not stated.
Ad-Free AOL Mail
$95.88/yr
12 × $7.99 monthly
- People
- 1
- Storage
- Not stated
- Own domains
- Not stated
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Not stated
Removes paid ads from webmail for one username.
Who can read your mail
- Provider can't read stored mail
- NoNo
- Subject lines encrypted
- NoNo
- Encrypted between its own users
- NoNo
- Encrypted mail to outsiders
- NoNo
- Built-in PGP
- NoNo
- Ads on the free plan
- YesYes
- Mail used for ads
- YesYes
- AI and your mail
- Not stated
Who you're trusting
- Owner
- AOL Media LLC
- Operating company
- AOL Media LLC
- Based in
- United States
- Mail stored in
- United States
- Open-source apps
- NoNo
- Transparency report
- Not statedNot stated
- Latest audit
- None published
- Known incidents
- None found
Apps and features
- Web Yes
- iPhone Yes
- Android Yes
- Windows No
- macOS No
- Linux No
- Works in Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird
- Yes, on every planYes, on every plan
- POP3
- YesYes
- Exchange ActiveSync
- Not statedNot stated
- Security key or passkey sign-in
- Not statedNot stated
- Authenticator-app 2FA
- YesYes
- Extra addresses
- Not stated
- Hide-my-email aliases
- Not statedNot stated
- Catch-all for your domain
- Not statedNot stated
- Calendar
- YesYes
- Contacts
- YesYes
- File storage
- Not statedNot stated
- Sieve filters
- Not statedNot stated
- Scheduled send
- Not statedNot stated
- Undo send
- Not statedNot stated
- Import from Gmail or Outlook
- YesYes
- Export your whole mailbox
- Not statedNot stated
- Auto-forwarding
- Not statedNot stated
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Sources (10)
- AOL legal FAQVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- AOL Help: Ad-Free AOL MailVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- AOL Ad-Free MailVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Yahoo privacy hub (covers AOL)Vendor, checked 2026-10-16
- AOL privacy policyVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- AOL Help: use other email appsVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- AOL Help: 2-step verificationVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- AOL Help: overview of new AOL MailVendor, checked 2026-10-16