Gmail
By Alphabet, United States
Google's free webmail, with 15 GB shared across Gmail, Drive and Photos and ads in the Promotions and Social tabs.
At a glance
- Cheapest plan per year
- $23.88
- Google One Basic (100 GB), 12 × monthly, same price at renewal
- Your own domain from
- $84/yr
- Google Workspace Business Starter (business plan)
- Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Who can read stored mail
- The provider can
- Encrypted at rest with Google-held keys
Good to know
- Gmail holds the keys to your stored mail
- Your own domain only on a business plan
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every provider's answer. Gmail 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
Only on a business plan
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 Gmail on 2026-10-16.
Free
Free
15 GB. Shared with Drive and Photos; ads in Promotions and Social tabs; sending limits apply (number not stated)
Google One Basic (100 GB)
$23.88/yr
12 × $1.99 monthly
- People
- 6
- Storage
- 100 GB
- Own domains
- None
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Same price
Annual price given only as a range ($19.99–$23.88), so not used. Storage can be shared with up to 5 others. Renewal: sources say not an introductory price and renews at the same rate.
Google Workspace Business StarterBusiness
$84/yr
- People
- 1
- Storage
- Not stated
- Own domains
- Unlimited
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Not stated
Per user, $7/user/month on annual commitment. The only way to use your own domain with Gmail. Renewal terms not stated.
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
- Not foundNot found
- Built-in PGP
- NoNo
- Ads on the free plan
- YesYes
- Mail used for ads
- NoNo
- AI and your mail
- Mail processed by automated systems, including AI, for smart features and service improvement
Who you're trusting
- Owner
- Alphabet
- Operating company
- Google LLC
- Based in
- United States
- Mail stored in
- Worldwide
- Open-source apps
- NoNo
- Transparency report
- YesYes
- 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
- YesYes
- Authenticator-app 2FA
- YesYes
- Extra addresses
- Plus-addressing only
- Hide-my-email aliases
- NoNo
- Catch-all for your domain
- NoNo
- Calendar
- YesYes
- Contacts
- YesYes
- File storage
- YesYes
- Sieve filters
- Not statedNot stated
- Scheduled send
- YesYes
- Undo send
- YesYes
- Import from Gmail or Outlook
- YesYes
- Export your whole mailbox
- YesYes
- Auto-forwarding
- YesYes
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Sources (10)
- Google privacy policyVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Gmail Help: ads in GmailVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Google Transparency ReportVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Google One plansVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Google WorkspaceVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Gmail HelpVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Gmail Help article 17101213Vendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Google Workspace: GmailVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16