Yandex Mail
By Consortium.First, Russia
Free ad-supported webmail from Russia's Yandex, with data stored in Russia under Russian law.
At a glance
- Cheapest plan per year
- Free only
- No paid plan price stated
- Your own domain from
- Not offered
- Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Who can read stored mail
- The provider can
- Provider-held keys
Good to know
- Yandex Mail holds the keys to your stored mail
- No plan with your own domain
Where it stands among 24
Each fact with every provider's answer. Yandex 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 offered
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
Russia
European Union 7
Switzerland or Norway 5
Elsewhere 4
Plans and prices
In USD, as listed by Yandex Mail on 2026-10-16.
Free
Free
Ads; phone number often required in some regions
Yandex 360 Personal
Not stated
- People
- 1
- Storage
- 200 GB
- Own domains
- None
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Not stated
Gives '200 GB options around $2.11–3.99/month'; promo pricing for initial periods, renewal at regular rates (amount not stated). Custom domains only on business plans.
Yandex 360 Family
Not stated
- People
- 8
- Storage
- Not stated
- Own domains
- None
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Not stated
Up to 8 people with shared storage; sources gives 'from ~$2.53/month'.
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 statedNot stated
- Built-in PGP
- NoNo
- Ads on the free plan
- YesYes
- Mail used for ads
- Not statedNot stated
- AI and your mail
- Not stated
Who you're trusting
- Owner
- Consortium.First
- Operating company
- Yandex LLC
- Based in
- Russia
- Mail stored in
- Russia
- 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
- Not statedNot stated
- Authenticator-app 2FA
- Not statedNot stated
- Extra addresses
- Available (number not stated)
- Hide-my-email aliases
- NoNo
- Catch-all for your domain
- NoNo
- Calendar
- YesYes
- Contacts
- Not statedNot stated
- File storage
- YesYes
- 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
Compare Yandex Mail
Sources (8)
- Yandex privacy policyVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Yandex Mail terms of useVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Yandex company: privacyVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Yandex 360Vendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Yandex MailVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Yandex 360 MailVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16