Zoho Mail
By Zoho Corporation, India
Business email from India's Zoho Corporation, with a free plan for up to 5 users on your own domain and paid plans from $1 per user a month.
At a glance
- Cheapest plan per year
- $12
- Mail Lite, same price at renewal
- Your own domain from
- $12/yr
- Mail Lite (business plan)
- Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
- Yes
- Yes, on paid plans
- Who can read stored mail
- The provider can
- AES-256 at rest with Zoho-held keys
Good to know
- Zoho Mail 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. Zoho 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, no ads
Your own domain
On a personal plan
On a personal plan 12
Only on a business plan 3
Not offered 2
Works in Apple Mail and Outlook
On paid plans
Yes, standard IMAP 17
Through a bridge app 1
No, its own apps only 3
Where the company is based
India
European Union 7
Switzerland or Norway 5
Elsewhere 4
Plans and prices
In USD, as listed by Zoho Mail on 2026-10-16.
Free
Free
5 GB. Up to 5 users, 5 GB each, 1 custom domain; web and app only (no IMAP/POP/ActiveSync); select data centres only
Mail LiteBusiness
$12/yr
- People
- 1
- Storage
- Not stated
- Own domains
- Unlimited
- IMAP
- Yes
- Renews at
- Same price
$1/user/month, billed annually only. Storage given as '5–10 GB/user'. Zoho sells per-user business plans; there is no consumer tier. The annual rate renews unchanged.
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
- YesYes
- Ads on the free plan
- NoNo
- Mail used for ads
- NoNo
- AI and your mail
- Not stated
Who you're trusting
- Owner
- Zoho Corporation
- Operating company
- Zoho Corporation
- Based in
- India
- Mail stored in
- United States, European Union, India, Australia, Japan, Canada, Saudi Arabia, China
- Open-source apps
- NoNo
- Transparency report
- NoNo
- Latest audit
- None published
- Known incidents
- None found
Apps and features
- Web Yes
- iPhone Yes
- Android Yes
- Windows Yes
- macOS Yes
- Linux No
- Works in Apple Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird
- Yes, on paid plansYes, on paid plans
- POP3
- YesYes
- Exchange ActiveSync
- YesYes
- Security key or passkey sign-in
- Not statedNot stated
- Authenticator-app 2FA
- YesYes
- Extra addresses
- Limited number on paid plans
- Hide-my-email aliases
- Not statedNot stated
- Catch-all for your domain
- YesYes
- 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
- Paid plans onlyPaid plans only
Where we recommend it
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Sources (8)
- Zoho Mail securityVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Zoho privacy commitmentVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Zoho encryptionVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16
- Zoho Mail pricingVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Zoho MailVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Zoho Mail HelpVendor, checked 2026-10-16
- Research summary of the provider's pages (no single link)AI-assisted research, spot-checked, checked 2026-10-16