Mailo vs Yandex Mail (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mailo and Yandex Mail share a 3.0 GPA, both have a free plan, and Mailo starts cheaper, at about $1.68 a month against $2.42 a month.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Mailo grades higher on platforms. Yandex Mail grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mailo
French webmail with a free tier, ad-free paid plans and calendar
Yandex Mail
Free webmail inside the Yandex 360 suite with 5 GB of Disk space
Which one is for you
Pick Mailo if
- Fits if you want a free mailbox hosted in France, with IMAP
- Works for people who'll pay for a multi-year term to remove ads
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if banner ads bother you, as free accounts show them
- Watch out: free accounts are deleted after 12 months of inactivity
- Watch out: Premium is sold for 1 to 5 years, and the billing basis of the monthly price isn't stated
- Tight if you stay free: 1GB mailbox and 5 aliases
- Watch out: larger Premium+ mailboxes and Mailo Pro are priced on pages not read, and prices are in euros
Pick Yandex Mail if
- Fits if you want free mail with IMAP access and some Disk storage
- Works for people who use other Yandex 360 services too
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you hate ads, because free accounts see them and Personal removes them
- Skip it if you want an iPhone or Android app, as none was confirmed
- Watch out: the smart assistant in Mail is Personal and Family only
- Watch out: prices can differ by region; these are the figures shown to a US reader
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAMailoVery good | 3.0GPAYandex MailVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | APremium is €1.50 a month, under 60% of the category's cheaper quarter of $3.99. The page doesn't say how that figure is billed, and Premium is sold for 1 to 5 years. | AA free mailbox, and Personal is $2.42 a month on yearly billing, under the $3 that opens the cheaper quarter of email tools. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree with a 1GB mailbox, 500MB of cloud, 5 aliases and IMAP4. One person could live on it, with banner ads. | BA free plan with Mail, Disk and Telemost, 5 GB of Disk space and ads, which one person could live on. |
| Features | BMail with aliases, calendar, contacts, cloud storage, standard protocols and hosting in France. The pages show no gap in the core email work. | BSpam and virus protection, IMAP and SMTP, mail collection from other accounts and a paid assistant. The listing shows no gap in the core mail job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A web mailbox with apps, and you connect your own devices over IMAP. | BNo store rating on record, but you sign up and open the inbox with nothing to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iOS and Android, with OnlyOffice. No desktop app is listed. | CWeb only: no iPhone or Android app was confirmed, and the integrations are Yandex's own. |
| Best for | a French mailbox with a small free plan | free webmail inside Yandex 360 |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Mailo and Yandex Mail. How we grade
Price against what you get
Mailo starts at about $1.68 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Yandex Mail starts at $2.42 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Mailo starts $0.74 a month lower. Of the other email apps on the chart, 2 score higher than Mailo for less, and 2 score higher than Yandex Mail for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Yandex Mail also covers documents.
At a glance
| Mailo | Yandex Mail | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | €1.50 per month, for a 1 to 5 year term | $2.42 per month, billed annually ($28.99 a year, Personal) |
| Free plan | Mailo Free: 1 GB mailbox, 500 MB for documents and photos, 5 aliases, IMAP4, and advertising banners. | Yandex Mail, Disk, Telemost and other Yandex 360 services with ads and 5 GB of Disk space. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Mail Object | Yandex |
| Price read from | mailo.com | 360.yandex.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Mailo
- Free accounts show banner ads and are deleted after 12 months of inactivity.
- Premium is sold for terms of 1 to 5 years, and the page does not state the billing basis of the €1.50 monthly figure.
- Larger Premium+ mailboxes up to 500 GB and Mailo Pro are priced on pages not shown here.
- Prices are in euros.
Yandex Mail
- Free accounts see ads in Yandex 360 services; the Personal and Family plans remove them.
- The pages read list only web access for Mail; no iOS or Android app was confirmed here.
- The Mail smart assistant is a Personal and Family plan feature, not part of the free plan.
- Yandex's login and plans pages can show different prices by region; these are the US-reader figures.
Key features
Mailo
- Mail with aliases
- Free accounts get 5 aliases and Premium gets 100, with filters, forwarding and collection of mail from external accounts.
- Calendar, contacts and cloud
- Every account includes a calendar, address book, storage for documents and photo albums, and sharing tools.
- Standard protocols
- Free accounts use IMAP4 and ActiveSync; Premium adds POP3. iOS and Android apps are also offered.
- Hosted in France
- Messages are stored on servers in France, and Mailo says it does not read or sell them.
- Family, school and business offers
- Mailo Junior, Mailo Edu and Mailo Pro are separate offers for children, schools and organizations.
Yandex Mail
- Spam and virus protection
- Yandex describes the mailbox as protected from spam and viruses, with a block list and white list you manage yourself.
- Mail from other accounts
- Yandex 360's page says Mail collects messages from your other mailboxes, and the help center covers importing from other providers.
- IMAP and SMTP access
- Any email client that supports IMAP and SMTP can connect, and OAuth sign-in is recommended where the client offers it.
- Smart assistant in Mail
- The Personal and Family plans list a smart assistant that searches and summarizes important emails.
- Bundled Yandex 360 services
- The same account covers Disk storage, Documents, Calendar, Notes and Telemost video calls.
Plans
Mailo
Mailo Free€0
1 GB mailbox, 500 MB cloud, 5 aliases and ads; account expires after 12 months of inactivity.
Mailo Premium€1.50
per month, activated for 1 to 5 years
20 GB mailbox, 5 GB cloud, 100 aliases, no ads, an address for life, and POP3 and IMAP4.
Yandex Mail
Free$0
All Yandex 360 services with ads and 5 GB of Disk space.
Personal$2.42
per month, billed annually ($28.99 a year)
1 TB of Disk space, no ads and the Mail smart assistant; page shows $3.17 a month crossed out.
Family$3.04
per month, billed annually ($36.45 a year)
Personal features for up to 8 people, 1 TB of Disk space each; $3.80 a month shown crossed out.
For business$3.99
per employee / month, and up
Corporate mailbox from 100 GB per employee, Calendar, messenger and Telemost for 30+ participants.
Ways to pay less
Mailo
No public discounts listed.
Yandex Mail
- Annual discount
Yearly payment lowers the monthly rate
The plans page shows Personal at $2.42 a month when paying $28.99 for a year and Family at $3.04 a month when paying $36.45 for a year.
- Other savings
Monthly Personal at $4.99 for three months
The Yandex 360 page shows a monthly Personal plan at $4.99 a month for the first three months, with $6.19 crossed out.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Mailo or Yandex Mail?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mailo is cheaper to start with: about $1.68 a month, against $2.42 a month for Yandex Mail. Mailo starts at €1.50 per month, for a 1 to 5 year term, and Yandex Mail starts at $2.42 per month, billed annually ($28.99 a year, Personal).
Which has a free plan, Mailo or Yandex Mail?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Mailo and Yandex Mail have a free plan.
Which platforms do Mailo and Yandex Mail run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Mailo lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.