The Yandex Mail Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Yandex Mail in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Yandex Mail
The Insider’s Guide
Free webmail inside the Yandex 360 suite with 5 GB of Disk space
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among email apps, read from Yandex Mail’s own pages.
Made by Yandex · checked Nov 13, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Yandex Mail’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Yandex Mail’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 13, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
3.0
GPA, above 100 of the 122 other email apps we grade
Yandex Mail is the email service of Yandex 360, a bundle that also covers Disk storage, Documents, Calendar, Notes and Telemost video calls. The free plan includes the mailbox with ads and 5 GB of Disk space. Paid Personal and Family plans add storage, remove ads and unlock a smart assistant in Mail.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Yandex Mail, taken from its own pages and our grades.
No store rating on record, but you sign up and open the inbox with nothing to set up.
- 1
Best for free webmail inside Yandex 360
The pages we read confirm only web access for Mail, and the smart assistant is a paid feature.
- 2
Paid plans start at $2.42 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $2.42 per month, billed annually ($28.99 a year, Personal).
- 3
There is a free plan
Yandex Mail, Disk, Telemost and other Yandex 360 services with ads and 5 GB of Disk space.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Spam and virus protection
Yandex describes the mailbox as protected from spam and viruses, with a block list and white list you manage yourself.
- 6
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.
- 7
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.
- 8
A 3.0 GPA, above 100 of 122
That is against the other email apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Yandex Mail you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Yandex Mail at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $2.42 per month, billed annually ($28.99 a year, Personal)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Yandex
- Category
- Email Apps
- Our grade
- 3.0 GPA, very good
The report card
Best for free webmail inside Yandex 360
Yandex Mail is the mailbox in the Yandex 360 bundle, with 5 GB of Disk space and ads on the free plan. Personal is $2.42 a month on yearly billing and removes ads. The pages we read confirm only web access for Mail, and the smart assistant is a paid feature.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A | A 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 | B | A free plan with Mail, Disk and Telemost, 5 GB of Disk space and ads, which one person could live on. |
| Features | B | Spam 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 | B | No store rating on record, but you sign up and open the inbox with nothing to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | Web only: no iPhone or Android app was confirmed, and the integrations are Yandex's own. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Yandex Mail is for
- Fits if you want free mail with IMAP access and some Disk storage
- Works for people who use other Yandex 360 services too
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- People who already use Yandex Disk, Documents and Calendar
- Families wanting shared storage under one paid plan
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$2.42
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Yandex Mail has a free plan. Paid plans start at $2.42 per month, billed annually ($28.99 a year, Personal).
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.
The free plan
Yandex Mail, Disk, Telemost and other Yandex 360 services with ads and 5 GB of Disk space.
Read from 360.yandex.com on Nov 13, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on 360.yandex.comOther 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.
Stated on 360.yandex.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Free webmail inside the Yandex 360 suite with 5 GB of Disk space. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, calendar, email client, documents, file sharing.
Spam and virus protection, IMAP and SMTP, mail collection from other accounts and a paid assistant.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Yandex Disk
- Yandex Documents
- Yandex Telemost
- Yandex Calendar
- Yandex Notes
Yandex Mail is made by Yandex.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
100/122
Other email apps it is graded above
Yandex Mail's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 100 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 15.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 88 of 122) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 10).
Its paid plans start at $2.42 a month, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 14 of the 76 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 123 email apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Yandex Mail’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 88 of 122
- BFree plan and trialAbove 69 of 122
- BFeaturesAbove 79 of 122
- BEase of useAbove 94 of 122
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 10 of 122
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 107 email apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Yandex Mail is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Yandex Mail you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 100 of the 122 other email apps we grade. It costs $29.04 a year.
What you could make
- Calendar and documents: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.
- Storing and serving files for other people.
- It plugs into other products, Yandex Disk, Yandex Documents and Yandex Telemost among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Yandex Mail’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Mail.com, GMX Mail, Proton Mail, Gmail and Mailo
The 5 tools Yandex Mail is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.0GPA
Mail.com
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Free webmail with 100+ domain names and optional ad-free Premium.
- Only Mail.com lists iOS and Android apps.
- 3.2GPA
GMX Mail
Free
Free webmail with 65GB storage, aliases and a mail collector.
- Only GMX Mail lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only GMX Mail lists a browser extension.
- Yandex Mail also covers documents and file sharing.
- 3.0GPA
Proton Mail
Free plan · from $3.99/mo
End-to-end encrypted email service based in Switzerland.
- Only Proton Mail lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- Proton Mail is open source and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- Yandex Mail also covers documents and file sharing.
- 3.0GPA
Gmail
Free plan · from $7/mo
Google's email service, free for personal use with 15 GB of storage.
- Only Gmail lists iOS and Android apps.
- Yandex Mail also covers calendar, documents and file sharing.
- Gmail also covers inbox filtering.
- 3.0GPA
Mailo
Free plan · from €1.50/mo
French webmail with a free tier, ad-free paid plans and calendar.
- Only Mailo lists iOS and Android apps.
- Yandex Mail also covers documents.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Yandex Mail free?
Yandex Mail has a free plan. Yandex Mail, Disk, Telemost and other Yandex 360 services with ads and 5 GB of Disk space.
How much does Yandex Mail cost?
Yandex Mail lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Yandex Mail work on?
Yandex Mail is available on Web.
Does Yandex Mail offer any discounts?
Yandex Mail publicly lists the following: Yearly payment lowers the monthly rate; Monthly Personal at $4.99 for three months.
Does Yandex Mail have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Yandex Mail is listed for Web.
Does Yandex Mail have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Yandex Mail is listed for Web.
Is Yandex Mail open source?
Yandex Mail is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
What does Yandex Mail integrate with?
Yandex Mail's listing names Yandex Disk, Yandex Documents, Yandex Telemost, Yandex Calendar and Yandex Notes.
Who makes Yandex Mail?
Yandex Mail is made by Yandex.
What are the alternatives to Yandex Mail?
The closest alternatives to Yandex Mail in our directory are Mail.com, GMX Mail, Proton Mail, Gmail and Mailo.
How does Yandex Mail compare with other email apps?
Yandex Mail's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 100 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 15.
Is Yandex Mail good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Yandex Mail A for value for money. Its paid plans start at $2.42 a month, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 14 of the 76 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Yandex Mail?
To replace Yandex Mail you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Yandex Mail’s own pages on Nov 13, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 13, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Yandex's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Yandex. Prices change, so check mail.yandex.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
7,721
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
95
categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Yandex Mail, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/yandex-mail
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Yandex Mail’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Yandex Mail is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Yandex. Prices and plans change: check mail.yandex.com before you buy.