# Zoho Mail

> Ad-free business email hosting with calendar, tasks and notes

Zoho Mail is a hosted email service for organizations that want addresses on their own domain. The inbox comes with a calendar, contacts, tasks, notes and bookmarks, and Zia, Zoho's AI assistant, drafts replies and summarizes threads. It is sold as Mail-only plans and as Zoho Workplace bundles that add WorkDrive file storage, office apps, Cliq chat and Zoho Meeting. A free plan for up to five users is offered in some data centers.

- **Category:** Email Apps
- **Made by:** Zoho Corporation
- **Website:** https://www.zoho.com/mail/
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Zoho Mail has a free plan. Paid plans start at $1 per user / month, billed annually (Mail Lite, 5 GB).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Forever Free Plan: email hosting for one domain and up to 5 users, with 5 GB of mail storage each. IMAP, POP and ActiveSync are not included, and it is available only in select data centers.
- **Free trial:** 15-day free trial of the highest edition, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Forever Free | $0 | One domain and up to 5 users with 5 GB of mail storage each. No IMAP, POP or ActiveSync access; offered only in select data centers. |
| Mail Lite | $1 per user / month, billed annually (no monthly plan) | Custom-domain email with 5 GB of mail storage per user, or 10 GB for $1.25, plus calendar and tasks. No file storage. |
| Workplace Standard | $3 per user / month, billed annually ($4 billed monthly) | 30 GB of mail storage per user plus WorkDrive, the office apps, Cliq, Meeting and Vault. File storage starts at 100 GB per team. |
| Mail Premium | $4 per user / month, billed annually (no monthly plan) | 50 GB of mail storage and 50 GB of retention storage per user, with email retention and eDiscovery, S/MIME and mobile access management. |
| Workplace Professional | $6 per user / month, billed annually ($7 billed monthly) | 100 GB of mail and 100 GB of retention storage per user, 1 TB of team file storage, the Premium compliance tools and Zoho Connect. |
| Workplace Enterprise | Custom | Custom limits across the Workplace products, with Active Directory cloud sync and endpoint controls. Priced through Zoho sales. |

Read from https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Zoho Mail before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **About 20% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): Zoho's pricing FAQ cites a discount of roughly 20% for annual billing. Workplace Standard is $3 per user / month billed annually against $4 monthly, and Workplace Professional $6 against $7. Source: https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html
- **Special pricing for nonprofits** (Nonprofit): The pricing FAQ says non-profit and charitable organizations get special pricing, arranged by contacting Zoho sales. Source: https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html

## App Store prices by country

"Standard", as each country's App Store showed it on Oct 9, 2026. These are the app's prices, not the website's.

| Country | Price | In US dollars |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $3.99 | |
| United Kingdom | £3.49 | about $4.61 (16% more) |
| Germany | 3,99 € | about $4.47 (12% more) |
| Canada | $4.99 | about $3.51 (12% less) |
| Australia | $5.49 | about $3.83 (about the same) |
| India | ₹ 129 | about $1.33 (67% less) |
| Brazil | R$ 15,90 | about $3.18 (20% less) |
| Mexico | $75.00 | about $4.12 (about the same) |
| Turkey | ₺27,99 | about $0.57 (86% less) |
| Indonesia | Rp 59ribu | about $3.30 (17% less) |
| Philippines | ₱ 219.00 | about $3.49 (13% less) |
| South Africa | R64.99 | about $3.93 (about the same) |

## Key features

- **Email on your own domain:** Addresses at your company's domain with group addresses and email and domain aliases. SPF, DKIM, DMARC and BIMI are built in.
- **Calendar, tasks, notes and bookmarks:** A calendar, contacts, ToDo, notes and bookmarks sit inside the mailbox, so events and tasks are handled in the same window as mail.
- **Streams and shared drafts:** Streams lets a team comment, assign tasks and post announcements around email. Drafts, single emails and whole folders can be shared for review or delegation.
- **Zia AI assistant:** Zia drafts replies and summarizes long threads, and Zoho Mail can be connected to AI apps through Zoho Mail MCP.
- **Admin console and compliance:** Role-based access, security policies, audit logs and two-factor authentication for admins. Retention, eDiscovery and S/MIME come with Mail Premium and Workplace Professional.
- **Migration tools:** A free automated tool moves email, contacts and calendars from Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 or any IMAP provider, with migration specialists available at no extra charge.

## Good for

- Small businesses that want low-cost email on their own domain
- Teams that already use other Zoho apps such as CRM or Projects
- Organizations that want to choose the country their mail is stored in

## Worth knowing

- The free plan covers one domain and 5 users, has no IMAP, POP or ActiveSync access, and is offered only in select data centers.
- Mail Lite and Mail Premium are sold on yearly subscriptions only. Monthly billing exists only for the Workplace plans.
- Email retention, eDiscovery and S/MIME are limited to Mail Premium and Workplace Professional.
- Zoho states 24x7 support by email, phone and live chat for paid plans, and guided migration by a dedicated agent only for companies with more than 50 users.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.6 out of 5 from 8,005 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id909262651

## Works with

Zoho CRM, Zoho Projects, Zoho WorkDrive, Zoho Creator, Zoho Cliq, Zapier

**Tags:** Email client, Calendar, Tasks, AI features, Works offline

## Alternatives

- [Gmail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gmail): Google's email service, free for personal use with 15 GB of storage. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gmail-vs-zoho-mail)
- [Microsoft Outlook](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-outlook): Microsoft's email and calendar app for desktop, mobile and web. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/microsoft-outlook-vs-zoho-mail)
- [Fastmail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fastmail): Paid, ad-free email with calendar, contacts and custom domains. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fastmail-vs-zoho-mail)
- [Proton Mail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/proton-mail): End-to-end encrypted email service based in Switzerland. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/proton-mail-vs-zoho-mail)
- [mailbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mailbox-org): Paid, ad-free email with cloud storage and office tools from Germany. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mailbox-org-vs-zoho-mail)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://www.zoho.com/mail/
- https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html
- https://www.zoho.com/sites/zweb/json/pricing/mail-pricing-val.json
- https://www.zoho.com/mail/features.html
- https://www.zoho.com/mail/desktop/
- https://www.zoho.com/mail/mobile/

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