Zoho Mail

Zoho Mail's free version is a time-saving option for families and small businesses as it supports up to five users with the same account. It also offers a custom domain feature, which most providers reserve for their paid plans, and every user has a 5GB inbox, leading to an impressive maximum storage of 25GB. The interface is intuitive, and features like folders, tags, filters, and smart searches make organizing emails easy. However, there are some limitations to the free plan, such as web and mobile app access only, no message encryption, IMAP or POP support.

Upgrading to Zoho Mail Lite for $12 per year adds IMAP and POP support, email encryption, syncing across devices, sending attachments up to 250MB via links, and multiple custom domains. There's also a Mail Premium plan for $48 per year that provides more storage, digital signature and encryption tools, and email archiving.

Zoho Workplace, which includes Zoho Mail and other online office tools like a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation app, chat, meeting and collaboration tools, is an excellent choice for business or demanding users on a budget. With prices starting at just $3 a month billed annually, it's significantly cheaper than competitors like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace but still offers enterprise-level power.

Developer/Owner: Zoho Corporation
Launch date: 2008
Website: zoho.com

Users: ~80 million users as of 2023