Comparison of webmail providers

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General

General information on webmail providers and products

Product Owner Released Cost Mailbox storage Maximum attachment limit Supported languages POP3[lower-alpha 1] support IMAP support SMTP support Cryptographic protocol support Account expiration
(inactivity)
Use Own Domain
AOL Mail AOL Inc. 1993, Mar Free (Ad) Unlimited 25 MB English Yes Yes Yes SSL 3 months ?
Atmail Atmail 1998 Dec From $79/month[lower-alpha 2] 10 GB 50 MB 10 All Yes Yes SSL Until payment ends Yes
ContactOffice ContactOffice Group S.A. 2000 Free to €50/month[1] 500 MB to 15 GB 50 MB[2] 8 Template:PAID Paid Paid SSL 9 months block / 12 months account deletion Yes
FastMail Fastmail Pty Ltd 1999, Jan $10/year to $120/year[3] 250 MB to 60 GB 50 MB[4] English, German, French Yes Yes Yes SSL, TLS[5] After subscription expiry Yes, Enhanced and Premier plans
ContactOffice ContactOffice Group S.A. 2000 Free to €50/month[6] 500 MB to 15 GB 50 MB[2] 8 Template:PAID Paid Paid SSL 9 months block / 12 months account deletion Yes
Gmail Google Inc 2004, Apr Free (Ad); $5/user/month on the user's domain[7] 15 GB[8] 25 MB[9]
(10 GB per file via Google Drive)[10]
71 Yes Yes Yes SSL, TLS 9 months[lower-alpha 3] Yes, for $5/user/month option only
GMX Mail
(gmx.net)
United Internet AG, Germany 1997, Jan Free (Ad)[12] or Paid (3-5€/month) 1 GB (free)[13]
5-10 GB (paid)
20 MB (free)
50-100 MB (paid)
German Yes Paid Yes -- 6 months or if payment stopped ?
GMX Mail
(gmx.com)
United Internet AG 1997, Jan Free (Ad) or Paid (Promail/Topmail) Unlimited[14] 50 MB 3 Yes Yes Yes SSL, TLS 6 months (Free); Until payment ends[15] ?
Hushmail Hush Communications Ltd. 1999, May Free (No Ad)
$34.99 year (Premium)
$49.98 year (Premium+Desktop)[16]
25 MB (Free), 1 GB (Premium), 10 GB (Premium+Desktop) 20 MB per file, total 25 MB per mail[17] English Paid Paid Paid SSL,TLS 3 weeks (Free); Until payment ends Yes
iCloud[lower-alpha 4] Apple Inc. 2011, Oct 0$ or $0.99/month, $3.99/month, $9.99/month or $19.99/month[lower-alpha 5] 5 GB (Free), 20, 200, 500 GB or 1 TB monthy[lower-alpha 6] 20 MB 4 No[20] Yes[20] Yes[20] SSL, TLS[20] Never ?
Lycos Lycos, Inc. 1995, Jan Free (Ad) and limited to some countries.
Premium: $19.95 yearly
3 GB (free)
5 GB
35 MB English Plus only Plus only Plus only SSL 1 month[21] ?
Mail.com United Internet AG 1995 Free (Ad) or $3.95/month or $19.95/year Unlimited 50 MB 3 Paid only Paid only Paid only SSL 12 months (Free);[22] Until payment ends ?
Mail.ru Mail.ru 1998, Jan[23] Free (Ad) or $5 monthly Unlimited 25 MB[lower-alpha 7] 4 Yes Yes Yes SSL 6 months (Free); Until payment ends Yes
Outlook.com
(Live Mail/Hotmail)
Microsoft 1996, July (As Hotmail)
2012, July (As Outlook)
Free (Ad); Paid option Unlimited[25][26] 25 MB (Unlimited via OneDrive) 106 Yes[25] Yes[25] Yes[25] SSL,[25] Exchange ActiveSync[25] 270 days[27] No[28]
ProtonMail Proton Technologies AG 2013 Free (No Ad); Multi-tiered pricing 500 MB[29] Unknown English No No Yes SSL Never No
Rackspace Rackspace Inc 2007, Oct From $2 user/month[lower-alpha 8] 25 GB 50 MB 12 Yes Yes Yes SSL Until payment ends Yes
Rediffmail Rediff 1997 Free (Ad) and Paid: 399 (US$5.90)/year for POP3; 50 (74¢ US)/month for mobile Unlimited 25 MB 11 399 (US$5.90) ? ? SSL,TLS 2 months (Mailbox deletion), 3 months (Deactivation) ?
Runbox Runbox Solutions AS 1999 $19.95 per year or $49.95 per year with email & web hosting 10 GB[30] 100 MB[31] 2 Yes Yes Yes SSL Until payment ends Yes
Tutanota Tutao GmbH 2011 Free (No Ad))
€12 year (Premium)[32]
1 GB 25 MB 30 No No Yes SSL, DANE Never Yes
Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! 1997, Oct Free (Ad)
Yahoo! Mail Plus $49.99
1 TB[lower-alpha 9] 25 MB
(150 MB per file via Dropbox)[34]
27 Most countries or YPOPs! Yes[lower-alpha 10] Yes SSL[36] except classic version. 12 months[37] ?
Yandex Mail Yandex LLC 2000, June Free (No Ad) Unlimited[38] 22 MB per file, total 30 MB per mail (2 GB per file via Yandex Disk)[39] 6 Yes Yes Yes SSL, TLS, Exchange ActiveSync 24 months[40] Yes
Zoho ZOHO Corporation 2008, Oct Personal Free (No Ad); Premium options $24 to $99/user yearly 5 GB "Lite".
"Standard": 10 & 15 GB
20 MB 16 Yes Yes Yes SSL 4 months (Free); Until payment ends Yes
Product Owner Released Cost Mailbox storage Maximum attachment limit Supported languages POP3[lower-alpha 11] support IMAP support SMTP support Cryptographic protocol support Account expiration
(inactivity)
Use Own Domain

Notes

  1. In addition to the POP3 support listed here, almost all Web mail providers can be accessed with POP3 using the third-party tool FreePOPs.
  2. Supports up to 50 users. Additional user $2/user/month.
  3. Gmail accounts may or may not be deleted after 9 months of inactivity. There is no guarantee they will remain after then.[11]
  4. Must be an Apple (iPod, iPad, &c.) owner to obtain an account, but works on Windows, as well.
  5. 20 GB cost $0.99/month, 200 GB cost $3.99/month, 500 GB cost $9.99/month or 1 TB cost $19.99/month[18][19]
  6. shared between file and email storage, customizable ratio
  7. When a user's mail box contains more than 500 MB, they will receive an email with a proposal to increase the volume by 2 GB by solving a CAPTCHA[24]
  8. Requires minimum of 5 mailboxes.
  9. Yahoo! Mail announced Gratis 1 TB of storage space for all its members, in October 2013.[33]
  10. Also can be used on non-mobile devices via third-party software.[35]
  11. In addition to the POP3 support listed here, almost all Web mail providers can be accessed with POP3 using the third-party tool FreePOPs.

Software distribution

General information on webmail providers and products

Product Webmail software Requires JavaScript
AOL Mail Proprietary AOL Mail standard view requires JS; AOL Mail basic HTML view does not use JS
Atmail Proprietary Yes
Bitmessage.ch SquirrelMail Yes for signup
ContactOffice Proprietary Yes
FastMail Partialα standard interface requires JavaScript, classic interface does not
Gandi Roundcube Yes
Gmail Proprietary Gmail standard view requires JS; Gmail's basic HTML view does not use JS
GMX Mail
(gmx.net)
Proprietary Yes
GMX Mail
(gmx.com)
Proprietary GMX.com standard view requires JS; GMX.com basic HTML view does not use JS
Hushmail Proprietary Yes
iCloud[lower-alpha 1] Proprietary Yes
Lycos Proprietary Yes
Mail.com Proprietary Yes
Mail.ru Proprietary Yes
Outlook.com Proprietary Yes
Ovi Mail Proprietary Yes
ProtonMail Open-source Yes
Rackspace Proprietary Yes
Rediffmail Proprietary Yes
Runbox Proprietary Yes
Tutanota Open-source Yes
Yahoo! Mail Proprietary Yahoo Mail standard view requires JS; Yahoo Mail basic HTML view does not use JS
Yandex Mail Proprietary Yes
Zoho Proprietary Yes
Product Software facility Requires JavaScript
some parts of the FastMail web software have been released as free, open-source software. The front-end JavaScript library is released as Overture JS[41][42] and the rich-text editor as Squire.[43][44] The data model and various client code was donated to Roundcube for its JMAP implementation.[45]

Digital rights

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Verified privacy and legal defense[lower-alpha 2] Verified (possibly) neutral technology Claimed privacy policies[lower-alpha 3]
Product Server's location(s) Secure (SSL) webmail Tor gateway available Tor browser allowed Proxy gateway available Internet censorship (countries) HTTP tracking cookies Personalized ads[lower-alpha 4] IP address tracking[lower-alpha 5] Information sharing Browser/platform tracking
AOL Mail USA Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Atmail Australia Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Bitmessage.ch Switzerland[46] Yes (default) Yes No JS required No No No No No No No
FastMail USA, Iceland Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown Unknown Unknown
Gandi France [lower-alpha 6] Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Gmail USA Yes (default) No No No Unknown Yes Yes 16px Possible Yes Yes
GMX Mail
(gmx.com)
Germany Yes No No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Hushmail Canada Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown No Unknown
iCloud[lower-alpha 7] USA Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Lycos Korea Yes No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Mail.com Germany Yes No No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Mail.ru Russia Yes No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Outlook.com USA Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Ovi Mail Finland Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
ProtonMail Switzerland Yes (default) No No JS required No No No No No No No
Rackspace USA Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Rediffmail India Yes No Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Runbox Norway Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown No Unknown
Tutanota Germany Yes (default) No No JS required No No No No No No No
Virtual Office Belgium Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Yahoo! Mail USA Yes (default) No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Yandex Mail Russia Yes (default) No Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Zoho USA / India Yes No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown Unknown Unknown
  1. Must be an Apple (iPod, iPad, &c.) owner to obtain an account, but works on Windows, as well.
  2. This information can be verified by anyone with access to internet. Servers location play role in a investigation and serves thereof for legal defense
  3. Statement cannot be verified to be actual true as the information is handled by servers not accessed by the public
  4. For services hosted by companies that also own web search engines: The results of ads are arranged for the user in accordance to his/her interests as determined from previous search queries or other information available to the search engine.
  5. Tracking the user is not necessarily bad faith behaviour – it has to be conducted in order to provide personalized search results.
  6. Have servers in use, but all email hosted in Paris according to email conversation with their CEO.
  7. Must be an Apple (iPod, iPad, &c.) owner to obtain an account, but works on Windows, as well.

Unique features

Unique features in webmail products
Name Features
FastMail One time passwords;[47] spam filter; backscatter detection;[48] deletion of selected attachments. Android and IPhone apps.
Gmail Account verification via SMS or voice call in some countries;[49] Messages grouped into "conversations"; "Normal" view via Settings; Labels instead of folders; Undo send (implemented as a delayed send)
Outlook.com One-time password, Mobile alerts, Account verification via SMS or voice call in some countries, Rules,[50] Messages grouped into "conversations", Scheduled Cleanup,[50] Filter to e.g. only see newsletters or Emails from contacts,[50] Recover deleted emails;[51]
Ovi Mail As of May 2011, content is provided by Yahoo![52]
ProtonMail Client-side encryption, email expiration, automatic encryption for ProtonMail-ProtonMail emails, optional email encryption for messages from ProtonMail to other providers
Rackspace Mix & Match Rackspace Email mailboxes with more expensive Hosted Exchange mailboxes
Rediffmail sign-in via Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, Mobile Sync; Indrive.
Tutanota Client-side encryption, automatic encryption of mailbox, automatic encryption of emails between Tutanota users, optional email encryption for messages from Tutanota to other providers
Yandex Mail No ads, email for own domains (Yandex PDD), scheduled email delivery, SMS verification, sign-in via Twitter, VK, Facebook, Google Profile
Zoho Various Zoho applications, Google Apps support, sign-in via Facebook, Google, Google Apps, Yahoo!

Features

Service name Automatic forwarding Email client access14 Client email for other server Integration with IM service Domain
Name
customization
Interface
script
technique
Virus scanning Filters out emails with executable attachments Custom "From:" Address Address modifiers (subaddressing) Server hosted public keyring (for encryption) Shared key encryption
AOL Mail No Yes
(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)
Yes0 AOL Instant Messenger No1 JavaScript/ Ajax Yes
(McAfee)
No  ? No No
Bigfoot Communications Premium account only Yes
(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)
Yes
(POP3 only)
XMPP Yes HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Yes ? Yes  ? No No
FastMail Yes Yes
(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)
Yes
(POP3 only)
XMPP Enhanced, Premier, and all Business and Family plans HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Yes Configurable with user filtering rules Yes Plus addressing and subdomain addressing[53] No No
Gmail Yes Yes
(POP3, IMAP)
SSL/TLS supported
SMTP restricted18
Yes
(POP3 only)
Google Talkbeta (XMPP), AOL Instant Messenger Yes
(Google Apps $5.00 monthly/ $50.00 annually)
HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax2 Yes Yes, including .exe files in zip files Yes, limited.
Feature restricted to preconfigured addresses. Addresses not registered in advance with Gmail are blocked.
Plus addressing No No
GMX Mail No Yes
(POP3, IMAP17, SMTP)
SSL/TLS supported
Yes
(POP3 only)
XMPP Yes HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax Yes
(McAfee and Symantec)
Yes, including .exe files in zip files Yes No No No
Hushmail Supported in Hushmail Business accounts Extra cost8 ? No Supported in Hushmail Business accounts HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax Yes  ? Yes, unlimited email aliases for paid subscribers No Yes Yes
Mail.com Premium accounts only Yes
(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)
SSL/TLS supported
Yes
(POP3 only)
Google Talk (XMPP) No HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax2 Yes Yes, including .exe files in zip files Yes No No No
Mail.ru Yes Yes
(POP3, IMAP)
Yes
(POP3 only)
custom Yes (Free, Mail.ru for Business supports up to 5000 mailboxes) HTML/ Ajax (Beta) Yes
(Kaspersky)
 ? Yes  ? No No
Outlook.com Yes Partial
(POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, IMAP[54])3
Yes
(POP3 only)
Skype, Google Hangouts, Facebook Chat No4 HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Yes Yes, including .exe files in zip files Yes Plus addressing[55] No No
ProtonMail No No Unknown No No JavaScript/Ajax No No Yes No Yes Yes
Rackspace Yes Yes
(POP3, IMAP)
SSL/TLS supported
SMTP restricted
? Yes Yes HTML/ JavaScript/ Ajax Yes Yes ? No No No
rediff No Plus members only ? Rediff Bol Yes JavaScript/ Ajax2 Yes  ? Yes  ? No No
Runbox Yes Yes
(IMAP, POP, SMTP)
SSL/TLS supported
Yes
(POP3, Hotmail, Gmail)
SSL/TLS supported
XMPP, Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN, ICQ, IRC[56] Yes HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Yes
(ClamAV)
If discarded by virus scanner Yes
Selectable while composing; saved identities
Plus addressing (using "+" or "-") No No
Seznam.cz Yes Yes
(POP3, IMAP, SMTP)
SSL/TLS supported
Yes
(POP3 only)
No No HTML/ JavaScript Yes
(ESET-NOD32)
 ? Yes  ? No No
Tutanota No No  ? No Yes JavaScript No No Yes No Yes Yes
Yahoo! Mail Yes[57] Yes
(POP3-Plus members only, but free in some countries, IMAP
SSL/TLS supported)
Yes
(POP3 only)
Yahoo! Messenger $35 yearly HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Yes
(Norton AntiVirus)
Yes, including .exe files in zip files Yes
& only 10 addresses
Plus addressing (using "-" only) No No
Yandex Mail Yes Yes (POP3, IMAP, SMTP, SSL) Yes
(POP3 only)
Ya Online, any XMPP IM Yes (Free, Yandex PDD supports up to 1000 mailboxes without verification of legal use) HTML/ JavaScript/ CSS/Ajax Yes
(Dr.Web[58])
Configurable or/and if discarded by antivirus Yes, only from confirmed addresses[59] Plus addressing[60] No No
Zoho Yes Yes (POP, IMAP, SMTP) Yes (POP) XMPP, Google Talk, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo! Messenger Yes (business accounts) Ajax Yes  ? Yes  ? No No
Service name Automatic forwarding Email client access14 Client email for other server Integration with IM service Domain
Name
customization
Interface
script
technique
Virus scanning Filters out emails with executable attachments Custom "From:" Address Address modifiers Server hosted public keyring (for encryption) Shared key encryption

Note 0: Through AOL Easy Transfer

Note 1: Through AOL My eAddress

Note 2: HTML interface available for legacy browsers or users with JavaScript disabled

Note 3: Since March 12, 2009, POP3 technology rolled out to Windows Live Hotmail customers worldwide. Additionally, the proprietary DeltaSync-protocol is available.

Note 4: Through Windows Live Custom Domains

Note 8: IMAP access available for $14.99 for the first year and $29.99 yearly thereafter

Note 14: Most mail services that do not support POP3 access can be accessed through the FreePOPs mail proxy software.

Note 17: IMAP only available for paid accounts.

Note 18: Gmail restricts the FROM field to registered addresses. e.g. Disposable addresses forbidden.

See also

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