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Gmail
A practical starting point if you already use Google services.
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Gmail
- Price and billing
- Free plan[6]Sources checked:
- Storage
- 15 GB · Shared storage
Shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos; actual quotas or promotions can vary.
[13]Sources checked: - Phone verification
- May be required depending on conditions
Google may require phone verification before account creation or sign-in.
[8]Sources checked: - Attachment size limit
Why consider it
A practical starting point if you already use Google services.
- No existing email required — Gmail
- Receive email — Gmail
- Reply to email — Gmail
- Start a new email — Gmail
- Multiple aliases — Gmail
- Two-factor authentication — Gmail
- Attachments — Gmail
- Mobile app — Gmail
- IMAP access — Gmail
- SMTP access — Gmail
- API access — Gmail
Before you choose
- Registration checks can vary by region and risk. No-phone signup has not been verified here.
Recorded plans
Plan capabilities
| Plan capabilities | Gmail |
|---|---|
| No account required | No [2]Sources checked: |
| No phone required | Not confirmed |
| No existing email required | Yes [2]Sources checked: |
| Receive email | Yes [4]Sources checked: |
| Reply to email | Yes [4]Sources checked: |
| Start a new email | Yes [3]Sources checked: |
| Your own domain | Not confirmed |
| Catch-all on your domain | Not confirmed |
| Provider subdomain wildcard | Not confirmed |
| Multiple aliases | Yes Plus-address variants deliver to the same Gmail inbox; they do not hide the original username. [10]Sources checked: |
| Two-factor authentication | Yes [9]Sources checked: |
| Zero-access mailbox encryption | Not confirmed |
| End-to-end encryption available | Not confirmed |
| Hide your main address | Not confirmed |
| Attachments | Yes [5]Sources checked: |
| Mobile app | Yes [3]Sources checked: |
| IMAP access | Yes [7]Sources checked: |
| SMTP access | |
| API access | |
| Inbox protected by an access credential | Not confirmed |
| Extend address lifetime | Not confirmed |
| Messages expire within 24 hours | Not confirmed |
Official sources
- Gmail overview · 2026-10-28
- Create a Google Account · 2026-11-02
- Send or unsend Gmail messages · 2026-11-02
- Reply to messages in Gmail · 2026-11-02
- Send attachments with your Gmail message · 2026-11-02
- Use Gmail to access your Google Account · 2026-11-02
- Choose your IMAP email client settings for Gmail · 2026-11-02
- Verify your account · 2026-11-02
- Turn on 2-Step Verification · 2026-11-02
- Send emails from a different address or alias · 2026-11-02
- IMAP, POP, and SMTP · 2026-11-02
- Gmail API overview · 2026-11-02
- How your Google storage works · 2026-11-02
- Inactive Google Account Policy · 2026-11-02