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A practical starting point if you already use Google services.

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Gmail

Price and billing
Free plan
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Storage
15 GB · Shared storage

Shared across Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Photos; actual quotas or promotions can vary.

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Phone verification
May be required depending on conditions

Google may require phone verification before account creation or sign-in.

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Attachment size limit
25 MB

Larger attachments are replaced with Google Drive links.

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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 capabilitiesGmail
No account required
No
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No phone required
Not confirmed
No existing email required
Yes
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Receive email
Yes
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Reply to email
Yes
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Start a new email
Yes
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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.

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Two-factor authentication
Yes
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Zero-access mailbox encryption
Not confirmed
End-to-end encryption available
Not confirmed
Hide your main address
Not confirmed
Attachments
Yes
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Mobile app
Yes
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IMAP access
Yes
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SMTP access
Yes

Authentication with OAuth 2.0 is supported.

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API access
Yes

Authorized access using Google APIs.

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Inbox protected by an access credential
Not confirmed
Extend address lifetime
Not confirmed
Messages expire within 24 hours
Not confirmed

Official sources

  1. Gmail overview · 2026-10-28
  2. Create a Google Account · 2026-11-02
  3. Send or unsend Gmail messages · 2026-11-02
  4. Reply to messages in Gmail · 2026-11-02
  5. Send attachments with your Gmail message · 2026-11-02
  6. Use Gmail to access your Google Account · 2026-11-02
  7. Choose your IMAP email client settings for Gmail · 2026-11-02
  8. Verify your account · 2026-11-02
  9. Turn on 2-Step Verification · 2026-11-02
  10. Send emails from a different address or alias · 2026-11-02
  11. IMAP, POP, and SMTP · 2026-11-02
  12. Gmail API overview · 2026-11-02
  13. How your Google storage works · 2026-11-02
  14. Inactive Google Account Policy · 2026-11-02

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