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A natural option if your devices and account already use Apple.
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- Price and billing
- Paid planUSD 0.99 / month · per account · Region: US · Tax treatment not confirmed · Promotion status not confirmed
Lowest iCloud+ plan on the US website; pricing may differ in other regions.
[2]Sources checked: - Storage
- 50 GB · Shared storage[2]Sources checked:
- Phone verification
- Not confirmed
- Attachment size limit
- Not confirmed
Why consider it
A natural option if your devices and account already use Apple.
- Receive email — iCloud, iCloud+
- Reply to email — iCloud, iCloud+
- Start a new email — iCloud, iCloud+
- Your own domain — iCloud+
- Catch-all on your domain — iCloud+
- Multiple aliases — iCloud, iCloud+
- Two-factor authentication — iCloud, iCloud+
- Hide your main address — iCloud+
- Attachments — iCloud, iCloud+
- Mobile app — iCloud, iCloud+
- IMAP access — iCloud, iCloud+
- SMTP access — iCloud, iCloud+
Before you choose
- Requires an Apple Account. Custom domains require iCloud+ and two-factor authentication.
- Custom-domain features require your own domain and DNS setup; registration costs extra.
Recorded plans
Plan capabilities
| Plan capabilities | iCloud | iCloud+ |
|---|---|---|
| No account required | No [7]Sources checked: | No [7]Sources checked: |
| No phone required | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| No existing email required | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Receive email | Yes [9]Sources checked: | Yes [9]Sources checked: |
| Reply to email | Yes [7]Sources checked: | Yes [7]Sources checked: |
| Start a new email | Yes [9]Sources checked: | Yes [9]Sources checked: |
| Your own domain | ||
| Catch-all on your domain | Not confirmed | |
| Provider subdomain wildcard | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Multiple aliases | Yes [9]Sources checked: | Yes [9]Sources checked: |
| Two-factor authentication | Yes New Apple Accounts require two-factor authentication; older accounts may differ. [5]Sources checked: | Yes New Apple Accounts require two-factor authentication; older accounts may differ. [5]Sources checked: |
| Zero-access mailbox encryption | No Apple holds iCloud Mail encryption keys, including when Advanced Data Protection is enabled. [5]Sources checked: | No Apple holds iCloud Mail encryption keys, including when Advanced Data Protection is enabled. [5]Sources checked: |
| End-to-end encryption available | No iCloud Mail is not end-to-end encrypted by default; native Apple Mail clients support optional S/MIME. [5]Sources checked: | No iCloud Mail is not end-to-end encrypted by default; native Apple Mail clients support optional S/MIME. [5]Sources checked: |
| Hide your main address | Not confirmed | Yes [2]Sources checked: |
| Attachments | Yes [8]Sources checked: | Yes [8]Sources checked: |
| Mobile app | Yes [2]Sources checked: | Yes [2]Sources checked: |
| IMAP access | ||
| SMTP access | ||
| API access | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Inbox protected by an access credential | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Extend address lifetime | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Messages expire within 24 hours | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
Official sources
- Custom email domains · 2026-11-02
- iCloud overview · 2026-11-02
- iCloud Mail Limits · 2026-10-29
- iCloud Mail Server Settings · 2026-10-29
- iCloud data security overview · 2026-11-02
- Custom domain catch-all · 2026-11-02
- Reply in iCloud Mail · 2026-11-02
- Mail attachments · 2026-11-02
- Use Mail on iCloud.com · 2026-11-02
- iCloud Mail server settings · 2026-11-02