Zoho Mail
Zoho Mail is an email hosting provider based in USA, founded in 2005. As of 2026 it holds an HRI of 85/100, a strong signal, ranked independently by HostList with no paid placements.
Zoho Mail is a privacy-focused business email and professional email hosting platform from Zoho. It provides custom-domain mailboxes, ad-free webmail, calendar and contacts, IMAP/SMTP access, and admin controls - often paired with Zoho Workplace for docs and chat. A strong Google Workspace alternative for teams that want hosted email without ads.
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- Entry plan price
- Refund window
- Site migration
- Verified coupon
- Status page
- Incident history feed
- Uptime SLA
- Ownership
- Legal entity
- Data residency
- GDPR DPA
- Datacenter regions
- Server stack
- Storage
- Security included
- Certifications
- Data centre model
- Backups
- Support
- Support languages
- Published plans
- Resource limits
- Renewable energy
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- Logo
- Social profiles
- YouTube
- Changelog
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What Customers Say About Zoho Mail
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What people are saying
Mail hosting?“I had originally asked this a year ago, but my timing was way off compared to my current hosting renewal date, so I'm re-asking now that I think I have time: I'm currently hosting my personal domain at [pair.com](http://pair.com), I've been with them, mostly, for about 25 years. I don't have any real issues with…”
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Who are you Using for Email?“I have recently started looking for a reliable email service provider and am having trouble deciding on who to go with. Following the common advice here, I’m looking to keep my email hosting strictly separate from my web server to ensure better deliverability and avoid a single point of failure if my site goes down.…”
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Seeking White-Label Email Hosting with Robust API for Customer Email Management (8GB–100GB Mailboxes)“I run a small web builder/CRM SaaS platform with \~40 customers, offering 5 email accounts per customer (with more as they upgrade). I’m looking for a reliable white-label email hosting provider to replace my current solution, as I’m preparing to scale and need a dependable partner. **Background:** I previously used…”
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Zoho Mail holds 5U across 1 rack. Rack space is allocated by rank alone and cannot be bought.
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Where Zoho Mail Ranks
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Is Zoho Mail a good email hosting provider?
Zoho Mail has a HRI™ of 85/100 on HostList.io with a Google rating of 4/5 from 72 reviews, placing it among the better-rated providers in its category. HRI (HostList Ranking Index) is calculated algorithmically from trust signals, profile completeness, data freshness, and performance data, no provider can pay to improve it. A score of 80–89 indicates a strong, well-reviewed provider.
What type of provider is Zoho Mail?
Zoho Mail is an email hosting provider listed in HostList's Email Hosting directory. Email hosting runs professional mailboxes on a custom domain separately from website hosting. Browse the independent ranking at hostlist.io/best/email-hosting.
Where is Zoho Mail based?
Zoho Mail is headquartered in USA. Email hosting providers are ranked at hostlist.io/best/email-hosting.
How does Zoho Mail compare to other email hosting providers?
Zoho Mail is ranked against other email hosting providers by HRI™, using trust, completeness, freshness, and performance signals. Its current HRI is 85/100. See the full provider list at hostlist.io/best/email-hosting.
- HostList verified Security contact (security.txt) for Zoho Mail from zoho.com
- Zoho Mail HRI 68 to 84, Trust up 5, Performance up 11
- HostList verified Founded year for Zoho Mail
What People Say About Zoho Mail
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I had originally asked this a year ago, but my timing was way off compared to my current hosting renewal date, so I'm re-asking now that I think I have time: I'm currently hosting…
I had originally asked this a year ago, but my timing was way off compared to my current hosting renewal date, so I'm re-asking now that I think I have time: I'm currently hosting…
I have recently started looking for a reliable email service provider and am having trouble deciding on who to go with. Following the common advice here, I’m looking to keep my em…
I have recently started looking for a reliable email service provider and am having trouble deciding on who to go with. Following the common advice here, I’m looking to keep my em…
I run a small web builder/CRM SaaS platform with \~40 customers, offering 5 email accounts per customer (with more as they upgrade). I’m looking for a reliable white-label email ho…
I run a small web builder/CRM SaaS platform with \~40 customers, offering 5 email accounts per customer (with more as they upgrade). I’m looking for a reliable white-label email ho…
How Zoho Mail's Score Is Calculated
HRI is calculated algorithmically based on publicly available data. It considers trust signals (reviews, ratings), data completeness, freshness of information, and technical performance. No host can pay to improve their score.
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