Zoho

zoho.com · 7 records in Compute, Email, Storage · JSON

Records 7

caveatZoho Catalyst
Computefree tieridentity emailno cardlimit request-rateevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-05
caveatZeptoMail (Zoho)
Emailfree tieridentity emailno cardlimit write-gatedevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-22
caveatZoho Mail
Emailfree tieridentity emailno cardlimit retention-clampedevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-03
fails: quotaZoho Mail Free — 5 GB/user, up to 25 users via referral, live IMAP
Storagefree tieridentity email?card?limit per-object-capevidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
fails: quotazoho wiki / readthedocs / tettra
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
fails: quotaZoho WorkDrive
Storagefree tieridentity institution?card?evidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
fails: quotazoho workplace free edition
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05

Zoho Catalyst

Compute

catalyst.zoho.com/free-tier/Serverless runtimecompute/zoho-catalystJSON compare report an error

Free allowance: A monthly allowance that renews forever: '25,000 GB-seconds' of Function execution, '900 GB-minutes' of AppSail container runtime, '2 GB-days' of Data Store storage, '1,000,000' LLM input tokens and '500,000' LLM output tokens through QuickML, '1,800 CPU-seconds' of model training, '100,000' API...
Verdict: caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
Cost: free tier
Identity: emailno card, no phone
Binding limit: request-rateThe container lane is the real ceiling: 900 GB-minutes a month is 15 GB-hours, so one always-on 1 GiB AppSail container runs about 15 hours a month before the free tier is spent; the per-request counters (1,000 Cache GET, 1,000 queries)...
Evidence: documented5 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05

Free tier	A monthly allowance that renews forever: '25,000 GB-seconds' of Function execution, '900 GB-minutes' of AppSail container runtime, '2 GB-days' of Data Store storage, '1,000,000' LLM input tokens and '500,000' LLM output tokens through QuickML, '1,800 CPU-seconds' of model training, '100,000' API Gateway requests and '300,000' Web Client Hosting requests. The page says: 'your free tier usage limits will be renewed every month forever'. Signing up also gives 'USD 250 in credits' as 'additional runway for 6 months'. unit tokens; metered on wall-clock; perpetual-monthly
Price	none stated
Limits	request-rate (binding) The container lane is the real ceiling: 900 GB-minutes a month is 15 GB-hours, so one always-on 1 GiB AppSail container runs about 15 hours a month before the free tier is spent; the per-request counters (1,000 Cache GET, 1,000 queries) bind long before any byte quota does. source
Identity	email not published
Egress	not stated
Interface	rest inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed
Tooling	not stated
Composes with	The perpetual function allowance plus the 6-month USD 250 wallet is the useful pair: the credits can carry a burst build while the monthly free tier keeps a scheduled job alive after the credits end, and QuickML's 1M input tokens a month is a second, separate inference lane that survives the credit expiry.
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Notes	India's strongest reachable free tier because the door is a Zoho account rather than an Aadhaar or a GST number, and nothing on the free-tier page asks for a card. The catch is arithmetic, not policy: GB-minute and GB-second billing means a 512 MiB container gets twice the wall-clock hours of a 1 GiB one, and the free tier is spent by concurrency, not by month. Not probed: whether an Indian or non-Indian signup is treated differently, and whether the pay-as-you-go model needs a card on file. Both would need a signup.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1 request-rate 900 GB

Evidence 5

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	catalyst.zoho.com/free-tier/	the pricing table row by row: 'Functions \| Function execution \| $0.000016 / GB-second \| 25,000 GB-seconds', 'AppSail \| Container runtime \| $0.0013 / GB-minute \| 900 GB-minutes', 'QuickML \| LLM input tokens \| $0.20 / million tokens \| 1,000,000 tokens', 'Model training: CPU \| $0.0004 / vCPU-second \| 1,800 CPU-seconds', quoted
2026-10-22	catalyst.zoho.com/free-tier/	the page description reads 'With a free tier that renews every month and $250 in credits to explore for your first six months'; the body reads 'your free tier usage limits will be renewed every month forever', quoted
2026-10-22	docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/deployment-and-billing/billing/fre	'the free tier allowance is only available with the pay-as-you-go pricing model', the allowance is account-wide rather than per project, and 'The free tier allowance is refreshed monthly, and is not just a one-time benefit', quoted
2026-10-22	docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/deployment-and-billing/llms-full.m	'Catalyst offers 25k GB-seconds of Serverless Function requests, 2 GB storage in the Data Store, 1000 GET requests in Cache', quoted, matching the pricing table
2026-11-04	docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/deployment-and-billing/billing/fre	Catalyst documents a REST API beside its CLI and SDKs

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facets	`{"class": "regional","free_tier_kind": "perpetual-monthly","shape": {"vcpu": null,"ram_gib": null,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": 0}}`

Unknown values 6

egress metered: egress metering was not published
egress terms: a source was read and is silent on this field
per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
tooling: a source was read and is silent on this field

ZeptoMail (Zoho)

www.zoho.com/zeptomail/pricing.htmlTransactional senderemail/zeptomailJSON compare report an error

Free allowance: 1 free credit worth 10,000 emails, valid 6 months; 100/day until the account is validated
Verdict: caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
Cost: free tier
Identity: emailno card, no phone
Binding limit: write-gatedthe 100/day ceiling lifts only after Zoho validates the account
Evidence: documented2 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-22checked 2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-22

Free tier	1 free credit worth 10,000 emails, valid 6 months; 100/day until the account is validated unit requests; metered on request-count
Price	none stated
Limits	write-gated (binding) the 100/day ceiling lifts only after Zoho validates the account source request-rate 10,000 emails in total from the single free credit source
Binding	write-gated account validation gates the 100/day ceiling, and then the credit is finite.
Identity	email an account and a validated sending domain
Egress	not applicable: an outbound sender
Retention	credits expire 6 months after purchase and do not refill
Interface	rest the ZeptoMail API and SMTP relay
Tooling	curl, any SMTP client
Composes with	10,000 emails once, not a rate; it composes with a domain and does not compose with a schedule.
Reliability	the credit is one-time; there is no recurring monthly allowance
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	www.zoho.com/blog/cpaas/announcing-quick-transition.html	the announcement of the free credit and the 100/day pre-validation cap
2026-10-22	www.zoho.com/zeptomail/pricing.html	the pricing page now redirects to a CPaaS credit model; the credit framing holds

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stale after days	90

Zoho Mail

www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.htmlMailboxemail/zoho-mailJSON compare report an error

Free allowance: 5 users, 5 GB each, 1 custom domain, 25 MB attachment limit
Verdict: caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
Cost: free tier
Identity: emailno card, no phone
Binding limit: retention-clampedno IMAP, POP or ActiveSync on the free edition, so no programmatic mailbox read
Evidence: documented4 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-12-03checked 2026-11-02 (live); stale on 2026-12-03

Free tier	5 users, 5 GB each, 1 custom domain, 25 MB attachment limit unit GB; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Limits	retention-clamped (binding) no IMAP, POP or ActiveSync on the free edition, so no programmatic mailbox read source per-object-cap 25 MB per attachment source the 5 GB is a mailbox storage volume and not an object size, so no kind in the six-value vocabulary names it. The 25 MB attachment is a per-object cap and stays in limits. What binds the verdict is the removal of IMAP, POP and ActiveSync, which is recorded as retention-clamped because the server withholds the data rather than the bytes
Binding	retention-clamped a removed feature, not a capped volume.
Identity	email an account with the domain's MX records pointed at Zoho
Egress	not applicable
Per-object cap	25 MB attachment limit, 5 GB per mailbox (26214400 bytes)
Retention	5 GB per mailbox
Interface	unknown webmail and the mobile app only on the free edition; no IMAP, POP or ActiveSync
Tooling	none: no IMAP or POP on the free edition
Composes with	a real mailbox with a custom domain for five users, and it breaks the obvious chain because the free edition cannot be read over IMAP.
Reliability	the free edition is region-limited; the page title reads 'Free for 5 Users in select regions'
Notes	This kills the obvious 'free mailbox plus IMAP fetch' chain, which is why it is recorded rather than skipped.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1 per-object-cap 25 MB

Evidence 4

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html	the free edition is 5 users at 5 GB each with 1 custom domain, and the protocol support table excludes IMAP, POP and ActiveSync from the free edition
2026-11-02	www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html	the Mail Free plan is listed as email hosting for one domain, up to 5 users and 5 GB per user with no IMAP, POP or Active Sync, and the page names no WebDAV or other protocol, so no interface term fits its webmail and app access
2026-11-02	www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html	the pricing page was captured on 2026-11-02 and lists the Mail Free plan without IMAP, POP or Active Sync
2026-11-02	www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html	the Mail Free plan still excludes IMAP, POP and Active Sync, so the free edition has no programmatic mailbox read

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stale after days	90

Unknown values 1

interface: the access interface was not established

Zoho Mail Free — 5 GB/user, up to 25 users via referral, live IMAP

Storage

www.zoho.com/mailCloud drivestorage/zoho-mail-free-5-gb-user-up-to-25-users-via-referral-livJSON compare report an error

Free allowance: Zoho's own help: "Each user is allocated 5 GB of storage under the free plan." Headcount: free plan is 5 users in select regions, expandable — press release "increasing the number of mailboxes offered with the Zoho Mail free email hosting plan, doubling it from five to ten users ... extend the...
Verdict: fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost: free tier
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: per-object-capper-object-cap 30 MB
Evidence: reported3 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	Zoho's own help: "Each user is allocated 5 GB of storage under the free plan." Headcount: free plan is 5 users in select regions, expandable — press release "increasing the number of mailboxes offered with the Zoho Mail free email hosting plan, doubling it from five to ten users ... extend the free user limit to 25 users by simply referring other customers". unit GB; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Limits	per-object-cap (binding) per-object-cap 30 MB source per-object-cap 30 MB real attachment (the 1 GB 'Huge Attachment' is a link, so it does not consume mailbox quota — it is not storage). 5 GB/user is the byte ceiling. Free plan is geo-restricted: "currently available only in selected data centers and may not be accessible in all regions."
Identity	email (inferred, not read) not published
Egress	Unmetered; mailbox service.
Per-object cap	per-object-cap 30 MB (30000000 bytes)
Retention	not stated
Interface	rest rest
Tooling	IMAP probe-verified: `imap.zoho.com:993` -> `* OK svwall.zoho.com IMAP4 Server` / `* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 ... ESEARCH LIST-EXTENDED LIST-STATUS WITHIN LITERAL- ACL CONDSTORE`. Attachments: 30 MB normal, "Huge Attachment" up to 1 GB (link-based, not stored in the mailbox).
Composes with	5 GB × 25 users = 125 GB per free organisation, × N organisations. The referral ladder is the multiplier and it is free.
Reliability	Free and paid plans cannot be mixed in one org; upgrading one user can disable the rest. Free plan availability varies by data centre.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1 per-object-cap 30 MB

Evidence 3

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.zoho.com/mail/help/mailbox-quota.html	"5 GB of storage under the free plan"
2026-10-21	www.zoho.com/news/zoho-expands-free-email-hosting-plan.html	5 -> 10 users, extendable to 25 via referrals
2026-10-21	source not published	probe: imap.zoho.com:993 -> * OK svwall.zoho.com IMAP4 Server + full CAPABILITY

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dead end {"failure_class": "quota","why": "Zoho's own help: \"Each user is allocated 5 GB of storage under the free plan.\" Headcount: free plan is 5 users in select regions, expandable — press release \"increasing the number of mailboxes offered with the Zoho Mail free email hosting plan, doubling it from five to ten users ... extend the free user limit to 25 users by simply referring other customers\".","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}

dead end	`{"failure_class": "quota","why": "Zoho's own help: \"Each user is allocated 5 GB of storage under the free plan.\" Headcount: free plan is 5 users in select regions, expandable — press release \"increasing the number of mailboxes offered with the Zoho Mail free email hosting plan, doubling it from five to ten users ... extend the free user limit to 25 users by simply referring other customers\".","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}`

Unknown values 3

per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read

zoho wiki / readthedocs / tettra

Storage

www.zoho.com/wiki/help/faq.htmlstorage/zoho-wiki-readthedocs-tettraJSON compare report an error

Free allowance: Zoho Wiki is free for 3 users but publishes no storage number anywhere in its FAQ; ReadTheDocs Community is free for open-source and publishes no storage quota only build resources: 7 GB…
Verdict: fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost: not stated
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported3 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	Zoho Wiki is free for 3 users but publishes no storage number anywhere in its FAQ; ReadTheDocs Community is free for open-source and publishes no storage quota only build resources: 7 GB… unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not recorded
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Reliability	Zoho Wiki is free for 3 users but publishes no storage number anywhere in its FAQ; ReadTheDocs Community is free for open-source and publishes no storage quota (only build resources: 7 GB…

Evidence 3

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.zoho.com/wiki/help/faq.html	Zoho Wiki is free for 3 users but publishes no storage number anywhere in its FAQ; ReadTheDocs Community is free for open-source and publishes no storage quota only build resources: 7 GB RA
2026-10-21	about.readthedocs.com/pricing/	cited as the basis of the rejection: Zoho Wiki is free for 3 users but publishes no storage number anywhere in its FAQ; ReadTheDocs Community is free for open-source and publishes no storage quota only build resources: 7 GB RA
2026-10-21	docs.readthedocs.com/platform/stable/builds.html	cited as the basis of the rejection: Zoho Wiki is free for 3 users but publishes no storage number anywhere in its FAQ; ReadTheDocs Community is free for open-source and publishes no storage quota only build resources: 7 GB RA

More fields 1

dead end	`{"failure_class": "quota","why": "Zoho Wiki is free for 3 users but publishes no storage number anywhere in its FAQ; ReadTheDocs Community is free for open-source and publishes no storage quota (only build resources: 7 GB…","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}`

Unknown values 7

chaining: no value was recorded for this field
egress terms: no value was recorded for this field
interface: the access interface was not established
per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
tooling: no value was recorded for this field

Zoho WorkDrive

Storage

www.zoho.com/workdrive/Cloud drivestorage/zoho-workdriveJSON compare report an error

Free allowance: 5 GB free forever on the Individual plan
Verdict: fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost: free tier
Identity: institution?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported2 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	5 GB free forever on the Individual plan unit GB; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Identity	institution (inferred, not read) not published
Egress	Not metered on the free individual plan; no CDN story.
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Interface	rest, rclone rest
Tooling	Native rclone backend 'zoho' (Tier 3, added v1.54, rclone.org/zoho/).
Composes with	5 GB x unlimited free Zoho accounts (one per email address, and Zoho permits many).
Reliability	Stable vendor, tiny quota; the Zoho 'one account per email' rule makes farming cheap but each unit is small.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.zoho.com/workdrive/individual-plan.html	'Everything you need to get started with 5 GB of free storage... Free / Forever - 5 GB of free storage'
2026-10-21	rclone.org/zoho/	'Zoho Workdrive... added in v1.54 [Tier 3]'

More fields 1

dead end	`{"failure_class": "quota","why": "5 GB free forever on the Individual plan","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}`

Unknown values 4

per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
retention stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read

zoho workplace free edition

Storage

www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.htmlstorage/zoho-workplace-free-editionJSON compare report an error

Free allowance: The free edition's WorkDrive team-storage number could not be pinned down on the pricing page (the 100 GB / 10 GB-per-user figures are the paid tiers).
Verdict: fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost: not stated
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported1 source; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	The free edition's WorkDrive team-storage number could not be pinned down on the pricing page (the 100 GB / 10 GB-per-user figures are the paid tiers). Not reportable as a quota without a… unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not recorded
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded

Evidence 1

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html	the text of Free tier, above

More fields 1

dead end	`{"failure_class": "quota","why": "The free edition's WorkDrive team-storage number could not be pinned down on the pricing page (the 100 GB / 10 GB-per-user figures are the paid tiers). Not reportable as a quota without a…","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}`

Unknown values 7

chaining: no value was recorded for this field
egress terms: no value was recorded for this field
interface: the access interface was not established
per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
tooling: no value was recorded for this field