Zoho

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

Zoho Catalyst Computecaveatemailno cardDrequest-rate
ZeptoMail (Zoho) Emailcaveatemailno cardDwrite-gated
Zoho Mail Emailcaveatemailno cardDretention-clamped
Zoho Mail Free — 5 GB/user, up to 25 users via referral, live IMAP Storagefails: quotaemailno cardRper-object-cap
zoho wiki / readthedocs / tettra Storagefails: quotaemail?card?R
Zoho WorkDrive Storagefails: quotainstitutionno cardR
zoho workplace free edition Storagefails: quotaemail?card?R

Zoho Catalyst Compute

caveatemailno cardDrequest-rate

catalyst.zoho.com/free-tier/ · serverless runtime · compute/zoho-catalyst · JSON · compare

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
Per-object cap	not applicable
Retention	not applicable
Egress	not stated
Identity	email not published
Limits	request-rate 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 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.
Binding	request-rate 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.
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.
Evidence rung	documented
Checked	2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-21
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:request-rate 900.0 GB

Evidence (4)

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

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  "free_tier_kind": "perpetual-monthly",
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   "ram_gib": null,
   "gpu_class": null,
   "gpu_count": 0
  }
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (9)

$.egress.metered egress-unknown
$.egress.terms not-stated
$.identity_cost.detail process
$.per_object_cap.notes process
$.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable
$.reliability_note none-observed
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-applicable
$.tooling not-stated

ZeptoMail (Zoho) Email

caveatemailno cardDwrite-gated

www.zoho.com/zeptomail/pricing.html · transactional sender · email/zeptomail · JSON · compare

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
Per-object cap	not applicable
Retention	credits expire 6 months after purchase and do not refill
Egress	not applicable: an outbound sender
Identity	email an account and a validated sending domain
Limits	write-gated 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.
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
Evidence rung	documented
Checked	2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-22

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 Email

caveatemailno cardDretention-clamped

www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html · mailbox · email/zoho-mail · JSON · compare

Free tier	5 users, 5 GB each, 1 custom domain, 25 MB attachment limit unit GB; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	25 MB attachment limit, 5 GB per mailbox (26214400 bytes)
Retention	5 GB per mailbox
Egress	not applicable
Identity	email an account with the domain's MX records pointed at Zoho
Limits	retention-clamped 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; the client's hard filter is programmatic access.
Interface	webdav 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.
Evidence rung	documented
Checked	2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-22
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[1].value` limit:per-object-cap 25.0 MB

Evidence (1)

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

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{
 "stale_after_days": 90
}

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

fails: quotaemailno cardRper-object-cap

www.zoho.com/mail · cloud-drive · storage/zoho-mail-free-5-gb-user-up-to-25-users-via-referral-liv · JSON · compare

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
Per-object cap	per-object-cap 30 MB (30000000 bytes)
Retention	not stated
Egress	Unmetered; mailbox service.
Identity	email derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: gions, 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
Limits	per-object-cap 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."
Binding	per-object-cap the per-object cap sets the shard size and therefore the object count; it bounds the total more tightly than any headline quota
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.
Notes	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".
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04
Parsed numbers	`$.limits[0].value` limit:per-object-cap 30.0 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	withheld	probe: imap.zoho.com:993 -> * OK svwall.zoho.com IMAP4 Server + full CAPABILITY

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  "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 or withheld values (6)

$.evidence[2].url private-url
$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted

zoho wiki / readthedocs / tettra Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?R

www.zoho.com/wiki/help/faq.html · rejected-provider · storage/zoho-wiki-readthedocs-tettra · JSON · compare

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 RA unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not recorded
Retention	not recorded
Egress	not recorded
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Composes with	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 RA
Notes	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
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

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

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  "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 RA",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (15)

$.chaining not-recorded
$.confidence_note withheld
$.egress.terms not-recorded
$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.interface interface-unknown
$.interface_detail withheld
$.limits_note process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
$.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-recorded
$.tooling not-recorded

Zoho WorkDrive Storage

fails: quotainstitutionno cardR

www.zoho.com/workdrive/ · cloud-drive · storage/zoho-workdrive · JSON · compare

Free tier	5 GB free forever on the Individual plan unit GB; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	Not metered on the free individual plan; no CDN story.
Identity	institution derived from the record's prose, not from an identity field, and no signup was executed: rmits many). 5 GB; team plans are 15-day trials, not free; API is throttled per Zoho account. cloud-drive
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
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.
Notes	5 GB free forever on the Individual plan
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

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]'

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

Unknown or withheld values (6)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted

zoho workplace free edition Storage

fails: quotaemail?card?R

www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html · rejected-provider · storage/zoho-workplace-free-edition · JSON · compare

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 li unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not recorded
Retention	not recorded
Egress	not recorded
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Binding	none no constraint of a named kind was recorded; the verdict rests on the quota sentence rather than on a named limit
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded
Composes with	not recorded
Reliability	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 li
Notes	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 li
Evidence rung	reported
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (1)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html	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 li

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  "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 li",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (15)

$.chaining not-recorded
$.confidence_note withheld
$.egress.terms not-recorded
$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.identity_cost.detail defaulted
$.identity_cost.kind identity-defaulted
$.interface interface-unknown
$.interface_detail withheld
$.limits_note process
$.per_object_cap.notes not-recorded
$.per_object_cap.stated not-recorded
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-recorded
$.tooling not-recorded