Outlook.com
Free (Microsoft 365 Basic for more space) from Free. Based in United States.
Last checked 22 October 2026
How these stars are worked out. Commission never changes a star.
Key facts
- Cheapest plan
- Free (Microsoft 365 Basic for more space)
Free - Free plan
- Yes, 15 GB
- Storage
- 15 GB
- Your own domain
- No
- End-to-end encryption
- No
- Company based in
- United States
- Your data is kept in
- United States and worldwide
- Founded
- 1996
- Free trial
- Free
- Funded by advertising
- Yes, or its parent company is
- Works in any mail app
- ✓ IMAP and SMTP
- Calendar and contacts
- ✓ Yes
- Aliases
- Yes
- Open-source apps
- No
- Sign up without ID
- No
- White label
- No
- Reader offer
- None
From our records, not yet confirmed: paid personal plan prices
Outlook.com email addresses end in @outlook.com, @hotmail.com, @live.com, @msn.com, @passport.com, @windowslive.com, @hotmail.co.uk, @live.co.uk, @hotmail.fr, @live.fr, @outlook.fr, @hotmail.de, @live.de, @outlook.de, @hotmail.it, @live.it, @outlook.it, @hotmail.es, @live.nl, @hotmail.nl, @outlook.es, @live.ca, @hotmail.ca, @live.com.au, @hotmail.com.au, @outlook.com.au, @live.ie, @hotmail.be, @live.be, @hotmail.com.br, @outlook.com.br, @outlook.jp, @hotmail.co.jp, @live.jp, @outlook.in, @live.in.
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Trust score
Still being checked
My Trust score counts only things Outlook.com controls: reliability, abuse handling, email security, account security, transparency, fair dealing and support. It doesn't change the stars above. I'll show a score once I've had a week of my own checks. So far 1.6 points are confirmed. How it's worked out
Reliability 0 of 1
- Website uptime over 30 daysFrom my hourly checks. 99% or more scores in full, 98% scores 0.75, 97% scores 0.5 and 95% scores 0.25. Needs a week of checks.Not checked yet: 0/1
Abuse and reputation 0 of 0.75
- Mail servers kept off blocklists for 30 daysFrom my daily checks of the free blocklists. A listing only counts if I see it on two separate days.Not checked yet: 0/0.5
- Publishes a way to report abuseNot checked yet: 0/0.25
Email security on its own domain 0.6 of 1
- DMARC set to rejectFrom my DNS checks of the domain its mail comes from.No: 0/0.4
- MTA-STS, so mail to it can't be quietly downgradedFrom my DNS checks.Yes: 0.2/0.2
- DNSSEC on its domainFrom my DNS checks.Yes: 0.2/0.2
- Website on HTTPS with HSTSFrom my website checks.Yes: 0.2/0.2
Account security 0.5 of 0.5
- Two-step sign-inYes: 0.25/0.25
- PasskeysYes: 0.25/0.25
Transparency 0 of 0.75
- A security contact (security.txt or a security page)Not checked yet: 0/0.25
- A transparency report, or a published policy on government requestsNot checked yet: 0/0.25
- A published security audit, or a bug bountyNot checked yet: 0/0.25
Fair dealing 0.5 of 0.5
- You can copy all your mail out with any mail app (IMAP)Yes: 0.25/0.25
- You can cancel online SourceYes: 0.25/0.25
Support 0 of 0.5
- A way to reach a person, listed on its websiteNot checked yet: 0/0.25
- A public status pageNot checked yet: 0/0.25
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Plans
2 plans
Prices as listed when I checked, before any tax. Dollar and euro prices are what the provider charges.
Before you sign up
3 of 7 checked
- Taking your email with you
- Unknown Suggest an edit
- How to cancel
- Cancel Microsoft 365 from your Microsoft account. You keep using it until the date you've paid up to. If you bought it through Apple, Google Play or a shop, cancel with them Their page ↗
- Refunds
- A refund if you cancel within 30 days of first buying, or before your first renewal, whichever comes first. You can also get your latest renewal back if you cancel within 30 days of paying, once per account Their page ↗
- Minimum term
- Unknown Suggest an edit
- Price when it renews
- Unknown Suggest an edit
- After you close your account
- After you cancel Microsoft 365, your storage drops back to the free 15 GB for Outlook.com email and 5 GB for OneDrive and attachments Their page ↗
- Getting help
- Unknown Suggest an edit
Taken from Outlook.com's own pages. Policies change, so check their page before you pay.
Reviews
Google Play 4.3
Google Play (UK)
4.3 out of 5
From 10,710,110 ratings, Microsoft Outlook, Android app, checked 31 October 2026
See the app on Google Play ↗
These are other people's ratings, taken from each site on the date shown. They don't change my stars, which come only from the facts.
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Features
12 of 22 offered, 3 still to check
- Your own domainNo
- Works in any mail app (IMAP)✓ Yes
- Calendar and contacts✓ Yes
- Open sourceNo
- White label (resell as your own)No
- Two-step sign-in✓ Yes
- Passkeys✓ Yes
- PGP encryptionNo
- Password-protected email to anyoneUnknown Suggest an edit
- Catch-all addressNo
- Filters and rules✓ Yes
- Sieve filtersNo
- Auto-reply✓ Yes
- Scheduled send✓ Yes
- Undo send✓ Yes
- Import from another provider✓ Yes
- Mobile apps✓ Yes
- Desktop app✓ Yes
- POP3✓ Yes
- CalDAV and CardDAV syncNo
- JMAPNo
- Tor (onion) addressNo
- Pay with cash or cryptoNo
- Export all your mailUnknown Suggest an edit
- API✓ Yes
- AI features✓ Yes
- Single sign-on (SSO)Unknown Suggest an edit
Policies and contacts
0 of 5 found
- Privacy policy
- Unknown Suggest an edit
- Acceptable use policy
- Unknown Suggest an edit
- Terms of service
- Unknown Suggest an edit
- Report abuse
- Unknown Suggest an edit
- Contact
- Unknown Suggest an edit
Track record
No known breaches
- Known data breaches
- ✓ None on record for outlook.com
From public sources, last read on 31 October 2026: breaches from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0), which lists breaches of the provider's own site, not of every account that uses it; incidents as the provider reports them. None of this changes my stars.
Company and servers
Founded, owner, servers, uptime and blocklists
- Founded
- 1996
- Domain first registered
- 1994 (outlook.com)
- Website hosted in
- United States (Microsoft Corporation)
Only the website. Where your mail is kept is under Your data is kept in. - Mail servers
- United States (Microsoft Corporation)
outlook-com.olc.protection.outlook.com - Mail security records
- SPF strict (-all) · DMARC monitoring only · MTA-STS ✓ · TLS reporting ✓
- Blocklists
- ✓ Not listed on the 12 lists I check, for 4 of its mail servers
- Name servers run by
- Microsoft Azure
- DNSSEC
- ✓ Signed
- IPv6
- ✓ website
- Website certificate
- DigiCert Inc · TLS 1.3
- Home page answered in
- 57 ms · HTTPS with HSTS
My automatic checks last ran on 31 October 2026. Server countries come from their IP addresses (IP geolocation by DB-IP), and big providers often run servers in many countries. Blocklists are the free lists that answer public look-ups.
Outlook.com home page
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News
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Price history
1 price since 22 October 2026
Cheapest plan per month, in pounds. Prices charged in dollars or euros are converted at a rough rate. Every change I find is added here with its date.
- 22 October 2026 Free, when I checked
No earlier prices yet. The history starts from my first check.
Sources
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