Alternatives to Burner Mail
Browser-extension email aliasing with reply and custom domain support
Burner Mail ranks #10 of 10 in Email alias services, with an Alt Score of 30. It is sold by subscription and available on Web and Browser extension. 7 of 9 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Burner Mail is a browser-extension-driven email alias service that auto-fills disposable forwarding addresses on signup forms, supports replying from an alias through the user's normal inbox, and offers one custom domain on its paid plan. It targets users who want lightweight, on-the-fly alias creation without switching email clients.
People who want to avoid handing out their real email address when signing up for websites, using a browser extension and web app to generate disposable forwarding addresses instead.
A Chrome/Firefox browser extension plus a web dashboard that create a unique 'burner' address per website, forward incoming mail to your real inbox, let you reply without revealing your real address, add multiple recipients to a burner, and disable or delete a burner to stop unwanted mail. As of June 2026 new accounts require a paid subscription; there is no public free tier for new signups.
Burner Mail generates each address on domains it controls (e.g. [email protected]) and forwards incoming email to the user's real inbox without storing the message content. Outgoing replies are routed back through Burner Mail's servers and re-sent so the recipient sees only the burner address, and users can disable or permanently delete a compromised burner from the extension or web app to immediately stop further forwarding.
Why people leave Burner Mail
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Ranked alternatives
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Forward Email is a fully open-source email forwarding provider that lets users send and receive mail as unlimited aliases on their own custom domains, with IMAP/POP3/SMTP support.
33mail is a long-running (since 2011) email aliasing service that generates unlimited disposable forwarding addresses to protect a user's real inbox, with anonymous reply and a Chrome extension.
AliasVault is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted password manager with a built-in email alias generator and mail server, positioned explicitly as an open-source alternative to SimpleLogin.
ImprovMX is a widely used email forwarding service that turns a custom domain into unlimited catch-all-capable aliases forwarding to any inbox, with a generous free tier and paid plans adding SMTP sen.
Feature comparison
How Burner Mail compares with its alternatives, feature by feature.
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Every fact and feature listed for Burner Mail is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Subscription verified 2026-07-30
As of 27 Jun 2026 new signups require a paid plan; existing free users keep grandfathered limits per the same post.
We've made a difficult call: Burner Mail is removing the public Free plan and moving forward with a paid-only offering.
https://burnermail.io/blog/why-were-removing-burner-mails-free-plan/ -
Status active verified 2026-07-30
Blog post dated 27 June 2026 (one month before research date) shows active product/business decisions.
So we're choosing focus. By removing the public Free plan, we can spend more time and resources on the people who rely on Burner Mail every day.
https://burnermail.io/blog/why-were-removing-burner-mails-free-plan/ -
Platforms Web, Browser extension verified 2026-07-30
Official Chrome Web Store listing (Developer field links back to https://burnermail.io/) confirms the browser extension. The web application/dashboard is separately confirmed at https://burnermail.io/
Detects email fields as you browse and fills them with a burner email address that forwards to your personal email address 😎
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/burner-emails-easy-fast-d/dnnmaoecogobjdiieopljefemjdkkaja -
Custom domains No verified 2026-07-30
FAQ describes addresses as generated on Burner Mail's own domains (e.g. nicoric.com); no page on the site offers adding a user-owned domain.
The custom email addresses (burner emails) are generated by our service using specific domains in a format like [email protected].
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Reply from alias Yes verified 2026-07-30
Will my identity be disclosed if I reply to a forwarded email? No. Burner Mail will preprocess the sent email and attach the burner address as the sender of the email.
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Browser extension Yes verified 2026-07-30
Official Chrome Web Store listing; its Developer field links back to https://burnermail.io/, confirming this is the vendor's own extension (also linked from burnermail.io/blog and addons.mozilla.org f
Detects email fields as you browse and fills them with a burner email address that forwards to your personal email address 😎
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/burner-emails-easy-fast-d/dnnmaoecogobjdiieopljefemjdkkaja -
Self-hostable No verified 2026-07-30
Vendor operates the service itself on AWS; no self-hosting option is offered or documented anywhere on the site.
We protect your data by encrypting it and storing it exclusively in secure hosting facilities provided by Amazon Web Services.
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Open source No verified 2026-07-30
"Open Startup" refers to public revenue/user-metrics transparency (MRR chart), not published source code. No LICENSE file or product repository was found; the site does not link to a GitHub repo.
We're an Open Startup. We operate fully transparent and share our metrics, so here is our data.
https://burnermail.io/open -
PGP encryption No verified 2026-07-30
FAQ's security section enumerates TLS, SPF, and DKIM as the encryption/security measures used; PGP is not mentioned anywhere on the site.
We also use the TLS protocol to encrypt all emails, and SPF and DKIM for email security.
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Free tier limits No verified 2026-07-30
Existing free users keep their prior free limits ("Existing free users will keep their current free limits" per same post), but no free tier is offered to new signups as of the research date (30 Jul 2
But new users will need to upgrade before creating burners or mailboxes.
https://burnermail.io/blog/why-were-removing-burner-mails-free-plan/
FAQ
Yes. SimpleLogin, addy.io and Forward Email have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
SimpleLogin, addy.io and Forward Email — every license claim links its source.