Burner Mail vs ImprovMX (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Burner Mail if

• Fits if you want a different forwarding address for each sign-up
• Works for people who want to cut off one sender without changing their real address

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want to try it free, as new users must pay before creating burners
• Skip it if you want to see prices first, as none are shown publicly
• Not for you if you want open source, as the code is private
• Watch out: the vendor doesn't recommend sending passwords or card numbers through it
• Watch out: payments go through a reseller under its own terms

Pick ImprovMX if

• Fits if you have a domain and want its mail to land in an inbox you already use
• Works for people who send from their own domain and want plans from $50 a year

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a mailbox or email client, as it only forwards
• Tight if you stay free: no SMTP sending and no rules
• Watch out: forwarding stops if a daily or monthly limit is hit until it resets or you upgrade
• Watch out: Enterprise is sold through contact only

Burner Mail

• Pricing is not shown on the public site; plans are chosen after creating an account, so no price is recorded here.
• The vendor removed its public free plan, so new users must pay before creating burners, while existing free accounts keep their current limits.
• The source code is private, and the vendor says it does not recommend sending sensitive data such as passwords or card numbers through the service.
• Payments are handled by an online reseller and merchant of record under its own terms.

ImprovMX

• ImprovMX forwards mail; it does not host mailboxes or provide a mail client.
• The Free plan has no SMTP sending and no rules; sending needs Light or higher.
• Forwarding stops if a daily or monthly limit is hit until it resets or you upgrade.
• Enterprise is sold through contact only.

Burner Mail

One-click burner addresses

The Chrome and Firefox extension adds an icon to email fields and generates a new address for that site.

Block, disable or delete

Any burner can be turned off or deleted from the web app or the extension if a sender turns abusive or sells your address.

Replies from a burner address

Replies pass through the vendor's servers so the recipient sees the burner address, not your personal one.

Spam quarantine

Suspected spam is held for review and deleted after 14 days if you do not release it; the FAQ says quarantine is on every plan.

Multiple recipients and custom domains

A burner can forward to several inboxes, and burners can be recreated on verified private domains.

ImprovMX

Alias forwarding

Forwards mail from addresses on your domain to one or several destinations, with catch-all and regex aliases, or to a webhook.

Sending from your domain

Paid plans send over SMTP or a JSON send API using the custom domain, within monthly send limits.

Routing rules

Customizable rules control how incoming email is routed; the number of rules rises by plan.

Logs and webhooks

Email logs help trace missing messages, with retention from 7 days to 180 days on paid plans; webhooks are paid-only.

Public API

An API key lets you create domains and aliases and view logs programmatically, on every plan including Free.

Burner Mail

Pricing could not be confirmed. See burnermail.io.

ImprovMX

• Free$0

  1 domain, 25 aliases, 500 forwarded emails a day, 7-day logs, API access and standard support.

• Light$50

  per year, up to 5 domains

  25 aliases per domain, 150,000 forwarded and 750 SMTP-sent emails a month, 5 rules per domain.

• Premium$9

  per month, up to 30 domains

  100 aliases per domain, 150,000 forwarded and 12,000 SMTP-sent emails a month, webhooks.

• Pro$24

  per month, up to 100 domains

  200 aliases per domain, 450,000 forwarded and 60,000 SMTP-sent emails a month, 50 rules per domain.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited domains, aliases and sending, a dedicated account manager and support SLAs.

Burner Mail

No public discounts listed.

ImprovMX

• Annual discount

  15% off yearly billing

  Yearly billing costs $90 for Premium and $240 for Pro, which the pricing page labels as 15% off.