Burner Mail vs Maildrop (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 Maildrop if

• Fits if you need an address for a one-off confirmation email
• Works for developers who want a free inbox to read from code

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you need privacy, as anyone can read any inbox
• Too light for real mail, as it can't send and drops attachments
• Tight if you wait for slow mail, as an inbox keeps 10 messages and clears after 24 hours without mail
• Watch out: connections are logged, and the vendor can't say what happened to a missing email

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.

Maildrop

• Every inbox is public: the privacy policy says anyone can read any message and to send nothing sensitive.
• Maildrop cannot send email, and attachments are discarded.
• An inbox holds at most 10 messages and is cleared after 24 hours without new mail, sooner when space runs short.
• Connections are logged, and the vendor cannot say what happened to a missing email.

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.

Maildrop

No sign-up

Make up an address at maildrop.cc, give it out, then type it into the site to read the inbox.

Spam filtering

Filters from Heluna, plus greylisting, sender checks and subject checks, block most spam before it reaches an inbox.

GraphQL API

Developers can list a mailbox, read or delete a message and fetch statistics over a GraphQL endpoint.

Strict message handling

Messages must be under 500k and all attachments are removed and discarded.

Burner Mail

Pricing could not be confirmed. See burnermail.io.

Maildrop

• Free$0

  Any address at maildrop.cc, no account, 10 messages per inbox, inboxes cleared after 24 hours without mail.