# addy.io review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Email alias forwarding that hides your real address from sites Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. addy.io creates a separate email address for each site you sign up to and forwards the mail to your real inbox. You can switch any alias off, and paid plans add replies from aliases and your own domains. The code is open source and can be run on your own server. - **Category:** Email Apps - **Made by:** addy.io - **Website:** https://addy.io - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a mailbox, as it forwards to an inbox you already have and stores nothing. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, addy.io has a free plan, and paid plans start at $1 per month, billed yearly (Lite). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited standard aliases, 10 active shared domain aliases, 1 recipient, 2 alias domains and 10MB of bandwidth a month. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Unlimited standard aliases, 10 active shared domain aliases, 1 recipient and 10MB monthly bandwidth. | | Lite | $1 per month, billed yearly | 50 shared domain aliases, 1 custom domain, 5 recipients, 50 replies a day and tracking pixel blocking. | | Pro | $3 per month, billed yearly ($4 billed monthly) | Unlimited shared domain aliases and bandwidth, 20 custom domains, 30 recipients and 200 replies a day. | | Duo | $4.50 per month for 2 members, billed yearly ($6 billed monthly) | Pro for two people, each on an independent account, with optional shared custom domains. | | Family | $7.50 per month for 5 members, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly) | Pro for five people, each on an independent account, billed as one subscription. | Read from https://addy.io/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with addy.io before buying. ## Key features - **Username and random aliases:** Make up shop@yourname.anonaddy.com on the spot, or generate a random address. The alias is created when its first email arrives. - **Replies from aliases:** Reply to forwarded mail, or start a new message, without showing your real address. Paid plans only, capped at 50 or 200 a day. - **Your own domain:** Paid plans can use domains you own, with catch-all control and an option to create aliases only when they match a regex. - **Tracking pixel blocking:** Removes 1x1 tracking images from forwarded mail and links each message to a report of what was taken out. Paid plans only. - **OpenPGP encryption:** Forwarded mail can be encrypted with your public key, with the subject line hidden, on every plan. - **Apps, extensions and API:** Open-source iOS and Android apps, extensions for Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Safari, a REST API, and a self-hosting guide. ## Good for - People who want one address per website to trace and cut off spam - Privacy-minded users who prefer open-source software they can self-host - Anyone who wants aliases on a domain they own, at a low yearly price ## Worth knowing - It forwards to an inbox you already have; it is not a mailbox and does not store your mail. - The free plan allows 10MB of bandwidth a month, and replying or sending from an alias needs a paid plan. - Duo and Family are not sold through the App Store or Play Store, according to the FAQ. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. addy.io gives you unlimited standard aliases that forward to an inbox you already have, and Lite is $1 a month billed yearly. It isn't a mailbox, the free plan allows 10MB of bandwidth a month, and replying from an alias needs a paid plan. - **Value for money: A.** Lite is $1 a month billed yearly and Pro is $3, against a category whose cheaper quarter starts at $3.99. Lite is under 60% of that. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free for unlimited standard aliases, 10 shared-domain aliases and 1 recipient, but only 10MB of bandwidth a month. Replying from an alias is paid. - **Features: C.** Username and random aliases, replies, your own domain, tracking-pixel blocking, OpenPGP and an API. It does the alias job fully, but that's a smaller job than a mailbox: it forwards mail and stores none. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You point aliases at an inbox you already have, and custom domains need DNS records. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS, Android and browser extensions, with Bitwarden and Raycast connections and an API. No desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from addy.io's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among email apps - addy.io's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 39 of the 70 other email apps we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 51 of 70) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $1 a month, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 2 of the 56 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/email ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing addy.io does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company. It costs $12 a year. addy.io is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Bitwarden and Raycast among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Bitwarden, Raycast **Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Public API ## Alternatives - [SimpleLogin](https://toolgpa.com/tools/simplelogin): Open-source email aliases that forward to your own inbox. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/addyio-vs-simplelogin) - [Firefox Relay](https://toolgpa.com/tools/firefox-relay): Email and phone masks that forward to your real inbox. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/addyio-vs-firefox-relay) - [ImprovMX](https://toolgpa.com/tools/improvmx): Email forwarding and sending for custom domains. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/addyio-vs-improvmx) - [Proton Mail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/proton-mail): End-to-end encrypted email service based in Switzerland. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/addyio-vs-proton-mail) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://addy.io/ - https://addy.io/pricing/ - https://addy.io/features/ - https://addy.io/faq/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/addyio Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).