ImprovMX review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Email forwarding and sending for custom domains
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ImprovMX report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for email forwarding for your own domain
ImprovMX forwards mail sent to your own domain to an inbox you already have, free for 1 domain and 25 aliases. It isn't a mailbox and the free plan has no sending or rules. Sending starts at Light for $50 a year.
Who ImprovMX is for
- 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
Who ImprovMX is not for
- 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
Why ImprovMX gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyFree for 1 domain, 25 aliases and 500 forwarded emails a day, and Light is $50 a year, about $4.17 a month. Sending isn't in the free plan.
- BFree plan and trial1 domain, 25 aliases, 500 forwards a day, 7-day logs and API access for nothing. One person could live on it, as long as they don't need to send.
- CFeaturesAlias forwarding, sending from your domain, routing rules, logs and webhooks, and an API. It does forwarding fully, but that's a smaller job than a mailbox, and sending needs Light.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You change your domain's DNS records to point mail at it.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with an API and webhooks. No integrations list, phone app or desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ImprovMX's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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ImprovMX's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 26 of the 70 other email apps we grade, and level with 12.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 47 of 70) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $4.17 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 26 of the 56 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 27 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 71 email apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. ImprovMX’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 35 of 70, level with 15
- BFree plan and trialAbove 47 of 70, level with 7
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 70, level with 44
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 70, level with 48
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 5 of 70, level with 19
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 67 email apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep ImprovMX, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace ImprovMX you would be making mail servers with a good name among inbox providers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $50 a year.
What you could not
- Mail servers with a good name among inbox providers.
- Filters that read every message as it arrives.
- An API that other software can build on.
What this rests on. ImprovMX’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is ImprovMX?
ImprovMX forwards mail sent to addresses on your own domain to an existing inbox, and paid plans add sending from those addresses over SMTP or an API. It supports catch-all and regex aliases, routing rules, webhooks and email logs. A free plan covers one domain. The company says it has operated since 2013.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
ImprovMX pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, ImprovMX has a free plan, and paid plans start at $50 per year (Light, up to 5 domains).
- Starts at
- $50 per year (Light, up to 5 domains)
- Free plan
- 1 domain, 25 aliases, 500 forwarded emails a day, 7-day email logs and API access. No SMTP sending.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 domain, 25 aliases, 500 forwarded emails a day, 7-day logs, API access and standard support. |
| Light | $50per year, up to 5 domains | 25 aliases per domain, 150,000 forwarded and 750 SMTP-sent emails a month, 5 rules per domain. |
| Premium | $9per month, up to 30 domains | 100 aliases per domain, 150,000 forwarded and 12,000 SMTP-sent emails a month, webhooks. |
| Pro | $24per month, up to 100 domains | 200 aliases per domain, 450,000 forwarded and 60,000 SMTP-sent emails a month, 50 rules per domain. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited domains, aliases and sending, a dedicated account manager and support SLAs. |
Read from improvmx.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ImprovMX before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount15% off yearly billing
Yearly billing costs $90 for Premium and $240 for Pro, which the pricing page labels as 15% off.
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Common questions
Does ImprovMX have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. ImprovMX is listed for Web.
Does ImprovMX have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. ImprovMX is listed for Web.
Is ImprovMX open source?
ImprovMX is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does ImprovMX have an API?
Yes. ImprovMX offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.