# SimpleLogin review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Open-source email aliases that forward to your own inbox Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. SimpleLogin lets you create an alias for each website so your real address stays private, and forwards the mail to your inbox. Premium adds custom domains and sending from an alias. It is open source, can be self-hosted, and is made by Proton. - **Category:** Email Apps - **Made by:** Proton AG - **Website:** https://simplelogin.io - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free, as it is 10 aliases and 1 mailbox. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, SimpleLogin has a free plan, and paid plans start at $36 per year ($4 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 10 aliases, 1 mailbox, unlimited bandwidth, replies from an alias, browser extensions and mobile apps. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 10 aliases, 1 mailbox, unlimited bandwidth and replies from an alias. | | Premium | $36 per year ($4 billed monthly) | Unlimited aliases and custom domains, catch-all, 5 subdomains, unlimited mailboxes and PGP encryption. | Read from https://simplelogin.io/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with SimpleLogin before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Discounts for students and charities** (Education): The pricing page says it gives discounts or free Premium to educational staff and students, activists, journalists and charities, by email request. Source: https://simplelogin.io/pricing/ ## Key features - **Aliases per site:** Create an alias for each account so a breach or a spam list exposes that alias only. The free plan allows 10. - **Reply from the alias:** Answer forwarded mail without exposing your address. Starting a new email from an alias needs Premium. - **Custom domains and catch-all:** Premium lets you bring your own domains, set a catch-all rule, and use subdomains and directories or usernames. - **PGP encryption:** Premium can encrypt forwarded mail with your PGP key before it reaches your mailbox. - **Apps and extensions:** Extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Safari, iOS and Android apps, TOTP and WebAuthn sign-in, and Sign in with SimpleLogin. - **Proton Pass features:** Both plans include Proton Pass, with its premium features (vaults, 2FA authenticator) bundled into Premium. ## Good for - People who want per-site addresses and a Proton-run service - Users who want to bring their own domain for aliases - Self-hosters who want to run the open-source code themselves ## Worth knowing - The free plan stops at 10 aliases and 1 mailbox; custom domains and catch-all need Premium. - It forwards to an inbox you already have and does not host a mailbox. - There is no family plan, only a 30% reduction on extra subscriptions on request, and no refunds. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. SimpleLogin gives each site its own alias that forwards to the inbox you already have. The free plan stops at 10 aliases and 1 mailbox, custom domains and catch-all need Premium at $36 a year, and it does not host a mailbox, so you still need one somewhere else. - **Value for money: B.** Premium is $36 a year, $3 a month, inside the cheaper quarter of email tools, which starts at $3.99 a month. Monthly billing is $4. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free covers 10 aliases, 1 mailbox, unlimited bandwidth and replies from an alias. You will hit the 10 quickly if you give every site its own. - **Features: C.** Forwards and replies from aliases, with PGP on Premium. It does not host a mailbox, and custom domains and catch-all sit on Premium. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect your real inbox and install the extension or app before it does anything. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone, Android and browser extensions, plus Proton Pass features. No desktop app on the listing. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from SimpleLogin'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 - SimpleLogin'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 value for money (B, above 35 of 70) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $3 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 14 of the 56 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 8 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 SimpleLogin does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 2 things listed below take a company. It costs $36 a year. SimpleLogin 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, Proton Pass 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 Proton Pass **Tags:** Open source, Self-hostable, Public API ## Alternatives - [addy.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/addyio): Email alias forwarding that hides your real address from sites. [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/firefox-relay-vs-simplelogin) - [ImprovMX](https://toolgpa.com/tools/improvmx): Email forwarding and sending for custom domains. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/improvmx-vs-simplelogin) - [Proton Mail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/proton-mail): End-to-end encrypted email service based in Switzerland. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/proton-mail-vs-simplelogin) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://simplelogin.io/pricing/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/simplelogin Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).