---
title: "AliasFleet vs Addy.io (AnonAddy): Email Alias Alternative (2026)"
updated: "October 2026"
author: "AliasFleet Editorial Team"
reviewed_by: "Ahsan Luqman"
canonical_url: "https://www.aliasfleet.com/compare/aliasfleet-vs-addy-io"
description: "Looking for an Addy.io (AnonAddy) alternative with free alias replies? Compare AliasFleet and Addy.io across free subdomains, tracker pixel stripping, link scrubbing, Quick Send, and webhooks."
---

# AliasFleet vs Addy.io (AnonAddy)

Addy.io is an open-source alias forwarder with a low-cost Lite tier, but its free plan is receive-only. AliasFleet includes two-way alias replies and 3 subdomains on the free plan, plus tracker pixel stripping, link scrubbing, Quick Send, and webhooks on paid plans.

## Overview

Addy.io (formerly AnonAddy) is a respected open-source email forwarding service known for its clean dashboard and $1/month Lite plan. However, the Addy.io free plan only allows 10 MB of monthly bandwidth, 1 personal subdomain, and receive-only forwarding.

Free users on Addy.io cannot reply from their aliases or send new emails from an alias without upgrading. In addition, Addy.io forwards HTML message bodies without removing 1x1 tracking pixels or scrubbing tracking parameters from hyperlinks.

AliasFleet includes two-way alias replies, mail-client Send-From, 100 MB of monthly bandwidth, and 3 auto-provisioned personal subdomains on the free plan. On Pro and Business, AliasFleet adds tracker pixel stripping, link parameter scrubbing, Email X-Ray forensics, vendor leak alerts, a Quick Send web composer, and HMAC-signed webhooks.

## Feature comparison

### Core Alias Routing & Capacity

| Feature | AliasFleet | Addy.io |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Two-way alias replies on the Free plan** - Reply to forwarded emails from your personal inbox on the free tier. | Yes (Included on Free) | No (Paid plans only) |
| **Free tier subdomains & bandwidth** - Personal subdomains and monthly forwarding bandwidth on the free plan. | Yes (3 subdomains & 100 MB/mo) | Yes (1 subdomain & 10 MB/mo) |
| **Alias expiration & self-destruct TTL** - Schedule an alias to auto-expire after 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, or a custom date. | Yes (1 free / Unlimited (Pro)) | No (Manual deactivation) |

### Privacy Controls, Sanitization & Forensics

| Feature | AliasFleet | Addy.io |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Tracker pixel stripping (1x1 beacons)** - Neutralizes embedded spy pixels with a safe neutral GIF before forwarding. | Yes (Pro & Business) | No (Forwards raw HTML) |
| **Link tracker parameter scrubbing** - Strips utm_*, fbclid, gclid, and redirect tokens from forwarded links. | Yes (Pro & Business) | No (Not supported) |
| **Email X-Ray header & hop forensics** - Inspect raw MIME headers, relay delays, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC verdicts. | Yes (Pro & Business) | No (Not supported) |
| **Vendor leak detection & exposure scoring** - Flags aliases when unexpected third-party domains send mail to them. | Yes (Pro & Business (1-click fix)) | No (Not supported) |
| **PGP encryption & WKD auto-lookup** - Encrypts forwarded mail with Inline PGP or PGP/MIME and queries WKD keys. | Yes (Inline, PGP/MIME & WKD (Pro & Business)) | Yes (PGP/MIME (Free & Paid)) |

### Custom Domains, Rules & Outbound Quick Send

| Feature | AliasFleet | Addy.io |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Custom domain connections & catch-all** - Bring your own root domains with automated DNS diagnostics and catch-all. | Yes (3 (Pro) / 10 (Business)) | Yes (1 (Lite) / 20 (Pro)) |
| **Conditional routing rules & auto-replies** - Multi-condition rules with custom headers, subject tags, and canned auto-replies. | Yes (Up to 10 (Pro) / Unlimited (Biz)) | Yes (Rules engine (Paid)) |
| **Quick Send web composer** - Compose outbound emails with attachments directly from the web dashboard. | Yes (50/day (Pro) / 200/day (Biz)) | No (Mail client send-from only) |

### Developer API, Webhooks & Observability

| Feature | AliasFleet | Addy.io |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Signed HTTP webhooks & Slack/Discord cards** - HMAC-SHA256 JSON webhooks, native Slack/Discord cards, and raw MIME (Biz). | Yes (Pro (2) / Business (10)) | No (Not supported) |
| **Scoped Developer REST API** - Granular API tokens with aliases:read, aliases:write, rules:write scopes. | Yes (Business) | Yes (Account-wide API token) |

## Why look for a Addy.io alternative

### Replying from aliases on the free plan

On Addy.io, the free tier is strictly receive-only. If a company emails your alias and asks you to confirm an order or support ticket from that same address, you have to upgrade to a paid plan before you can reply.

AliasFleet includes two-way reply forwarding and mail-client Send-From on the free plan. It also provides 3 personal subdomains and 100 MB of monthly bandwidth compared to 1 subdomain and 10 MB on Addy.io Free.

### Sanitizing trackers, scrubbing links, and detecting vendor leaks

Addy.io focuses on straightforward SMTP forwarding and PGP encryption, leaving HTML tracking pixels and tracked hyperlinks untouched.

AliasFleet Pro and Business strip 1x1 tracking beacons and scrub tracking parameters (utm_*, fbclid, gclid) at the mail server before delivery. AliasFleet also calculates a privacy exposure score and alerts you when an alias assigned to one vendor starts receiving mail from unrelated domains.

### Quick Send composer, webhooks, and raw MIME automation

Addy.io offers a REST API for managing aliases and rules, which works well for basic CRUD scripts. However, it does not offer a web composer for sending emails or outbound HTTP webhooks when messages arrive.

AliasFleet Pro and Business include an in-app Quick Send web composer with attachment support, plus HMAC-SHA256 webhooks and native Slack and Discord cards. On the Business plan, webhooks can also deliver base64-encoded raw RFC 822 MIME payloads for automated ingestion pipelines.

```headers
POST /webhooks/inbound-mail HTTP/1.1
Host: api.yourcompany.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-AliasFleet-Signature: t=1761229330,v1=9f86d081884c7d659a2feaa0c55ad015a3bf4f1b2b0b822cd15d6c15b0f00a08
X-AliasFleet-Event: email.forwarded
```

## Which one fits your setup

### Choose AliasFleet if
- You want a free plan that lets you reply from your aliases and gives you 3 personal subdomains and 100 MB/mo bandwidth.
- You want 1x1 tracking pixels and link parameters stripped before messages land in your inbox.
- You want Email X-Ray header forensics, vendor leak alerts, and an in-app Quick Send web composer.
- You need HMAC-SHA256 webhooks, Slack/Discord event cards, or raw MIME payloads.

### Choose Addy.io if
- You want a $1/month Lite plan to connect a single custom domain without tracker stripping or webhooks.
- You want to self-host an open-source Laravel and Postfix stack on your own server.

## Moving a custom domain from Addy.io

1. **Export your aliases from Addy.io**: Download your alias list as a CSV from the Addy.io dashboard so you can review active addresses on your custom domain.
2. **Add your domain in AliasFleet**: Add your domain in the AliasFleet dashboard, verify your destination inbox, and recreate your aliases or enable catch-all routing.
3. **Publish AliasFleet DKIM and SPF records**: Add the af._domainkey CNAME record and include:mail.aliasfleet.com in your SPF record before changing your MX record.
4. **Switch your MX record to AliasFleet**: Replace mail.addy.io with mail.aliasfleet.com (priority 10) at your DNS registrar and click Verify in AliasFleet.

```dns
; 1. Inbound Mail Routing (Apex or Subdomain)
@               IN  MX     10 mail.aliasfleet.com.

; 2. Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
@               IN  TXT    "v=spf1 include:mail.aliasfleet.com ~all"

; 3. DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM CNAME Selector)
af._domainkey   IN  CNAME  dkim.aliasfleet.com.

; 4. DMARC Policy (Recommended)
_dmarc          IN  TXT    "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc-reports@aliasfleet.com"
```

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Can I reply from aliases on the AliasFleet free plan?
Yes. Two-way alias replies and mail-client Send-From work on all AliasFleet plans, including Free.

### How do I move a custom domain from Addy.io to AliasFleet?
Add the domain in AliasFleet, set up your aliases or catch-all rule, add the DKIM and SPF records, and then replace mail.addy.io with mail.aliasfleet.com in your MX record.

### Does AliasFleet support PGP encryption like Addy.io?
Yes. AliasFleet Pro and Business support both Inline PGP and PGP/MIME encryption per destination inbox, plus automated Web Key Directory (WKD) public key lookup.