Burner Mail vs Shroud.email
Burner Mail
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| Figure | Burner Mail | Shroud.email |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $24.99/mo | $2.92/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 4 |
| Spec score · Email Alias Services | 7.9 (#13) | 8.7 (#5) |
| Alias controls | Users can disable an alias to stop its mail or delete it, and deleted aliases cannot be recovered. | You can delete or disable an alias, or block a specific sender. |
| API | Burner Mail publishes a beta API reference with endpoints to list, create, and delete burner addresses. | The API can manage aliases and discover custom domains, and uses bearer-token authorization. |
| Custom domains | The custom-domain offering supports up to 100 domain names and up to 100 aliases per domain. | Paid accounts can use owned domains, configure catch-all aliases, and recreate those addresses elsewhere later. |
| Headquarters | Romania | The operator’s registered office is Third Floor, 3 Hill Street, New Town, Edinburgh, EH2 3JP. |
| Hosting | The privacy policy says the production server is hosted in the United States on Akamai Cloud infrastructure. | The maker says the hosted service is EU-hosted on renewable energy; its privacy notice identifies Hetzner in Germany as hosting provider. |
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Burner Mail
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Shroud.email
Shroud.email creates email aliases that forward incoming messages to your real inbox, keeping the real address private. It removes tracking pixels from forwarded mail and proxies email images through its servers. You can delete or disable aliases and block individual senders, and the service says it works with all email providers, including Gmail and Proton Mail. Paid users can attach custom domains, configure catch-all aliases, and recreate those addresses elsewhere if they leave. The API manages aliases and discovers custom domains with bearer-token authorization. The project is open source under AGPL v3 and includes a Docker Compose deployment for self-hosting. Self-hosting requires a public server with ports 25, 80, and 443 open, plus keys for S3-compatible storage. Detected spam remains viewable in the web portal for seven days. The hosted service is EU-hosted on renewable energy. The Free plan costs nothing and includes five aliases and tracker blocking; the paid plan has no listed price and renews annually.