vs DuckDuckGo Email Protection
Free, unlimited, and genuinely good. If you want the honest version: for a lot of people this is the right answer and there is no reason to pay us.
What it does well
Free with no cap. Make as many @duck.com addresses as you like.
Tracker removal. They strip trackers out of forwarded mail, which is a real feature we do not currently offer, and it addresses a problem most people do not know they have.
No cost, no subscription, no payment details. Hard to argue with.
Where it stops
One destination. All of it forwards to the address you registered. No per-alias routing.
No custom domains. Everything is @duck.com, which means every address you
hand out depends on DuckDuckGo continuing to run this service and continuing to
run it for you. You cannot take those addresses anywhere.
Replies are limited. Replying works through their system, in the shape they have designed. It is not a general "use this alias from any mail client" arrangement.
Free means you are not the customer. DuckDuckGo makes money from search advertising, and email forwarding is a cost centre that exists to keep you in their ecosystem. That is a coherent business and it is not one where you have any leverage if priorities change.
What we do differently
Custom domains and catch-all, so your addresses survive us. Per-alias destinations. Reply from any client. Inbox-only aliases, so you can have addresses with no forwarding destination at all. Anonymous signup and payment. Open source.
What they do better
It is free, it is unlimited, and the tracker removal is a genuine advantage. If you have one mailbox, do not own a domain, and want to stop handing out your real address today at no cost, use theirs.
Come back when you want to own the addresses.
Last checked: August 2026.
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