AnonAddy vs Postal
A side-by-side comparison of AnonAddy and Postal — pricing, license, deployment, and where each tool wins.
AnonAddy
anonaddy.com
Email forwarding service for creating aliases.
Postal
docs.postalserver.io
Complete and fully featured mail server for use by websites & web servers.
| Feature | AnonAddy | Postal |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Model | Open-source | Open-source |
| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Deployment | Self-hosted | Self-hosted, Cloud |
| Category | Communication - Email - Complete Solutions | Communication - Email - Complete Solutions |
| Self-hosted | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Free tier | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
Pick AnonAddy if…
- ✓You prefer AnonAddy's feature set or ecosystem fit.
Pick Postal if…
- ✓You prefer Postal's feature set or ecosystem fit.
16–60hhigh risk
Treat as a project — 16-60 engineering hours plus user training and parallel-run period.
Export from AnonAddy: mbox, IMAP
2 things to watch
- ⚠DNS / MX cutover window
- ⚠Spam reputation reset