Alternatives
Alternatives to Firefox Relay
Honestly: if you just want to stop handing your real address to a few websites, Relay already does that cheaply and you do not need to switch. This page is about the cases it was not built for.
Where you are
You are probably running into these
No disposable tier
Relay masks are permanent by design, which suits accounts you keep. There is no mode for an address that takes one code and disappears without cleanup.
Not built for provisioning at volume
Kitting out dozens of storefronts or accounts means creating masks one at a time. That workflow was never the target.
Tied to a Mozilla account and to regional availability
It needs a Mozilla account, and the paid tier is unavailable in some countries. Rarely an issue for personal use; potentially one for cross-border work.
Mechanism
They are built for different people
Relay is a well-made personal privacy tool. The free tier went from 5 masks to 50 in mid-2026, and the paid tier is roughly $12 a year for unlimited masks plus custom subdomains and phone masking — measured against what an individual needs, that is hard to fault. If your requirement is “stop giving websites my real address”, it already solves that and switching gains you nothing. The dividing line is scale and the shape of the address. Cross-border operations need dozens provisioned in one pass, a choice between disposable and long-lived depending on the case, issuance on a domain they own so platform domain checks pass, and those addresses grouped and forwarded by business line. None of that is what Relay set out to do — not a shortcoming, just a different target. Pick the tool that matches how you actually work, not the longer feature list.
What to do
Step by step
- 01
Sort out which accounts are worth moving
Personal subscriptions, forums and shopping can stay where they are. What is worth moving are the business accounts: the ones needing bulk, a custom domain, or group management.
- 02
Receive on the new address once first
Create the new alias and confirm it receives mail while the old mask is still alive, then change the binding on each platform. Doing it the other way round is how people lock themselves out.
- 03
Change one platform at a time
Move one important account first and watch it for a few days — codes, password resets, billing notices all arriving — before touching the rest.
- 04
Do not delete the old masks yet
Keep them as a safety net for a while. Some platforms only mail quarterly, and deleting early loses exactly those.
Watch out
Easy things to miss
The free tier is no longer 5 masks
Plenty of comparison articles still say “only 5 masks free”. That was true before mid-2026; it is 50 now. Treat any comparison table with the old figure as out of date.
They can coexist
This is not an either-or. Relay for personal, NexMask for business is a perfectly natural split; there is no prize for consolidating.
Confirm delivery before you migrate
True of any alias migration: verify the new address actually receives mail before changing the address on any account.
FAQ
Questions about this case
How many masks does Firefox Relay give for free?
Fifty as of mid-2026, up from five. The paid tier runs about $12 a year for unlimited masks, and includes custom subdomains and phone masking.
So is there any reason to switch?
For personal use, no. It becomes worth considering when you need disposable addresses, bulk provisioning across dozens of accounts, or issuance on your own domain to satisfy platform checks.
Can I keep aliases on both?
Yes, and they do not interfere. They are separate sets of addresses with separately configured destinations.
Will I lose mail during migration?
Not if you go in this order: create the new address, verify it receives, change the binding, and keep the old one alive for a while. Reversing that order is what loses mail.
The features this case uses
Other situations
Start with one address
Free users can take a disposable address with no signup and no phone number. Long-lived aliases and custom domains are for the accounts you intend to keep.