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T10 Minute Mail vs Firefox Relay
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose 10 Minute Mail if…
- you're in its core audience: privacy-minded web users, people signing up for free trials
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Choose Firefox Relay if…
- you're in its core audience: privacy-conscious individuals, firefox users
Side by side
Feature 10 Minute Mail Firefox Relay
PlatformsWebWeb, Chrome
CategoryTemporary emailEmail & phone aliases
Companysince 2006Mozilla
Full feature lists
1 10 Minute Mail
- Instant disposable email address with no registration
- 10-minute countdown with a reset button you can press repeatedly
- Inbox shown directly in the browser
- Address and messages deleted when the timer ends
- Messages kept in memory only, not written to disk
- No IP address logging, according to the site
F Firefox Relay
- Random email masks that forward to your real inbox
- Masked phone number that forwards calls and texts
- Removal of email trackers from forwarded mail
- Blocking of promotional emails while keeping receipts
- Personal mozmail.com subdomain for instant masks
- Anonymous replies to emails and texts
- Dashboard to label, create and block masks
- Browser extension for creating masks on any site
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
10 Minute Mail · 10minutemail.com
Firefox Relay · relay.firefox.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
10 Minute Mail
FreeFree
Firefox Relay
Limited email protectionFree
Email protection$1.99/mo or $0.99/mo billed yearly ($11.88/yr)
Email & phone protection$4.99/mo or $3.99/mo billed yearly ($47.88/yr)
Add VPN protection$6.99/mo billed yearly ($83.88/yr)
Strengths and limitations
10 Minute Mail
- Completely free with no signup
- Timer can be extended as many times as needed
- Site says mail is stored in memory only and IPs are not logged
- Has been running since 2006
- Addresses expire, so they can't be used to recover accounts
- The site advises against using it for banking or important accounts
- Standard email delivery isn't end-to-end encrypted
Firefox Relay
- Free tier includes 5 email masks and tracker removal
- Source code is public on GitHub
- Combines email and phone masking in one service
- Browser extension rated 4.1/5 from over 1,250 reviews
- Free plan is limited to 5 email masks
- Premium tiers are waitlist-only
- Premium is available only in certain countries
- Not recommended for identity-verified emails or ones that need attachments
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 7, 2026. Editorial policy