The Tutanota alternative for email aliases
Tutanota — now Tuta — is an excellent end-to-end encrypted mailbox. But it's a full email account, and its built-in aliases are limited. If what you actually want is unlimited per-signup aliases with leak detection, EmailAlias does that — and it works with any inbox, including Tuta.
First, an honest distinction
Tuta and EmailAlias aren't really the same kind of product. Tuta is a mailbox — an encrypted email account you log into, with a calendar and contacts. EmailAlias is an alias layer — it gives every signup its own address and forwards mail to whatever inbox you already use. You don't have to choose: many people run EmailAlias aliases in front of a Tuta inbox. This page is for the case where aliasing is the job you came to do.
Why people use EmailAlias for aliasing instead of Tuta's built-in feature
Unlimited Per-Signup Aliases
Tuta includes a small, capped number of aliases on its own domains as a mailbox feature. EmailAlias gives you unlimited aliases — a fresh, random address for every service — so a leak is always traceable to exactly one signup.
Works With Any Inbox
Tuta's aliases only deliver to a Tuta mailbox. EmailAlias forwards to whatever inbox you already use — Gmail, Outlook, Proton, or Tuta itself — so you get alias protection without changing email providers.
Built-In Exposure Intelligence
A mailbox doesn't score your incoming senders. EmailAlias scores every sender for phishing risk and alerts you the moment a high-risk one hits an alias — so you find out which service leaked your address.
Inline Alias Creation
EmailAlias ships a browser extension that drops a fresh alias straight into any signup form, plus a one-click dashboard and generator. Creating a per-service address takes a second, not a trip into mailbox settings.
Feature comparison
The bottom rows are Tuta's strengths: it's a full encrypted mailbox and suite, which EmailAlias is not. The two are complementary, not interchangeable.
A fair note about Tutanota
Tuta is one of the best privacy email providers around — genuinely end-to-end encrypted storage, a German privacy jurisdiction, open-source clients, and an encrypted calendar. If you want a private mailbox to actually live in, Tuta is a great choice. EmailAlias doesn't replace that; it adds an aliasing and leak-detection layer that works in front of it.
Pricing side-by-side
You're comparing an alias layer to a mailbox, so the value is different — but here's what each tier gets you.
Free plan
Paid plan
Competitor pricing reflects publicly listed tiers and may change — verify on the provider's site before switching.
Frequently asked questions
The questions we get most often from people comparing EmailAlias and Tutanota.
Can I use EmailAlias with my existing email provider?
Yes. EmailAlias forwards encrypted mail to any email provider — Gmail, Outlook, ProtonMail, Yahoo, or any other inbox. Your existing workflow stays the same.
What's the difference between an email alias and an email forward?
Almost nothing for the user — both deliver mail addressed to one address into a different inbox. In the email-aliasing category, "alias" usually means a service that mints unique addresses you give to specific sites, while "forwarding" refers to the underlying mechanism. So a private email alias service is a forwarding service with a built-in alias generator and lifecycle controls. The terms are used interchangeably in practice.
What happens if a service I signed up for gets breached?
Because each service has its own unique alias, you'll know exactly which service leaked your data — when spam or phishing hits that alias, the source is obvious. Our exposure intelligence engine also flags suspicious senders in real time. Disable the affected alias and your real email stays safe.
Is EmailAlias a replacement for Tutanota?
Not exactly — they solve different problems, and they work well together. Tutanota (now Tuta) is a full end-to-end encrypted mailbox: you log into it, your mail is stored encrypted, and you get a calendar and contacts. EmailAlias is an alias layer that sits in front of whatever inbox you already use — including Tuta. So you don't replace your encrypted mailbox; you add unlimited per-signup aliases and leak detection on top of it.
Why use EmailAlias if Tutanota already has aliases?
Tuta includes a small number of aliases on its own domains as a mailbox feature — handy, but capped, and they aren't designed for a fresh address per service. EmailAlias gives you unlimited per-signup aliases on shared or custom domains, auto-generated random addresses, a browser extension to create them inline, and sender-risk scoring that tells you which signup leaked. If aliasing is the job, a dedicated alias service goes much further than a mailbox's built-in feature.
Can I keep my current email and still use EmailAlias?
Yes — that's the whole point. EmailAlias forwards to whatever inbox you already have (Gmail, Outlook, Tuta, Proton, anything). You hand out aliases instead of your real address, and mail lands in your existing inbox. There's no migration of your mailbox and no new email client to learn.
Does EmailAlias encrypt my mailbox like Tutanota?
No — EmailAlias is a forwarding/alias layer, not a mailbox, so it doesn't store your mail in an encrypted vault the way Tuta does. We encrypt alias metadata with AES-256 at rest and forward over TLS, but the message ultimately lands in your real inbox, whose encryption is up to that provider. If end-to-end encrypted storage of your actual email is the priority, Tuta (or another encrypted mailbox) is the right tool — and you can still layer EmailAlias aliases on top of it.
More questions? See the full FAQ.
Aliases for any inbox — including Tuta
Keep the mailbox you love and add unlimited per-signup aliases with leak detection in front of it. Try EmailAlias free.