Compare yac and Inboxen on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both Communication tools, freemium vs Open Source pricing to decide which fits your team.
At a Glance
yac
Inboxen
Primary category
Communication
Communication
Rating
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing model
freemium
Open Source
Starting price
$5
Free
Free plan
Not documented
Yes
Free trial
Not documented
Not documented
Platforms
Not documented
Web
Team collaboration
Yes
Not documented
AI features
Not documented
Not documented
Public API
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
yac
No individual plan breakdown documented yet.
Inboxen
Self-Hosted — Free N/A (AGPL-3.0 license)
Public Hosted Instance — Not available N/A
Pros & Cons
yac
Inboxen
Pros
Fully open source and self-hostable under AGPL-3.0
Strong privacy-first design philosophy, including data deletion on shutdown
AGPL license guarantees the code stays open even in hosted derivatives
No cost beyond your own server to run an instance
Development continues actively on Codeberg despite the original hosted service closing
Cons
The original public hosted instance at inboxen.org has shut down, so there is no ready-to-use hosted option
Requires real self-hosting skills in Python, Django, PostgreSQL and server administration
No official mobile apps
Smaller community and support base than commercial alias services like SimpleLogin
Documentation is developer-oriented rather than consumer-friendly
Use Cases
yac
Inboxen
Self-hosted disposable email aliasing — Deploying a private instance to generate disposable aliases for website and service signups.
Evaluating open-source alias infrastructure — Reviewing or forking an AGPL-licensed Django codebase as a reference for building similar privacy tooling.
Contributing to an open-source privacy project — Submitting pull requests or patches to the actively maintained Codeberg repository.