Namecheap is a domain registrar and web hosting provider that offers free email forwarding for domains.
Whereas ImprovMX is a full email-forwarding suite & platform.
Choose Namecheap if you just need free & basic email forwarding for your Namecheap domain.
Upgrade to ImprovMX when you need more advanced features.
Pricing
Offers free basic email forwarding
Forwarding Logic
Email forwarding with many advanced features1
Offers basic email forwarding
Email Sending
Supports SMTP sending
Does not support SMTP sending
Domain Registration
No domain registration, works with domains you already own
Offers full registrar services2
API
Offers an API to manage email forwarding and aliases
Provides an API to automate domains, DNS, and more
Registrar Compatibility
Can use any DNS registrar
Only works with Namecheap purchased domains
Logging/Analytics
No email logs or analytics, only server-level logs
Compliance
ImprovMX is GDPR compliant
Namecheap is GDPR compliant
1. We offer rules routing, wildcard addresses, multiple recipient destinations, regex aliases and webhooks.
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