Mailinator review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Public disposable inboxes and private email testing domains
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Mailinator report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for public throwaway inboxes and email testing
Mailinator has public inboxes anyone can read and private testing domains for QA teams, from $79 a month for 5 seats. The free Verified Pro plan is capped at 60 emails a day, and SMS and load testing sit on dearer plans.
Who Mailinator is for
- Fits if you test sign-up and password-reset emails in code
- Works for QA teams that want a private domain and an API
Who Mailinator is not for
- Not for you if you need privacy on the public inboxes, as anyone can read them
- Tight if you stay free: 1 private domain, 10 MB and 60 emails a day
- Pricey if you need SMS, which is bought on request at an extra charge
- Watch out: load testing needs Enterprise
- Watch out: the annual and monthly pages list different Verified Pro limits, 2,000 and 1,000 a month
Why Mailinator gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyBusiness is $79 a month for 5 seats billed yearly, about $15.80 a seat, which is above the dearer quarter of what email services charge.
- BFree plan and trialPublic inboxes need no sign-up, and Verified Pro adds 1 private domain and an API at 60 emails a day. A solo tester could live on it.
- BFeaturesPublic and private inboxes, an API and SDKs, webhooks and routing rules, with nothing missing from the job of testing mail. SMS and load testing are dearer extras.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You point a domain at it and wire the API into your tests.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API and Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Puppeteer and Slack connections. No apps of its own.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Manybrain's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Mailinator's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 74 of the 122 other email apps we grade, and level with 13.
It stands best on features (B, above 79 of 122) and worst on value for money (C, above 13).
Its paid plans start at $79 a month, against a middle price of $4.92 for the category: 76 of the 76 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 123 email apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Mailinator’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 122, level with 53
- BFree plan and trialAbove 69 of 122, level with 27
- BFeaturesAbove 79 of 122, level with 43
- CEase of useAbove 20 of 122, level with 73
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 57 of 122, level with 54
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 107 email apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Mailinator, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Mailinator you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $948 a year.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- Mail servers with a good name among inbox providers.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Mailinator’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Mailinator?
Mailinator started as a public disposable email service, and any address at mailinator.com can be read by anyone. It now sells private testing domains, an API, webhooks and SMS testing for QA and development teams. Plans are priced by emails per month, domains and team seats.
Worth knowing
- Public mailinator.com inboxes are readable by anyone, so they are unsuitable for private mail.
- SMS numbers are bought on request at an additional charge.
- The annual and monthly pricing pages list different Verified Pro email limits (2,000 and 1,000 a month).
- Load testing and SMS are not on the free plans; load testing needs Enterprise.
Key features
- Public and private inboxes
- Any name at a public domain works as an inbox the moment mail arrives; paid plans add private domains with unlimited inboxes.
- API and SDKs
- Inboxes can be read from test code through an API, with SDK releases for C#, Python, JavaScript and Ruby.
- SMS testing
- Business and above can receive SMS in a test suite; numbers are set up on request and cost extra.
- Webhooks and routing rules
- Rules can click links in messages or forward them to tools such as Slack.
- Load testing
- Email load testing needs an Enterprise subscription, per the vendor.
Mailinator pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mailinator has a free plan, and paid plans start at $79 per month, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $79 per month, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- Public inboxes need no sign-up. The free Verified Pro plan adds 1 private domain, API access, 1 user and 10 MB storage, capped at 60 emails a day.
- Free trial
- 2-week free trial of the Business plan.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Public (free) | $0 | Unlimited public inboxes with temporary storage and no sign-up; anyone can read them. |
| Verified Pro | $0free with verification | 1 private domain, 1 user, 10 MB storage and API access. The annual page lists 2,000 emails a month and 60 a day; the monthly page lists 1,000 a month. |
| Business | $79per month, 5 seats, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) | 1 private domain, 100,000 emails a month (3,333 a day), 50 MB storage, webhooks and routing rules. |
| Business Plus | $159per month, 10 seats, billed annually ($199 billed monthly) | 3 private domains, 300,000 emails a month (10,000 a day), 100 MB storage, up to 100 emails a second. |
| Enterprise | $699and up, custom pricing; billing basis not stated | 5 or more private domains, 3 million or more emails a month, up to 500 emails a second, custom seats and terms. |
Read from mailinator.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Mailinator before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount20% off with annual billing
The annual pricing page says its plans include a 20% discount on the service plan compared with month-to-month.
Stated on mailinator.com
Works with
- Selenium
- Cypress
- Playwright
- Puppeteer
- Slack
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Common questions
Does Mailinator have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Mailinator is listed for Web.
Does Mailinator have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Mailinator is listed for Web.
Is Mailinator open source?
Mailinator is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Mailinator have an API?
Yes. Mailinator offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.