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Mailtrap

Email testing and sending platform for development teams

FreemiumFree TierAdded Jan 1, 2013

About

Mailtrap is a two-in-one platform providing email testing (sandbox) and email sending (production delivery). The testing sandbox captures outgoing emails in development so you never accidentally email real users from staging. Inspect HTML rendering, check spam scores, validate links, and test automations safely. The sending side provides high-deliverability transactional email infrastructure. It's become essential for development teams who need to test email workflows without risk.

Tags

email-testingemail-sandboxtransactional-emaildeveloper-toolsemail-deliverability

Origin Story

By Alex Skakunov

The Problem

Every development team has accidentally sent test emails to real users. There was no simple sandbox to prevent this.

Building It

Started as an internal tool at Railsware, launched publicly 2013. Added email sending in 2022. Over 1M users.

What It Means

Proves that email testing is critical infrastructure that every development team needs.

The Dream

Make email testing and sending seamless so no team ever sends a broken or accidental email.

Pricing

ModelFreemium
Starting at$15/mo
Free tierAvailable

Free tier with 100 test emails/mo and 1,000 sending emails/mo. Individual at $15/mo. Business at $85/mo. Enterprise custom.

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Category

Email Marketing

Problems Solved

  • Accidentally Emailing Real Users From Staging
  • Testing Email Templates Across Clients
  • Email Deliverability Monitoring

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