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Mailgun vs Mailpit

Mailgun

mailgun.com

Mailpit

mailpit.axllent.org

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FigureMailgunMailpit
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published41
Spec score · Email Testing Software6.2 (#27)8.6 (#6)
Founded20102022

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Mailgun

  • FreePriced on request
  • BasicPriced on request
  • FoundationPriced on request
  • ScalePriced on request

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Mailpit

  • MailpitFree

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Mailpit

Mailpit is a free, open-source tool for checking email content and SMTP delivery without sending messages to real addresses. It runs a local SMTP server alongside a web interface and REST API, and is available for Linux, macOS, Windows, Docker, and self-hosted deployment. The interface displays formatted HTML, source, text, headers, raw messages, and MIME attachments with image thumbnails. Checks include HTML and link testing, message screenshots, and optional SpamAssassin scoring. The API can access, search, send, delete, tag, and release messages; messages can also be relayed, forwarded, or used to trigger configurable SMTP errors. Mailpit can send message-summary webhooks and offers a Cypress package for integration tests. The web UI and API can use HTTPS and basic authentication; SMTP supports optional authentication and TLS. By default, SMTP listens on port 1025 without encryption or authentication. Mailpit keeps the most recent 500 messages by default.

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