Mailinator vs Temp-Mail.org

Mailinator provides temporary inboxes and tools for testing email and SMS workflows. Developers, QA teams, and businesses can use it to check delivery for OTP, MFA, onboarding, password recovery, and other email processes at scale. Paid subscriptions include private testing domains, where messages can arrive at any address without creating an inbox first. The REST API retrieves inboxes, messages, and SMS, injects messages, and connects with CI/CD pipelines. Inbound webhooks can accept HTTP POST messages from sources such as alert systems, Zapier, or Twilio, then apply configured rules. SMS can be routed to an inbox or API for automated OTP and 2FA testing. The free public inboxes are readable by anyone, and messages typically auto-delete after several hours. Mailinator is receive-only: it cannot send email or fill out forms. The Public - Free plan is free to use without sign-up. Business costs $79 a month billed yearly; a two-week Business trial is listed. Other plans include Verified Pro at free, Business Plus at $159 a month billed yearly, and Enterprise at a price agreed with the maker with custom pricing.

Temp-Mail.org provides disposable email addresses so you can receive messages without using your regular inbox. Addresses are available without registration. You can copy an address, refresh its inbox, change it, or delete it; the service does not send email. The free plan includes receiving messages with attachments and downloading them as EML files, with messages stored for up to 1–2 hours. Premium extends storage to one month and includes up to 10 simultaneous mailboxes, premium domains, private addresses, and no ads. Premium monthly costs $10 a month, billed monthly and auto-renewing; yearly costs $60 a year, billed yearly and auto-renewing. Both plans are desktop web only. The service is also available on Android, iOS, as an extension, and through an API. Its API supports automated email workflow testing with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or Puppeteer. Some government services and major financial institutions cannot send messages to it, and certain role addresses cannot be read. Messages in the public system may be visible to other users, so the service advises against using it for confidential information or important accounts.