About Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams
Overview
Mailtrap is a modern email delivery platform built for developer and product teams. It combines three products in one: Email API/SMTP for reliably sending transactional and promo emails, Email Sandbox for safely testing staging emails, and Email Marketing for running promo campaigns.
The platform began in 2011 when engineers at Railsware built a fake SMTP server after a staging bug sent 10,000 test emails to real customers. Mailtrap went public at the Railsberry conference in 2012 and now serves more than 150,000 teams worldwide.
Key Benefits
- Fast delivery and high inboxing rates for transactional and promotional email.
- Safe email testing in staging and development environments with virtual inboxes.
- Actionable dashboards with open and click tracking and up to 30 days of email logs.
- 24/7 support from engineers and deliverability experts, with urgent cases addressed immediately.
- Native integrations with Supabase, Vercel, Claude Code, Cursor, and AI clients.
- A free tier lets teams start sending and testing without payment.
How It Works
Teams sign up, add a sending domain, and verify it with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC DNS records. They then send email through the Email API, SMTP relay, or official SDKs and monitor delivery with analytics dashboards. Developers and QAs point staging environments at the Email Sandbox to catch test messages before they reach real inboxes.
Use Cases
- Developers and QA engineers test staging emails safely with the Email Sandbox.
- SaaS teams send transactional messages such as password resets and order confirmations through the Email API.
- Marketing teams run promotional campaigns with Email Marketing and track performance.
- Product teams monitor deliverability across mailbox providers to protect sender reputation.
- Large organizations send at scale with dedicated IPs and volume-based Enterprise plans.
Why Choose This Product
Mailtrap is bootstrapped and engineer-led, funded by customers rather than venture capital since 2011, and stands behind a 99.99% uptime SLA. Teams including PayPal, Atlassian, Adobe, Calendly, Yelp, and GoPro rely on it, and customers report switching from providers like SendGrid and Postmark for faster setup and better stats.
Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams Pros & Cons
- Free tier with 4,000 emails per month
- Native integrations with Supabase, Vercel, Claude Code, and Cursor
- 24/7 support from engineers and deliverability experts
- 99.99% uptime SLA
- Dedicated IP with automatic warm-up on Business and Enterprise tiers
- Dedicated IP, auto warm-up, and reputation monitoring require Business or Enterprise
- SSO, sub-accounts, and audit logs limited to higher tiers
- Free tier caps sending at 150 emails per day
Key Features
Email API/SMTP
All plansSend transactional and promo email via Email API, SMTP relay, or official SDKs.
Email Sandbox
All plansTest emails in staging and development environments with a fake SMTP server and virtual inboxes.
Deliverability analytics
All plansMonitor unique open rates, unique click rates, bounces, and spam complaints for every mailbox provider in one dashboard.
Webhooks and inbound
All plansReceive inbound email via dedicated addresses and real-time event data for opens, clicks, bounces, and spam through webhooks.
Email templates
All plansDesign, edit, and host HTML/text templates and reference them via the API.
Domain authentication
All plansAdd and verify SPF, DKIM, and DMARC DNS records for sending domains.
Dedicated IP
Business+Get a dedicated IP with automatic warm-up for full control over domain authority.
Smart integrations
Connect natively with Supabase, Vercel, Claude Code, Cursor, and AI clients through the Mailtrap MCP server.
24/7 expert support
Get round-the-clock assistance from engineers and deliverability experts, with urgent cases addressed immediately.
Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams Pricing
View full pricing →- 4,000 emails per month
- 150 emails per day
- 1 sending domain
- 1 user
- 3 days of email logs
- 10,000 emails per month
- 3 users
- 5 domains
- 5 days of email logs
- API and SMTP relay
- 100,000 emails per month
- 100 users
- 100 domains
- Dedicated IP with auto warm-up
- 15 days of email logs
- Click rate tracking
- 1,500,000 emails per month
- Unlimited users and domains
- 30 days of email logs
- Priority support
- SSO, sub-accounts, and audit logs
| Feature | Free Free | Basic $15/mo | Business $85/mo | Enterprise $750/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Email API/SMTP | ||||
| Email Sandbox | ||||
| Deliverability analytics | ||||
| Webhooks and inbound | ||||
| Email templates | ||||
| Domain authentication | ||||
| Dedicated IP |
Pricing extracted from the product website and may change. Check the source for current details.
Frequently asked questions about Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams
Is Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams free?
Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams offers a free plan with optional paid upgrades. See the pricing section for what's included in each tier.
How much does Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams cost?
Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams offers the following plans: Free, Basic, Business, Enterprise. See the pricing section for what's included in each tier and any per-seat or usage-based costs.
What platforms does Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams support?
Mailtrap: Modern Email Delivery for dev and product teams is available on: Web.