What is Mailtrap?
Email platform for developers and product teams to send transactional, bulk, and marketing emails via API or SMTP, test emails in a sandbox environment, and manage email campaigns. Supports over 150,000 monthly active users.
Key features
Live Sending
Send transactional and bulk emails with delivery logs and analytics through API or SMTP, with SDKs for popular programming languages
Sandbox
Capture and inspect emails from development and staging environments using a fake SMTP server, with HTML/spam checking and device previews
Email Marketing
Create, schedule, and send campaigns with drag-and-drop email builder, contact management, segmentation, and automation features
Inbound Email Parsing
Receive and process inbound emails programmatically
Webhook Integration
Integrate with applications via webhooks for real-time event notifications
Reputation & Compliance
Reputation monitoring, blacklist checking, GDPR compliance, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and DORA certifications
Mailtrap pricing
Annual billing saves up to 20% across all products. Three separate products (Live Sending, Sandbox, Marketing) with independent pricing structures.
| Plan | Price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Email Live Sending - Free | $0/month | 4,000 emails/month (150/day limit), 1 domain, 3-day logs |
| Email Live Sending - Basic | $15–$30/month | 10,000–100,000 emails/month |
| Email Live Sending - Business | $85–$450/month | 100,000–750,000 emails/month |
| Email Live Sending - Enterprise | $750–$1,250/month | 1.5M–2.5M emails/month, audit logs, SSO, 30-day retention |
| Email Sandbox - Free | $0/month | 50 test emails/month |
| Email Sandbox - Basic | $17/month | 500 test emails/month |
| Email Sandbox - Team | $42/month | 5,000 test emails/month |
| Email Sandbox - Business | $123/month | 50,000 test emails/month |
| Email Sandbox - Enterprise | $498/month | Unlimited test emails, audit logs, SSO |
| Email Marketing - Free | $0/month | 500 contacts |
| Email Marketing - Essential | $15–$29/month | 10,000–25,000 contacts |
| Email Marketing - Pro | $59–$499/month | 25,000–250,000 contacts, scheduling, automation, dedicated IPs |
Pros & cons
Pros
- + Free tier available for all three products (Live Sending, Sandbox, Marketing)
- + Sandbox environment for safe email testing before production
- + Developer-friendly with API, SMTP, and SDKs for popular languages
- + Comprehensive compliance certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001, DORA, GDPR)
- + Modular pricing structure—use only what you need
- + Reputation monitoring and blacklist checking included
Who is Mailtrap best for?
- • Developers building applications requiring reliable email delivery
- • Development teams testing emails safely before production
- • Marketing departments managing email campaigns
- • Applications needing transactional email infrastructure






