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Mailinator
Mailinator provides Email and SMS Workflow Testing for Developers, Dev Teams, and QA Testers. Automate testing for 2FA and password resets.
Where it stands
4.0 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.5 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated4.2 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Mailinator yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
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Should you use Mailinator?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
- You want to use it without creating an account. Its own pages say none is needed.
- You want a free option. It states: “Free Public plan at $0 per month: unlimited public inboxes, temporary storage (no amount given), SMS testing, API access,…”
Check first
- The free option has limits: “Free Public plan at $0 per month: unlimited public inboxes, temporary storage (no amount given), SMS testing, API access,…”
Does: Email alias
Measured signals
4.5 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Mailinator's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 263 ms.
- Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy, x-frame-options).
- Privacy3 / 53 third-party tracking services found: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
Not enough discussion yet: 8 classified comments from 1 thread. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.
- Positive
“In my experience, Mailinator addresses have only been used as a way to abuse our service or try to keep getting new trial accounts. Of course we have mechanisms to protect against that, but it's still a large amount of…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Here are some other throwaway email address providers that might work as alternatives to mailinator.[1][2][3][4][5][6] If anyone has any experience with any of these and could comment on how they compare to mailinator,…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“A lot of sites forbid the use of mailinator.com email addresses. Which is completely useless since there are numerous aliases, and you can also point your own domain/subdomain to it and have your own mailinator inbox…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Mailinator has a new design (2013, 54 comments)
- Free tier
- Free Public plan at $0 per month: unlimited public inboxes, temporary storage (no amount given), SMS testing, API access, webhooks, routing rules, email attachments. Other limits not stated.
- Paid plan
- Business $79 per month billed yearly; Business Plus $159 per month billed yearly; Enterprise from $699 (custom pricing). Verified Pro listed at $0 with verification. Annual plans include a 20% discount. Month-to-month pricing and price by country not stated.
- Signup
- The pricing page lists no sign-up required for the Public plan.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Privacy policy says emails sent to the public system are readable by anyone and in the public domain. Data may be stored and processed in the United States, where its servers and central database are. Retention period for inbox emails is not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Mailinator pricing, Mailinator privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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