Compare 54 free email tools, free tiers, and developer deals. Verified pricing for Resend, Postmark, Mailchimp, Mailjet, Brevo and more.
What this name holds: Transactional and bulk sending APIs, inbound parsing, deliverability and disposable-address services.
One other name here answers “how does mail get sent and received”, and each holds a different list: Consumer Email (4).
We track 54 email services with a free tier we hold as current and 1 without. This category has seen some movement — 15 pricing changes recorded across vendors.
| Vendor | Tier | Description | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resend | Free | Developer-first email API — 3K emails/month free (100/day cap), 3 domains, 1K marketing contacts/month, 5 AI credits, 30-day data retention | 2026-08-22 |
| Postmark | Free | Transactional email API — 100 emails/month free, never expires, no credit card required | 2026-09-03 |
| Mailchimp | Free | Email marketing — 250 contacts, 500 sends/month (250/day cap), 1 audience, 1 seat, marketing CRM, forms and landing pages, email support first 30 days | 2026-08-20 |
| Mailjet | Free | Email API — 6,000 emails/month (200/day limit), 1,000 contacts, email editor and templates | 2026-08-31 |
| Brevo | Free | 300 emails/day, unlimited contacts (fair use policy), marketing automation, segmentation, landing pages. Formerly Sendinblue | 2026-08-23 |
| Loops | Free | 1,000 contacts, 4,000 emails per 30 days (marketing + transactional). All features included. Transactional-only recipients don't count toward contact limit | 2026-09-01 |
| Zoho Campaigns | Free | Email marketing with 2,000 contacts, 6,000 emails/month, and 3 campaigns/month free | 2026-09-07 |
| 10minutemail | Free | Free, temporary email for testing. | 2026-07-12 |
| AhaSend | Free | Transactional email service, free for 1,000 emails per month, 3 sending domains, 7-day data retention, basic support. Includes REST API, SMTP relay, sandbox mode, SDKs, scheduling, open/link tracking, webhooks. | 2026-09-01 |
| addy.io | Free | Superseded: As of 2026-08-28, addy.io reads: Free $ 0 /month Sign Up Unlimited Standard Aliases 10 Active Shared Domain Aliases 1 Recipient (real email address) 2 Available Alias Domains 10MB Monthly Bandwidth Limit. We are not publishing our stored addy.io terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ | 2026-07-12 |
| Antideo | Free | 10 API requests per hour for email verification, IP, and phone number validation in the free tier. No Credit Cards are required. | 2026-08-27 |
| Alias.email | Free | Free 10 email aliases, one custom domain. Rebranded from Bump to Alias.email. | 2026-08-28 |
| Burnermail | Free | Superseded: As of 2026-08-28, burnermail.io reads: The page encourages users to sign up and use burner addresses, but does not detail any free tier offerings. It states "Why We’re Removing Burner Mail’s Free Plan Read more →". We are not publishing our stored Burnermail terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ | 2026-07-15 |
| Buttondown | Free | Newsletter service. Up to 100 subscribers free | 2026-07-13 |
| debugmail.io | Free | Easy to use testing mail server for developers | 2026-07-12 |
| dkimvalidator.com | Free | Test if the email's DNS/SPF/DKIM/DMARC settings are correct, free service by roundsphere.com | 2026-07-10 |
| DNSExit | Free | Superseded: As of 2026-08-28, dnsexit.com reads: DNSExit offers free Dynamic DNS, Remote Access, and SSL certificates. Business Email and Outgoing Mail Relay 'Starts with Free plans'. We are not publishing our stored DNSExit terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ | 2026-07-12 |
| EmailJS | Free | This is not an entire email server; this is just an email client that you can use to send emails right from the client without exposing your credentials, the free tier has 200 monthly requests, 2 email templates, Requests up to 50Kb, Limited contacts history. | 2026-08-27 |
| EmailLabs.io | Free | Send up to 9,000 Emails for free every month, up to 300 emails daily. | 2026-07-14 |
| EmailOctopus | Free | Up to 2,500 subscribers and 10,000 emails per month free | 2026-07-13 |
| Emailvalidation.io | Free | 100 free email verifications total (one-time, not monthly) | 2026-07-12 |
| EtherealMail | Free | Ethereal is a fake SMTP service, mainly aimed at Nodemailer and EmailEngine users (but not limited to). It's an entirely free anti-transactional email service where messages never get delivered. | 2026-07-12 |
| forwardemail.net | Free | Superseded: As of 2026-08-28, forwardemail.net reads: Free Only supports email forwarding $0 /month for unlimited domains Forward your domain's mail Unlimited inbound email Spam protection 50 MB attachment limit. We are not publishing our stored forwardemail.net terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ | 2026-07-16 |
| Imitate Email | Free | Sandbox Email Server for testing email functionality across build/qa and ci/cd. Free accounts get 15 emails a day forever. | 2026-07-13 |
| ImprovMX | Free | Email forwarding for 1 domain, 25 aliases, up to 500 forwards/day free | 2026-08-26 |
| Inboxes App | Free | Create up to 3 temporary emails a day, then delete them when you're done from within a handy Chrome extension. Perfect for testing signup flows. | 2026-07-12 |
| inboxkitten.com | Free | Superseded: As of 2026-09-10, inboxkitten.com reads: Inboxkitten is a free, open-source disposable email service. Self-hosting is available for $0/month, but requires Firebase and Mailgun accounts (which have their own free tiers). Emails auto-delete after several hours (officially 3 days according to mailgun). We are not publishing our stored inboxkitten.com terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-10, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ | 2026-07-12 |
| mail-tester.com | Free | Test if the email's DNS/SPF/DKIM/DMARC settings are correct, 20 free/month. | 2026-07-12 |
| Maileroo | Free | SMTP relay and email API for developers. 3,000 emails per month, unlimited domains, webhooks free | 2026-07-10 |
| mailcatcher.me | Free | Catches mail and serves it through a web interface. | 2026-07-15 |
| mailchannels.com | Free | Email API with REST API and SMTP integrations. Free: 100 emails/day (~3,000/month), 3 domains, community support. | 2026-08-20 |
| UserCheck | Free | Prevent users from signing up with temporary email addresses, 120 requests/hour. Rebranded to UserCheck. | 2026-07-13 |
| Maildroppa | Free | Up to 100 subscribers and 2,500 emails/month free | 2026-08-27 |
| MailerLite.com | Free | 250 subscribers, 2,500 emails/month free, 2 user seats, community support | 2026-07-13 |
| MailerSend.com | Free | Email API, SMTP, 500 emails/month free for transactional emails | 2026-07-13 |
| mailinator.com | Free | Free, public email system where you can use any inbox you want | 2026-07-13 |
| mailsac.com | Free | Free API for temporary email testing, free public email hosting, outbound capture, email-to-slack/websocket/webhook (1,500 monthly API limit) | 2026-07-15 |
| Mailtrap.io | Free | Three separate free products. Email API/SMTP: 4,000 emails/month (150/day cap), 1 domain, 3-day log retention. Email Sandbox (testing): 50 test emails/month, 1 sandbox. Email Marketing: 1,500 emails/month, 500 contacts. 1 user each. | 2026-08-25 |
| Mutant Mail | Free | Free 10 Email IDs, 1 Domain, 1 Mailbox. Single Mailbox for All Email IDs. | 2026-08-27 |
| Plunk | Free | Open-source email platform with 1,000 transactional/marketing emails/month free | 2026-08-26 |
| Sendpulse | Free | 500 subscribers/month, 15,000 emails/month free | 2026-08-27 |
| SendStreak | Free | Email framework as a service, that adds templates, automations, history, etc to your own SMTP server (E.g. AWS, Maileroo, Gmail). Free up to 100 emails/day, no time limit. | 2026-08-26 |
| SimpleLogin | Free | Open source, self-hostable email alias/forwarding solution. Free 10 aliases, unlimited bandwidth, free replies from aliases. New outbound messages from aliases require Premium. Free for educational staff (student, researcher, etc.). | 2026-09-02 |
| Substack | Free | Newsletter platform — unlimited subscribers, unlimited posts, custom domain, podcast hosting, community features, analytics. Free until you enable paid subscriptions (10% platform fee on paid subs) | 2026-04-14 |
| Sweego | Free | European transactional emails API for developers. 100 emails/day free. | 2026-08-27 |
| temp-mail.io | Free | Free disposable temporary email service with multiple emails at once and forwarding | 2026-07-12 |
| TempMailDetector.com | Free | Verify up to 200 emails a month for free and see if an email is temporary or not. | 2026-08-26 |
| Aionda Mail | Free | Superseded: As of 2026-08-28, mail.aionda.com reads: Free tier includes up to 25 disposable addresses, encrypted mailbox, calendar & contacts. Plus tier is €1.99/month for up to 10,000 disposable addresses, unlimited forwarding, custom domains, calendar invitations, and 1 GB encrypted drive. Enterprise tier starts at €1.49/employee/month. We are not publishing our stored Aionda Mail terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-08-28, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ | 2026-07-13 |
| Tuta | Free | Free secure email account service provider with built-in end-to-end encryption, no ads, no tracking. Free 1GB storage, one calendar (Tuta also have an [paid plan](https://tuta.com/pricing).). Tuta is also partially [open source](https://github.com/tutao/tutanota), so you can self-host. | 2026-08-26 |
| Verifalia | Free | Real-time email verification API with mailbox confirmation and disposable email address detector; 25 free email verifications/day. | 2026-08-26 |
| verimail.io | Free | Bulk and API email verification service. 100 free verifications/month | 2026-08-26 |
| Waitlio | Free | Waitlist management software for product launches. Create branded waitlist pages, collect and verify email subscribers, manage signups with tags and analytics. Free plan includes 100 subscribers/month, 1 waitlist, and API access. | 2026-08-26 |
| Wraps | Free | email automation workflows, 5k tracked events and unlimited contacts free. | 2026-07-12 |
| Amazon SES | Credits | Transactional and bulk email API/SMTP. No perpetual free tier: new AWS accounts get up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits usable across eligible services, the free plan runs for 6 months after account creation, and credits expire 12 months after account creation. $0.10 per 1,000 outbound emails after that, plus EC2 compute and data transfer if you send from AWS. | 2026-08-27 |
| Postal | Free OSS | Free MIT-licensed self-hosted mail server for websites and web servers — an open-source stand-in for Sendgrid, Mailgun or Postmark that you run yourself. No hosted or paid plan is offered; the only cost is the infrastructure you send from. | 2026-08-27 |
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