Email · head-to-head
DropMail vs Kickbox
DropMail
A GraphQL API for spinning up ephemeral inboxes and reading their incoming mail over HTTP or a live WebSocket subscription. It now requires a free self-service `af_` token for every request after retiring support for arbitrary legacy tokens.
Kickbox
Kickbox's free, keyless Open API endpoint answers a single question — whether an email domain is disposable — a common building block for lightweight signup-form validation. It's a separate, fully free offering from Kickbox's metered full verification product, which is where catch-all (accept-all) detection lives; a live probe found no catch-all surface on the open endpoint at all.
| DropMail | Kickbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | API Key | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON | JSON |
| CORS | no | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
Kickbox needs no API key, while DropMail requires API Key — pick Kickbox to start without signup.