Email · head-to-head
DropMail vs mail.tm
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.
mail.tm
mail.tm issues disposable inboxes on shared domains and exposes a Hydra/JSON-LD REST API to create accounts, fetch a bearer token, and read incoming messages, all without any signup fee. It's the fully free, actively maintained sibling of mail.gw.
| DropMail | mail.tm | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | API Key | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON | JSON |
| CORS | no | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
mail.tm needs no API key, while DropMail requires API Key — pick mail.tm to start without signup.