Email · head-to-head
mail.tm vs mailboxlayer
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.
mailboxlayer
A REST service from APILayer that checks whether an email address is syntactically valid, resolves to real DNS/MX records, and flags free or disposable providers in one call. Free for light personal use, with paid tiers for higher volume.
| mail.tm | mailboxlayer | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | API Key |
| Pricing | free | freemium |
| Formats | JSON | JSON |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
mail.tm needs no API key, while mailboxlayer requires API Key — pick mail.tm to start without signup.