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GetTestMail vs Imitate Email

Focused on building and testing email functionality with a UI, whereas GetTestMail offers API-driven temporary inboxes.
GetTestMailTemporary email service for developers and testers. Dead simple API and SDK 🏎Imitate EmailMakes building and testing email functionality awesome!

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What it is
GetTestMail:GetTestMail provides a simple API and SDKs to create temporary inboxes and receive test emails in code.
Imitate Email:Imitate Email provides a sandbox SMTP/IMAP server with an embeddable email viewer for testing email flows.
Best for
GetTestMail:Temporary email inboxes for automated testing
Imitate Email:Embedded email sandbox with viewer
Who it’s for
GetTestMail:Developers and QA engineers who need to test email-based user flows.
Imitate Email:Developers and QA teams building email-based features.
Pricing
GetTestMail:Subscription
Imitate Email:Freemium
Plans
GetTestMail:—
Imitate Email:Free $0 · Developer $7/mo per month · Starter $15/mo per month · Team $39/mo per month · Business $149/mo per month
Open source
GetTestMail:Yes, 0 GitHub stars
Imitate Email:—
Works with
GetTestMail:TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go
Imitate Email:SMTP, IMAP, POP3, Firefox extension, Chrome extension
DevHunt upvotes
GetTestMail:23
Imitate Email:14
Launched on DevHunt
GetTestMail:Jan 2023
Imitate Email:Jan 2023

GetTestMail features

  • SDKs for multiple languages. Ready-to-use libraries for TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Ruby and Go.
  • Create mailbox via API. Programmatically generate a disposable inbox without server setup.
  • Send and receive test emails. Send a test email and wait for its arrival directly from code.
  • CI/CD integration. Use the SDKs in pipelines to validate email flows before release.
  • Open source examples. Detailed READMEs and example code are hosted on GitHub.
  • Community contributions. Issues and pull requests are accepted via the GitHub repository.
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Imitate Email features

  • Embedded Email Viewer. Show received emails inside your app via a one-line JS snippet or browser extension.
  • Sandbox SMTP Server. Send emails to a safe server using standard SMTP from any language.
  • Programmatic IMAP/POP3 & WebSockets. Access emails programmatically for integration tests.
  • Login-less Authentication. Pre-authenticate users so they can view emails without an account.
  • Responsive Email Tools. Toggle images, view raw text and check deliverability within the viewer.
  • Multi-Project Mailboxes. Create separate mailboxes per project, environment or user with permission controls.
  • Browser Extensions. Firefox and Chrome extensions add the viewer without code changes.
  • Custom Branding (paid plans). Unbranded widget can be re-branded to match your product.
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