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Imitate Email vs Maildroppa
Short answer: Pick Imitate Email if you want embedded email sandbox with viewer; pick Maildroppa if you want all-in-one email marketing for small teams. Imitate Email has a free plan, paid from $7/month; Maildroppa has a free plan, paid from $5/month.
Imitate EmailMakes building and testing email functionality awesome!
MaildroppaGerman engineered email marketing & automation without the hefty price tag.Which to pick
Pick Imitate Email if you want…
- Embedded email sandbox with viewer
- Integrations with SMTP, IMAP or POP3 (on Imitate Email's list, not Maildroppa's)
Pick Maildroppa if you want…
- All-in-one email marketing for small teams
- Email marketing automation
- The lower starting price: $5/month against $7/month
- Integrations with Zapier, Make or API (on Maildroppa's list, not Imitate Email's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Imitate Email:Imitate Email provides a sandbox SMTP/IMAP server with an embeddable email viewer for testing email flows.
- Maildroppa:Maildroppa is a German-engineered email marketing and automation platform for small teams and solo founders.
- Best for
- Imitate Email:Embedded email sandbox with viewer
- Maildroppa:All-in-one email marketing for small teams
- Who it’s for
- Imitate Email:Developers and QA teams building email-based features.
- Maildroppa:Solo founders, small businesses, and startups needing affordable email marketing.
- Pricing
- Imitate Email:Freemium
- Maildroppa:Freemium
- Starting price
- Imitate Email:$7/month (Developer)
- Maildroppa:$5/month (Premium)
- Free plan or trial
- Imitate Email:Free plan (Free)
- Maildroppa:Free plan (Free)
- Plans
- Imitate Email:Free $0 · Developer $7/mo per month · Starter $15/mo per month · Team $39/mo per month · Business $149/mo per month
- Maildroppa:Free $0 · Premium $5 per month
- Works with
- Imitate Email:SMTP, IMAP, POP3, Firefox extension, Chrome extension
- Maildroppa:Zapier, Make, API, Webhooks
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.
Maildroppa features
- Drag-and-drop email builder. Design responsive, on-brand emails with visual editing, templates and HTML/CSS support.
- Visual automation workflows. Create automated journeys with triggers, delays, conditions, and webhooks on a canvas.
- Signup forms & landing pages. Embedded forms, popups, slide-ins and full landing pages with double opt-in and custom domains.
- Subscriber management. Tags, segments, custom fields, CSV/Excel import-export and activity history per subscriber.
- Campaign reporting. Detailed metrics on deliveries, opens, clicks, bounces and subscriber-level activity.
- Integrations & API. Zapier, Make, upcoming WordPress plugin, and beta API/webhooks for data sync.
Imitate Email vs Maildroppa FAQ
What is the difference between Imitate Email and Maildroppa?+
Maildroppa: Email marketing and automation platform, not a testing sandbox.
Should I use Imitate Email or Maildroppa?+
Pick Imitate Email if you want embedded email sandbox with viewer or integrations with SMTP, IMAP or POP3 (on Imitate Email's list, not Maildroppa's). Pick Maildroppa if you want all-in-one email marketing for small teams, Email marketing automation or the lower starting price: $5/month against $7/month.
Is Imitate Email or Maildroppa free?+
Imitate Email has a free plan; paid plans start at $7/month (Developer). Maildroppa has a free plan; paid plans start at $5/month (Premium).
Which is cheaper, Imitate Email or Maildroppa?+
Maildroppa is cheaper to start with: Maildroppa's Premium plan ($5/month) against Imitate Email's Developer plan ($7/month).
Do Imitate Email and Maildroppa integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Imitate Email lists SMTP, IMAP, POP3, Firefox extension and 1 more; Maildroppa lists Zapier, Make, API and Webhooks.
On DevHunt
Imitate Email
14 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Jan 17, 2023
Maildroppa
27 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Oct 8, 2024
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