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RealMail vs Temp Mail Detector
Detects disposable emails for sign-ups but focuses on detection only, not full validation suite.
Which to pick
Pick RealMail if you want…
- Customizable email validation for SaaS sign-ups
- Integrations with cURL, Node.js or Java (on RealMail's list, not Temp Mail Detector's)
Pick Temp Mail Detector if you want…
- Disposable email detection API
- Blocking disposable sign-ups
- A free plan to start with
- Integrations with WordPress or Ghost (on Temp Mail Detector's list, not RealMail's)
Side by side
- What it is
- RealMail:RealMail provides real-time email validation for SaaS apps to prevent typos, disposable and fake addresses.
- Temp Mail Detector:Temp Mail Detector provides an API to detect disposable email domains in real time.
- Best for
- RealMail:Customizable email validation for SaaS sign-ups
- Temp Mail Detector:Disposable email detection API
- Who it’s for
- RealMail:SaaS founders and developers who need clean email lists and higher conversion rates.
- Temp Mail Detector:Developers needing to block temporary email sign-ups.
- Pricing
- RealMail:Paid
- Temp Mail Detector:Freemium
- Plans
- RealMail:—
- Temp Mail Detector:Free $0
- Works with
- RealMail:cURL, Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, Go
- Temp Mail Detector:WordPress, Ghost, Go, PHP, Python
RealMail features
- Real-time validation. Validate an email with a single API call and get an instant response.
- Fully customizable rules. Allow or block domains, disposable, role-based or free emails via the dashboard.
- Daily updated database. Database of disposable and temporary domains is refreshed every day for high accuracy.
- One-endpoint API. Simple integration with cURL, Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, Go and others.
- Analytics dashboard. View logs and analytics of validation activity to monitor quality.
- No code required for setup. 1-minute setup; developers receive an API key and can start validating immediately.
Temp Mail Detector features
- Real-time domain scoring. Returns a risk score and metadata for a given email domain.
- Pay-as-you-go pricing. Charges $0.005 per lookup with no credit card required for the free tier.
- WordPress & Ghost plugins. Ready-made plugins to protect sign-ups on popular CMS platforms.
- No email storage. Validates only the domain, never storing full email addresses.
- Crawlers & block list. Continuously crawls and updates a block list of temporary email providers.
- Simple API integration. Make a POST request with a domain to receive validation results.
RealMail vs Temp Mail Detector FAQ
Is RealMail or Temp Mail Detector free?+
RealMail is paid, with a free trial. Temp Mail Detector has a free plan and paid plans.
Do RealMail and Temp Mail Detector integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list Python, PHP and Go. RealMail also lists cURL, Node.js and Java; Temp Mail Detector also lists WordPress and Ghost.
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