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Mailtrap

Email sending API/SMTP plus testing sandbox from Railsware; US-hosted, volume plans up to 2.5M emails/month self-serve.

Mailtrap offers production sending and a testing sandbox. Sending plans include a monthly volume, with overage of $1.00 per 1,000 on Basic, $0.88 on Business and $0.55 on Enterprise. Dedicated IPs with automatic warm-up start on Business. Data is stored in AWS us-east-1; announced EU storage was not yet available when we checked.

Headquarters
🇺🇸 United States
Parent jurisdiction
🇺🇸 United States (parent: Railsware)
EU self-serve plan
No / not documented
GDPR DPA
Yes
Billing
subscription
Free tier
4,000 emails/month, max 150/day, no overage.
Open source
No
Website
mailtrap.io
Source last checked
2026-10-06
Pricing evidence
Published rates

Pricing

Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. How to read these estimates.

PlanBase fee / month1k additional emails
Free$0$0
Basic 10k$15$1
Basic 50k$20$1
Basic 100k$30$1
Business 100k$85$0.88
Business 250k$200$0.88
Business 500k$300$0.88
Business 750k$450$0.88
Enterprise 1.5M$750$0.55
Enterprise 2.5M$1,250$0.55
Allowances, plan limits & calculation details

Rates are shown at their recorded precision. A zero means no charge in this calculation; the vendor may charge for things we leave out. See the notes for usage assumptions and currency conversions.

Free

Base fee / month
$0
Included emails / month (thousands)
4
1k additional emails
$0
Modeled plan limits
≤ 4 emails / month (thousands)

Basic 10k

Base fee / month
$15
Included emails / month (thousands)
10
1k additional emails
$1
Modeled plan limits
≤ 5,000 emails / month (thousands)

Basic 50k

Base fee / month
$20
Included emails / month (thousands)
50
1k additional emails
$1
Modeled plan limits
≤ 5,000 emails / month (thousands)

Basic 100k

Base fee / month
$30
Included emails / month (thousands)
100
1k additional emails
$1
Modeled plan limits
≤ 5,000 emails / month (thousands)

Business 100k

Base fee / month
$85
Included emails / month (thousands)
100
1k additional emails
$0.88
Modeled plan limits
≤ 5,000 emails / month (thousands)

Business 250k

Base fee / month
$200
Included emails / month (thousands)
250
1k additional emails
$0.88
Modeled plan limits
≤ 5,000 emails / month (thousands)

Business 500k

Base fee / month
$300
Included emails / month (thousands)
500
1k additional emails
$0.88
Modeled plan limits
≤ 5,000 emails / month (thousands)

Business 750k

Base fee / month
$450
Included emails / month (thousands)
750
1k additional emails
$0.88
Modeled plan limits
≤ 5,000 emails / month (thousands)

Enterprise 1.5M

Base fee / month
$750
Included emails / month (thousands)
1,500
1k additional emails
$0.55
Modeled plan limits
≤ 5,000 emails / month (thousands)

Enterprise 2.5M

Base fee / month
$1,250
Included emails / month (thousands)
2,500
1k additional emails
$0.55
Modeled plan limits
≤ 5,000 emails / month (thousands)

Email API/SMTP plans: Basic $15 (10k), $20 (50k), $30 (100k); Business $85 (100k), $200 (250k), $300 (500k), $450 (750k); Enterprise $750 (1.5M), $1,250 (2.5M). Overage per 1k: Basic $1.00, Business $0.88, Enterprise $0.55. 5M+/month is custom, so plans are capped at 5M here. Dedicated IP with auto warm-up from Business. Data hosted in the US (AWS us-east-1); EU storage announced but not yet available. Railsware Products Studio LLC, West Hollywood, US.

Managed alternatives

At 1M emails / month. Adjust usage and requirements.

Mailtrap: $8,040/yr estimated.

The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you’d need to replace.

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