Prices and limits below are from MailSlurp’s pricing page on 12 October 2026. Check it for current details.
At a glance
| Proxy Mail QA | MailSlurp | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Testing email flows by hand | Creating inboxes and testing email and SMS from code |
| Free | The whole product under fair use (up to 50 new addresses a day) | 100 inbox creations and 500 received emails a month, 1 user |
| Paid | Team plan coming soon | Starter $19.99 a month; Pro $49.99; Growth $129.99 |
| Codes and links | Shown on each account’s row | Extracted through the API |
| Sending | No, receive-only | Yes |
| Custom domains | Not yet | From Pro |
| SMS | No | Phone numbers from Pro, charged separately |
| Test account details | Personas, notes, tags, encrypted saved passwords, QA reports | Not the focus |
| API | Not yet (planned) | Yes, with SDKs |
Where MailSlurp is the better choice
- Your tests create inboxes in code, send mail, or need SMS or your own domain today.
- You want one service for email and phone testing in an automated suite.
Where Proxy Mail QA is the better choice
- People, not scripts, are testing. Addresses, codes and links are in a web app built around the Accounts view, so testers don’t write code to read a verification email.
- Test accounts you can come back to. A persona, the password you signed up with, notes and tags live with each address for up to 30 days.
- Generous for individuals. Up to 50 new addresses a day and around 500 incoming emails a day on the Free plan.
- Client-ready records. Export a project’s test accounts and every email’s code or link as CSV or PDF.