smtp4dev AlternativesMail Servers and other similar apps like smtp4dev

smtp4dev is described as 'The fake SMTP email server for development and testing' and is a Mail Server in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to smtp4dev for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Linux, SaaS and Mac apps. The best smtp4dev alternative is Mailcatch.app, which is free. Other great apps like smtp4dev are MailMug.net, Papercut, FakeSMTP and Mailtrap.

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  1. Mailcatch.app icon
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    An email sandbox to inspect and debug emails in dev, staging, and QA environments before sending them to recipients in production.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Mailcatch.app is the most popular Web-based alternative to smtp4dev.

    • Mailcatch.app is the most popular free alternative to smtp4dev.

    • Mailcatch.app is Freemium and Proprietarysmtp4dev is Free and Open Source
  2. MailMug.net icon
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    Capture SMTP traffic from staging and dev environments. Easily validate email content text or HTML/CSS. Utilize an Email Sandbox to thoroughly examine and troubleshoot emails within staging, development, and quality assurance (QA) environments prior to sending them to recipients...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Papercut icon
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    Papercut is a simplified SMTP server designed to only receive messages (not to send them on) with a GUI on top of it allowing you to see the messages it receives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Papercut is the most popular Windows alternative to smtp4dev.

    • Papercut is the most popular Open Source alternative to smtp4dev.

    • Papercut is Free and Open Sourcesmtp4dev is also Free and Open Source
  4. FakeSMTP icon
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    FakeSMTP is a Free Fake SMTP Server with GUI for testing emails in applications easily. It is written in Java.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • FakeSMTP is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to smtp4dev.

    • FakeSMTP is Free and Open Sourcesmtp4dev is also Free and Open Source
  5. Mailtrap icon
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    Mailtrap is an Email Delivery Platform for businesses and individuals to Test, Send, and Control their email infrastructure performance.

    29 Mailtrap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about Mailtrap as an Alternative to smtp4dev
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    smtp4dev is a local system, mailtrap is an online service

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    one is a local system the other is an online service

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Mailtrap is Freemium and Proprietarysmtp4dev is Free and Open Source
  6. Mailosaur icon
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    Email Testing for QA & Development Teams. Catch every email your product sends, analyze it's contents, follow links and test deliverability all via the Mailosaur API.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Mailosaur is the most popular commercial alternative to smtp4dev.

    • Mailosaur is Paid and Proprietarysmtp4dev is Free and Open Source
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    Ethereal is a fake SMTP service, mostly aimed at Nodemailer users (but not limited to). It's a completely free anti-transactional email service where messages never get delivered.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Origami SMTP icon
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    Origami SMTP was created with the idea to have a fake email server for testing purposes that supported TLS. This is because the code the developer was working on at the time had several hard coded values enforcing TLS so most other solutions would not work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Cross-Platform with TLS support.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Origami SMTP is Free and Open Sourcesmtp4dev is also Free and Open Source
  9. testmail.app icon
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    QA tool for automating end-to-end email tests. Get unlimited private email addresses and inboxes for testing new user signups, transactional emails and drip campaigns, deliverability and spam scores, etc. Integrates with your CI/CD workflow. Includes spam testing.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • testmail.app is the most popular SaaS alternative to smtp4dev.

    • testmail.app is Freemium and Proprietarysmtp4dev is Free and Open Source
  10. LunaticSMTP icon
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    LunaticSMTP is a dummy SMTP server with desktop GUI for testing email sending applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • JavaFX
    • Java
     
  11. MailDev icon
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    MailDev is a simple way to test your project's generated emails during development with an easy to use web interface that runs on your machine built on top of Node.js.

    24 MailDev alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • MailDev is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to smtp4dev.

    • MailDev is Free and Open Sourcesmtp4dev is also Free and Open Source
  12. Zyntra icon
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    Zyntra is a disposable email platform for QA teams and test automation workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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