{
  "name": "Temporary Email API Benchmark 2026",
  "description": "Documented comparison data for temporary email API access, authentication, message access, documentation quality, and testing suitability.",
  "url": "https://mytempmail.cc/temporary-email-api-benchmark/",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-05-29",
  "methodology": [
    "Reviewed official product pages and developer documentation for each provider.",
    "Recorded only documented API access, authentication model, message retrieval support, and stated usage limits.",
    "Marked uncertain items as not clearly documented instead of inferring unavailable features.",
    "Focused on temporary email API usefulness for QA, signup testing, and disposable inbox workflows."
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "tool": "MyTempMail",
      "source": "MyTempMail Developers",
      "sourceUrl": "https://mytempmail.cc/developers/",
      "documentedApiAccess": "Public, rate-limited API",
      "authModel": "Mailbox token; no API key in current public endpoints",
      "messageAccess": "List and read inbox messages by token",
      "documentationStatus": "Dedicated developer page and GitHub examples",
      "testingFit": "Good fit for lightweight signup and verification email testing",
      "complianceNote": "Free address creation is limited by IP and browser fingerprint; Turnstile verification does not raise the free quota.",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-05-29"
    },
    {
      "tool": "Mail.tm",
      "source": "Mail.tm Docs",
      "sourceUrl": "https://docs.mail.tm/",
      "documentedApiAccess": "Public REST API",
      "authModel": "No API key; account creation plus bearer token for most requests",
      "messageAccess": "Messages API and real-time SSE are documented",
      "documentationStatus": "OpenAPI-style documentation",
      "testingFit": "Good fit when a test can create an account and store a bearer token",
      "complianceNote": "Docs state an 8 QPS per-IP limit and require attribution for API use.",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-05-23"
    },
    {
      "tool": "Guerrilla Mail",
      "source": "Guerrilla Mail API",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.guerrillamail.com/GuerrillaMailAPI.html",
      "documentedApiAccess": "Public JSON API",
      "authModel": "Cookie/session-oriented API flow",
      "messageAccess": "check_email and related message functions are documented",
      "documentationStatus": "Public API document",
      "testingFit": "Useful for simple integrations that can preserve required cookies",
      "complianceNote": "The API document describes 60-minute message expiry and asks clients not to check too frequently.",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-05-23"
    },
    {
      "tool": "Temp-Mail.io",
      "source": "Temp-Mail.io API Help",
      "sourceUrl": "https://temp-mail.io/help/account/how-to-use-api",
      "documentedApiAccess": "Official API for premium subscribers",
      "authModel": "API key from a premium account",
      "messageAccess": "Incoming messages, HTML/plain text, attachments, and raw source are documented",
      "documentationStatus": "Dedicated API docs and help page",
      "testingFit": "Good fit for paid or production-style testing workflows",
      "complianceNote": "The help page states that API access requires a premium subscription.",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-05-23"
    },
    {
      "tool": "10 Minute Mail",
      "source": "10 Minute Mail Website",
      "sourceUrl": "https://10minutemail.com/temp-mail",
      "documentedApiAccess": "No official public API documentation found in reviewed pages",
      "authModel": "No signup required for the web inbox",
      "messageAccess": "Web inbox flow is documented on the public site",
      "documentationStatus": "Consumer-focused web documentation",
      "testingFit": "Useful for manual disposable inbox checks; API automation is not clearly documented",
      "complianceNote": "The official page describes a free temporary email address that self-destructs after 10 minutes.",
      "lastReviewed": "2026-05-23"
    }
  ]
}