Inflovy as a Mailosaur alternative
Mailosaur is a mature email and SMS testing platform for QA automation. Teams look for an alternative when the per-user pricing, the $20/month floor with no free plan, or the API-first feel does not fit a small team that also reads emails by hand.
Last updated September 18, 2026
Who this is for
1Solo developers and small teams who bounce off $20–50/month
2Teams that read most test emails by hand and automate a few
3Anyone who wants to try an inbox before creating an account
In short
Inflovy is a Mailosaur alternative for developers and small QA teams: a free plan with 10 inboxes and 3 members, no per-seat pricing on any plan, an inbox you can try without an account, a Chrome extension for OTP codes, and a REST API with a wait-for-email endpoint on Pro ($12/month) and Team ($39/month). Mailosaur remains the better fit if you need SMS testing, SSO or an enterprise SLA.
Why people look for a Mailosaur alternative
Pricing: Personal is $20/month (annual) for 1 user and 1 inbox; team access starts at the $50/month Core tier (September 2026).
Per-user pricing on a tool where volume is also priced; reviewers call it “more than we are willing to commit to”.
No free plan; a 14-day trial that “means you end up upgrading pretty quickly”.
Search and filtering that reviewers find unintuitive for day-to-day manual use.
What Inflovy does differently
Free plan with 10 inboxes, 3 members and 7-day retention; no card.
Members are never a priced unit: 3 on Free, 5 on Pro, 15 on Team.
Human first: web inbox with the code as a copy chip, Chrome extension that fills and pastes.
Same wait-for-email semantics developers expect, on Pro and Team.
Mailosaur versus Inflovy.
Pricing from vendor pages, September 2026. Check both sites before deciding.
| Need | Mailosaur | Inflovy |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No; 14-day trial. | Yes: 10 inboxes, 3 members, 7-day retention. |
| Entry price | $20/month (Personal, annual), 1 user, 1 inbox. | $12/month (Pro): 100 inboxes, 5 members, 30-day retention, API. |
| Team access | Core, $50/month, 5 seats. | On every plan, no seat pricing. |
| Try without an account | No. | Yes: instant inbox on the homepage. |
| Wait-for-email API | Yes, with SDKs in many languages. | Yes (REST, 1–60 s long-poll), on Pro and Team. |
| SMS testing | Yes, as a paid add-on. | No. |
| Browser extension | No. | Chrome: list inboxes, fill email fields, paste the OTP. |
| SSO / SCIM / SLA | Enterprise tier. | No. |
Who should pick which
Stay with Mailosaur if
- You need SMS OTP testing alongside email
- You need SSO, SCIM or a contractual SLA
- You want official SDKs in many languages and a long track record
Choose Inflovy if
- A solo developer or a team under ~15 people
- Most test emails are read by a human; some are read by a test
- You do not want to pay per teammate to read a code
- You want to try an inbox before signing up
Questions people ask before switching.
Short answers. Inflovy is a receive-only test inbox for developers and QA teams; it does not replace your mailbox or send anything.
Is Inflovy cheaper than Mailosaur?
For a small team, yes. Five people reading OTPs on Mailosaur means the $50/month Core tier; on Inflovy the same five people fit on Pro at $12/month, or on Free if 10 inboxes and 7-day retention are enough (September 2026).
Does Inflovy have an API like Mailosaur?
Yes, on Pro and Team: create, list and delete inboxes, list and fetch messages, and a wait endpoint that returns the first message after a marker within about two seconds of arrival, with the verification code and links extracted.
Can I migrate from Mailosaur?
There is nothing to migrate: test inboxes are disposable. Create a workspace, add an API key, and replace the client calls in your suite with two HTTP requests (see the Playwright and Cypress guides).
What does Inflovy not do that Mailosaur does?
SMS numbers, SSO/SCIM, official SDK packages, and enterprise SLAs.
Related guides
Nearby workflows and comparisons, so you can evaluate the right one without guessing.
Try the alternative before you sign up.
The homepage creates an inbox with no account. Keep it if it works for you.