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Free allowance
100 emails/month on the free Developer tier, which does not expire
Verdict
fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost
free tier
Identity
emailno card, no phone
Binding limit
request-rate100 emails per month with no daily allowance beyond it
Evidence
documented17 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness
stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05
Free tier100 emails/month on the free Developer tier, which does not expire
unit requests; metered on request-count
Pricenone stated
Limits
  • request-rate (binding) 100 emails per month with no daily allowance beyond it source
  • write-gated until Postmark approves a new account, it sends only to addresses on domains added to the account and verified; review takes under 24 hours on weekdays source
no daily allowance exists: 100 emails per month is the whole month, which is 3.3 a day averaged. A verified sender signature or domain is required and a card is not
Identityemail an account with an email address; no credit card for the free Developer plan
Egressnot applicable: an outbound sender
Retention45 days of activity retention (45 days)
Interfacerest https://api.postmarkapp.com/email; an SMTP relay at smtp.postmarkapp.com for transactional messages and smtp-broadcasts.postmarkapp.com for broadcast messages, on ports 25, 2525 and 587 with STARTTLS
Toolingcurl, any HTTP client, any SMTP client
Composes withcomposes with a domain and with nothing else at this volume.
Reliabilityno overage on the free tier
NotesThere is no burst room at all, which distinguishes it from every 100/day product here.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
  • write-gated 24 hours
Evidence 17
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-22www.postmark.com/pricing'Test your integration with 100 emails/month'
2026-10-22probe: smtp://smtp.postmarkapp.com:587banner 250, EHLO advertises SIZE and 8BITMIME, STARTTLS completed, and AUTH LOGIN returned 334
2026-10-30www.postmark.com/pricingmessage content history is kept 45 days by default
2026-10-30www.postmark.com/pricingthe free plan needs no card
2026-10-30postmarkapp.com/support/article/1084-how-does-the-account-apa new account is limited to its own verified domains until it is approved
2026-10-30www.postmark.com/pricingthe free plan allows no overage
2026-10-31probe: smtp.postmarkapp.com:587the Postmark SMTP relay answers on port 587 with a 220 ESMTP banner
2026-10-30www.postmark.com/pricingthe free Developer plan gives 100 emails a month and does not expire
2026-11-02postmarkapp.com/developer/user-guide/send-email-with-smtpthe SMTP relay hosts are smtp.postmarkapp.com for transactional and smtp-broadcasts.postmarkapp.com for broadcast messages
2026-11-02postmarkapp.com/developer/user-guide/send-email-with-smtpthe SMTP relay is reached on ports 25, 2525 or 587
2026-11-02postmarkapp.com/developer/user-guide/send-email-with-smtpTLS on the SMTP relay is available through STARTTLS
2026-11-02postmarkapp.com/developer/user-guide/send-email-with-smtpan SMTP client connects to the Postmark relay on ports 25, 2525 or 587
2026-11-02www.postmark.com/pricingthe pricing page captured on 2026-11-02 states the free Developer plan of 100 emails a month with no expiry
2026-11-02www.postmark.com/pricingthe free plan needs no credit card
2026-11-02www.postmark.com/pricingthe pricing page was captured on 2026-11-02 and still states the free Developer plan
2026-11-02www.postmark.com/pricingthe pricing page still offers the free plan with no credit card
2026-11-04www.postmark.com/pricingthe free Developer plan is 100 emails a month with no expiry, unchanged
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