Agent Email Infrastructure

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        "billing": "freemium",
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      "upvotes": 0
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      "agent_id": "primitive",
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      "url": "https://primitive.dev",
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        "monthly_usd": 13,
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        "billing": "subscription",
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        "summary": "From $5/mo. The Developer plan provides MCP server access for $5 per month."
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      "evidence_quality": "high",
      "upvotes": 0
    }
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          "status": "ok"
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        {
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          "buyer_tier_label": "Team / SME",
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          "status": "ok"
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          "status": "ok"
        },
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          "buyer_tier_label": "Team / SME",
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          "pricing_unit_label": "flat monthly",
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          "reliability": "low",
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          "p75": null,
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        {
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          "buyer_tier_label": "Individual",
          "pricing_unit": "flat",
          "pricing_unit_label": "flat monthly",
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          "median": null,
          "p25": null,
          "p75": null,
          "status": "observed_offers_only",
          "observed_offers": [
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            69
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          "niche": "agent-email-infrastructure"
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      }
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      "listings_with_observed_public_price": 28,
      "providers_with_numeric_monthly_price_latest_scan": 25,
      "like_for_like_comparable_pairs": 24
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        "value_pct": null,
        "held_reason": null
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      "w": {
        "published": false,
        "value_pct": null,
        "held_reason": null
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      "m": {
        "published": true,
        "value_pct": 1.1,
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    "pricing_status": "ok",
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        "currency": "USD",
        "period": "month",
        "unit": "flat",
        "median": 12.5,
        "provider_count": 18,
        "plan_observation_count": 18,
        "data_confidence": 0.98,
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          "observation_component": 0.9,
          "provider_count": 18,
          "plan_observation_count": 18
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            "provider": "shipmail_mcp",
            "usd": 4
          },
          {
            "provider": "uncorreotemporal_mcp",
            "usd": 5
          },
          {
            "provider": "volanea",
            "usd": 5
          },
          {
            "provider": "dead_simple_email",
            "usd": 5
          },
          {
            "provider": "minutemail",
            "usd": 9
          },
          {
            "provider": "email_verify_mcp",
            "usd": 10
          },
          {
            "provider": "routr_email_mcp",
            "usd": 10
          },
          {
            "provider": "aipost_email",
            "usd": 10
          },
          {
            "provider": "dns_doctor",
            "usd": 12
          },
          {
            "provider": "primitive",
            "usd": 13
          },
          {
            "provider": "mailbox_bot",
            "usd": 15
          },
          {
            "provider": "dmarcmcp",
            "usd": 15
          },
          {
            "provider": "send16_mcp",
            "usd": 19
          },
          {
            "provider": "email",
            "usd": 19
          },
          {
            "provider": "sendcore",
            "usd": 19
          },
          {
            "provider": "mektup",
            "usd": 20
          },
          {
            "provider": "agentmail",
            "usd": 20
          },
          {
            "provider": "mailwarm",
            "usd": 69
          }
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        "p75": 19
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      {
        "tier": "pro",
        "currency": "USD",
        "period": "month",
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        "provider_count": 11,
        "plan_observation_count": 12,
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          "plan_observation_count": 12
        },
        "reliability": "medium",
        "members": [
          {
            "provider": "faisty",
            "usd": 3
          },
          {
            "provider": "anonli",
            "usd": 6.64
          },
          {
            "provider": "product_mcp",
            "usd": 7
          },
          {
            "provider": "shipmail_mcp",
            "usd": 9
          },
          {
            "provider": "mailkite",
            "usd": 20
          },
          {
            "provider": "postfleet",
            "usd": 20
          },
          {
            "provider": "minutemail",
            "usd": 29
          },
          {
            "provider": "mektup",
            "usd": 48
          },
          {
            "provider": "send16_mcp",
            "usd": 99
          },
          {
            "provider": "dead_simple_email",
            "usd": 99
          },
          {
            "provider": "yaakovscher_agent_cold_email",
            "usd": 99
          }
        ],
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        "p75": 73.5
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      {
        "tier": "team_sme",
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        "period": "month",
        "unit": "flat",
        "median": 151.5,
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        "plan_observation_count": 21,
        "data_confidence": 1,
        "data_confidence_basis": {
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          "observation_component": 1,
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          "plan_observation_count": 21
        },
        "reliability": "high",
        "members": [
          {
            "provider": "agenttrust",
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          },
          {
            "provider": "dead_simple_email",
            "usd": 29
          },
          {
            "provider": "send16_mcp",
            "usd": 49
          },
          {
            "provider": "shipmail_mcp",
            "usd": 52
          },
          {
            "provider": "volanea",
            "usd": 84.5
          },
          {
            "provider": "minutemail",
            "usd": 99
          },
          {
            "provider": "sendcore",
            "usd": 104
          },
          {
            "provider": "email",
            "usd": 199
          },
          {
            "provider": "postfleet",
            "usd": 200
          },
          {
            "provider": "agentmail",
            "usd": 200
          },
          {
            "provider": "mailkite",
            "usd": 249
          },
          {
            "provider": "yaakovscher_agent_cold_email",
            "usd": 249
          },
          {
            "provider": "primitive",
            "usd": 299
          },
          {
            "provider": "mailwarm",
            "usd": 319
          }
        ],
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        "p75": 236.75
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      "listings_with_price_capture": 36,
      "listings_with_observed_public_price": 28,
      "normalized_observations": 53,
      "comparable_providers": 25,
      "strict_cohorts": 3,
      "exclusion_reasons": {
        "usage_not_monthly": 19,
        "ambiguous_cadence": 13,
        "free_or_zero": 4
      }
    },
    "pricing_note": "Provider-deduped, FX-normalized monthly medians, separated by buyer tier AND billing unit (flat/per_seat/per_user/per_agent) — incompatible units are never blended. Ranges (p25/p75) only at >=5 providers; data_confidence is provider-count-weighted. Usage-metered, promo, range, one-time and ambiguous-cadence plans are excluded.",
    "pricing_excluded_observations": {
      "usage_not_monthly": 19,
      "ambiguous_cadence": 13,
      "free_or_zero": 4
    },
    "billing_mix": {
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      "subscription": 4,
      "free": 2
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        "agent_id": "agentmail",
        "name": "Agentmail",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 20,
          "monthly_usd": 20,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $20/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $20/mo. AgentMail offers a freemium model with a free tier ($0/month for 3 inboxes) and paid plans starting at $20/month for developers, $200/month for startups, and custom pricing for enterprises."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "agenttrust",
        "name": "AgentTrust",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 9,
          "monthly_usd": 9,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $9/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $9/mo. AgentTrust offers a free plan, Team at $9/mo, Enterprise at $79/mo, and custom pricing for larger teams."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "anonli",
        "name": "Anonli",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 5.79,
          "monthly_usd": 5.79,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $5.79/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $5.79/mo. anon.li offers a permanent free tier, individual Plus and Pro subscriptions, and a per-seat Business plan for teams."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "email",
        "name": "Email Agent",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 19,
          "monthly_usd": 19,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $19/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $19/mo. Mailgent offers a permanent free plan, $19/month Developer and $199/month Startup plans, plus custom Enterprise pricing."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "faisty",
        "name": "faisty",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 3,
          "monthly_usd": 3,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $3/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $3/mo. Faist offers a free tier and a $3/month Pro tier, with Supabase project costs paid separately by the customer."
        },
        "observed": true
      }
    ],
    "suggested_next_calls": [
      {
        "tool": "price_benchmark",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "agent-email-infrastructure"
        },
        "purpose": "full observed price distribution + per-tier medians for this niche"
      },
      {
        "tool": "niche_report",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "agent-email-infrastructure",
          "response_mode": "full"
        },
        "purpose": "the complete report incl. index series and tier decomposition"
      },
      {
        "tool": "suggest_alternatives",
        "arguments": {
          "agent_id": "agentmail"
        },
        "purpose": "comparable (optionally cheaper) providers to a named agent"
      },
      {
        "tool": "get_agent_profile",
        "arguments": {
          "agent_id": "agentmail"
        },
        "purpose": "full profile, integrations and pricing for one provider"
      }
    ]
  }
}