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Email Management Agent

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active marketmarket pulse 28/100commercial money present0 new builders in 30d25 listings
basis: all observed monthly plans · commercial-form-v2
Agents · median
$29/mo
$25–$79 middle half · 4 providers
MCP servers · median
$10/mo
3 providers
2.9×

Agents cost 2.9× MCPs across all tiers — median $29 vs $10. Two different markets; a blended figure would mislead either buyer.

All plansAgents vs MCPs

each dot = one provider · log scale
Agents $29
Crabtalk 2 · $8
toyo · $29
Via Email · $106
Newmail Ai · $25
Via Email · $29
toyo · $79
MCP servers $10
mcpemails · $5
Zoho Mail · $10
gmail · $10
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AgentsMCP serversshaded = middle half · line = median

All plans

9 priced
Providervs its cohort medianMonthly
mcpemailsmcp
$5 below
Crabtalk 2agent
$8 below
Zoho Mailmcp
$10 ~median
gmailmcp
$10 ~median
Newmail Aiagent
$25 below
toyoagent
$29 ~median
Via Emailagent
$29 ~median
toyoagent
$79 above
Via Emailagent
$106 above
Position is relative to the provider's own delivery-type median at this tier — never a blended one.
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        "pairs": 9,
        "dayChangePct": 0
      },
      {
        "day": "2026-08-30",
        "index": 100,
        "pairs": 9,
        "dayChangePct": 0
      }
    ],
    "latest": 100,
    "day_change_pct": 0,
    "methodology": "Chained daily price index, base 100 on the first priced scan day (29 Jun 2026). The overall index is the COMPOSITE of the four buyer-tier indices (individual / pro / team&sme / enterprise): each day it moves by the equal-weighted average of the tiers' moves. Each tier index is like-for-like — only agents priced on both consecutive scan days (per-agent ratios, geometric mean, clipped to [0.2, 5]) — so composition changes (agents revealing or hiding prices) can never move it."
  },
  "top_agents": [
    {
      "agent_id": "mcpemails",
      "name": "MCP Emails",
      "url": "https://mcpemails.com",
      "short_summary": "connects email accounts to AI assistants for reading, searching, organizing, drafting, sending, and scheduling mail",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "freemium",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": 5,
        "monthly_usd": 5,
        "headline": "Free tier, then from $5/mo",
        "summary": "Free tier, then from $5/mo. MCP Emails offers a permanent free plan for one inbox, with paid monthly plans from $5 for three inboxes to $79 for team workspaces."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "high",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "gmail",
      "name": "Gmail",
      "url": "https://smithery.ai/server/gmail",
      "short_summary": "Manage Gmail end-to-end: send, draft, reply, forward, and bulk-modify or delete messages and threads. Organize your inbox with labels, archiving, and trashing,…",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "freemium",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": 10,
        "monthly_usd": 10,
        "headline": "Free tier, then from $10/mo",
        "summary": "Free tier, then from $10/mo. Smithery offers a free Hobby tier, a $10/month Pay as You Go plan with usage credits, and custom pricing for enterprise features."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "medium",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "zoho_mail",
      "name": "Zoho Mail",
      "url": "https://smithery.ai/server/zoho_mail",
      "short_summary": "Zoho Mail is a secure and ad-free email hosting platform with collaboration tools, calendar integration, and extensive administrative controls",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "freemium",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": 10,
        "monthly_usd": 10,
        "headline": "Free tier, then from $10/mo",
        "summary": "Free tier, then from $10/mo. Smithery offers a free Hobby plan, a $10/month Pay as You Go plan with usage credits and overage pricing, and a custom enterprise option."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "low",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "agentic_inbox",
      "name": "Agentic Inbox",
      "url": "https://github.com/cloudflare/agentic-inbox",
      "short_summary": "Self-hosted email client with AI agent capabilities, running on Cloudflare Workers. Features AI-powered email management, conversation search, and draft replie…",
      "price": {
        "observed": false,
        "billing": "unknown",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "GitHub offers a free plan, a $4-per-user/month Team plan, and Enterprise starting at $21 per user/month."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "almanac",
      "name": "Almanac",
      "url": "https://github.com/ManeeshJupalle/Almanac",
      "short_summary": "A local-first desktop daily-briefing agent that connects Gmail, Google Calendar, and Slack, classifies and synthesizes daily items on-device, and links each br…",
      "price": {
        "observed": false,
        "billing": "not_found",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "No public pricing was found for Almanac in the supplied context."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "apple_mail_mcp",
      "name": "Apple Mail",
      "url": "https://imdinu.github.io/apple-mail-mcp/",
      "short_summary": "MCP server for Apple Mail with full-text search via FTS5. Provides 8 tools for reading, searching, and extracting email content. Works as MCP server or standal…",
      "price": {
        "observed": false,
        "billing": "not_found",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "No public price found on the vendor site."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "apple_mail_mcp_2",
      "name": "Apple Mail Mcp 2",
      "url": "https://github.com/patrickfreyer/apple-mail-mcp",
      "short_summary": "MCP server enabling AI assistants to read, search, compose, organize, and analyze Apple Mail emails via natural language. Integrates with Claude and other AI p…",
      "price": {
        "observed": false,
        "billing": "not_found",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "No public pricing was observed for the Apple Mail MCP Server."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "crabtalk_2",
      "name": "Crabtalk 2",
      "url": "https://crabtalk.ai",
      "short_summary": "Runs AI agents on your inbox and feeds (mail, Hacker News, Reddit) to curate content, draft replies, and organize information into tables. Includes shared memo…",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "freemium",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": 8,
        "monthly_usd": 8,
        "headline": "Free tier, then from $8/mo",
        "summary": "Free tier, then from $8/mo. CrabTalk offers an invite-only free plan and a Go subscription priced at $8 per month."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "deskmail_ai",
      "name": "Deskmail Ai",
      "url": "https://github.com/scrappy-builds/deskmail-ai",
      "short_summary": "A local Windows desktop email client with a built-in Claude connector that can read, search, draft, and organize mail through a constrained MCP interface. Supp…",
      "price": {
        "observed": false,
        "billing": "not_found",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "No public pricing for DeskMail AI is shown in the supplied repository content."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "email_agent",
      "name": "Email Agent",
      "url": "https://github.com/OlehDatsyk/email-agent",
      "short_summary": "An open-source AI email agent built with FastAPI and the OpenAI Responses API. It plans tasks, drafts and improves replies, summarizes and categorizes messages…",
      "price": {
        "observed": false,
        "billing": "not_found",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "No public pricing for the Email Agent project is shown; the supplied pricing page is for GitHub’s platform rather than this project."
      },
      "evidence_quality": "unclear",
      "upvotes": 0
    }
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  "page_url": "https://agentery.com/market/email-management-agent",
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    "sector": "research-knowledge-work",
    "pricing_by_provider_type": {
      "headline": "Prices differ by provider type and buyer tier — no blended headline is used. Strongest cohort: Agents · Individual median $29/mo (3 providers). See benchmarks_by_provider_type_and_tier for the full matrix.",
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          "provider_type_label": "Agents",
          "buyer_tier": "individual",
          "buyer_tier_label": "Individual",
          "pricing_unit": "flat",
          "pricing_unit_label": "flat monthly",
          "comparable_provider_count": 3,
          "reliability": "low",
          "median": 29,
          "p25": null,
          "p75": null,
          "status": "median_only"
        },
        {
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          "buyer_tier_label": "Pro",
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          "pricing_unit_label": "flat monthly",
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          "reliability": "low",
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          "p25": null,
          "p75": null,
          "status": "median_only"
        },
        {
          "provider_type": "mcp",
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          "buyer_tier": "individual",
          "buyer_tier_label": "Individual",
          "pricing_unit": "flat",
          "pricing_unit_label": "flat monthly",
          "comparable_provider_count": 3,
          "reliability": "low",
          "median": 10,
          "p25": null,
          "p75": null,
          "status": "median_only"
        }
      ],
      "warnings": [],
      "full_pricing_via": {
        "tool": "price_benchmark",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "email-management-agent"
        },
        "note": "add provider_type + buyer_tier for a specific cohort"
      }
    },
    "page_url": "https://agentery.com/market/email-management-agent",
    "counts": {
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      "listings_with_observed_public_price": 9,
      "providers_with_numeric_monthly_price_latest_scan": null,
      "like_for_like_comparable_pairs": null
    },
    "movement": {
      "d": {
        "published": false,
        "value_pct": null,
        "held_reason": null
      },
      "w": {
        "published": false,
        "value_pct": null,
        "held_reason": null
      },
      "m": {
        "published": false,
        "value_pct": null,
        "held_reason": null
      }
    },
    "pricing_version": "cohorts-1",
    "pricing_status": "ok",
    "pricing_by_tier": [
      {
        "tier": "individual",
        "currency": "USD",
        "period": "month",
        "unit": "flat",
        "median": 10,
        "provider_count": 6,
        "plan_observation_count": 7,
        "data_confidence": 0.47,
        "data_confidence_basis": {
          "provider_component": 0.5,
          "observation_component": 0.35,
          "provider_count": 6,
          "plan_observation_count": 7
        },
        "reliability": "medium",
        "members": [
          {
            "provider": "mcpemails",
            "usd": 5
          },
          {
            "provider": "crabtalk_2",
            "usd": 8
          },
          {
            "provider": "zoho_mail",
            "usd": 10
          },
          {
            "provider": "gmail",
            "usd": 10
          },
          {
            "provider": "toyo",
            "usd": 29
          },
          {
            "provider": "via_email",
            "usd": 105.5
          }
        ],
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        "p75": 24.25
      },
      {
        "tier": "pro",
        "currency": "USD",
        "period": "month",
        "unit": "flat",
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        "provider_count": 4,
        "plan_observation_count": 4,
        "data_confidence": 0.31,
        "data_confidence_basis": {
          "provider_component": 0.33,
          "observation_component": 0.2,
          "provider_count": 4,
          "plan_observation_count": 4
        },
        "reliability": "low",
        "members": [
          {
            "provider": "newmail_ai",
            "usd": 25
          },
          {
            "provider": "via_email",
            "usd": 29
          },
          {
            "provider": "mcpemails",
            "usd": 29
          },
          {
            "provider": "toyo",
            "usd": 79
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "tier": "team_sme",
        "currency": "USD",
        "period": "month",
        "unit": "flat",
        "median": 79,
        "provider_count": 2,
        "plan_observation_count": 2,
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        "data_confidence_basis": {
          "provider_component": 0.17,
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          "provider_count": 2,
          "plan_observation_count": 2
        },
        "reliability": "low",
        "members": [
          {
            "provider": "via_email",
            "usd": 79
          },
          {
            "provider": "mcpemails",
            "usd": 79
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "pricing_coverage": {
      "listings_with_price_capture": 25,
      "listings_with_observed_public_price": 9,
      "normalized_observations": 13,
      "comparable_providers": 7,
      "strict_cohorts": 3,
      "exclusion_reasons": {
        "ambiguous_cadence": 5,
        "free_or_zero": 2,
        "usage_not_monthly": 1
      }
    },
    "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": {
      "ambiguous_cadence": 5,
      "free_or_zero": 2,
      "usage_not_monthly": 1
    },
    "billing_mix": {
      "freemium": 5,
      "subscription": 2,
      "free": 2
    },
    "free_tier_share": 0.78,
    "top_providers": [
      {
        "agent_id": "mcpemails",
        "name": "MCP Emails",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 5,
          "monthly_usd": 5,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $5/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $5/mo. MCP Emails offers a permanent free plan for one inbox, with paid monthly plans from $5 for three inboxes to $79 for team workspaces."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "gmail",
        "name": "Gmail",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 10,
          "monthly_usd": 10,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $10/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $10/mo. Smithery offers a free Hobby tier, a $10/month Pay as You Go plan with usage credits, and custom pricing for enterprise features."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "zoho_mail",
        "name": "Zoho Mail",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 10,
          "monthly_usd": 10,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $10/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $10/mo. Smithery offers a free Hobby plan, a $10/month Pay as You Go plan with usage credits and overage pricing, and a custom enterprise option."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "agentic_inbox",
        "name": "Agentic Inbox",
        "price": {
          "observed": false,
          "billing": "unknown",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "No public price found",
          "summary": "GitHub offers a free plan, a $4-per-user/month Team plan, and Enterprise starting at $21 per user/month."
        },
        "observed": false
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "almanac",
        "name": "Almanac",
        "price": {
          "observed": false,
          "billing": "not_found",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "No public price found",
          "summary": "No public pricing was found for Almanac in the supplied context."
        },
        "observed": false
      }
    ],
    "suggested_next_calls": [
      {
        "tool": "price_benchmark",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "email-management-agent"
        },
        "purpose": "full observed price distribution + per-tier medians for this niche"
      },
      {
        "tool": "niche_report",
        "arguments": {
          "niche": "email-management-agent",
          "response_mode": "full"
        },
        "purpose": "the complete report incl. index series and tier decomposition"
      },
      {
        "tool": "suggest_alternatives",
        "arguments": {
          "agent_id": "mcpemails"
        },
        "purpose": "comparable (optionally cheaper) providers to a named agent"
      },
      {
        "tool": "get_agent_profile",
        "arguments": {
          "agent_id": "mcpemails"
        },
        "purpose": "full profile, integrations and pricing for one provider"
      }
    ]
  }
}
Full market

9 providers, one sortable view

Dense enough for many listings; progressive disclosure keeps mobile usable.

ProviderTypeFromVs niche medianLiveness
MCP Emailsconnects email accounts to AI assistants for reading, searching, organizing, drafting, sending, and scheduling mail
mcp$5from / mo82.8% below100% livemcp82.8% below median100% live
GGmailManage Gmail end-to-end: send, draft, reply, forward, and bulk-modify or delete messages and threads. Organize your inbox with labels, archiving, and trashing,…
mcp$10from / mo65.5% below100% livemcp65.5% below median100% live
Zoho MailZoho Mail is a secure and ad-free email hosting platform with collaboration tools, calendar integration, and extensive administrative controls
mcp$10from / mo65.5% below100% livemcp65.5% below median100% live
Crabtalk 2Runs AI agents on your inbox and feeds (mail, Hacker News, Reddit) to curate content, draft replies, and organize information into tables. Includes shared memo…
agent$8from / mo72.4% below100% liveagent72.4% below median100% live
Newmail AiAn inbox-native AI email agent for Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail that drafts replies, prioritizes messages, extracts tasks, schedules meetings, and automates…
agent$25from / mo13.8% below100% liveagent13.8% below median100% live
NornweaveOpen-source, self-hosted email API that provides intelligent, stateful email management for LLMs and AI agents via REST API and MCP integration. Includes virtu…
agentFreefree to use100% liveagent100% live
SkimOpen-source Windows email client with a BYOK AI assistant and co-writer. It drafts emails, summarizes threads, answers message questions, and chats across a ma…
agentFreefree to use100% liveagent100% live
ToyoAI assistant that lives in messages and handles inbox, calendar, and follow-ups across Gmail, Calendar, Slack, and Notion for busy founders and teams.
agent$29from / moat median100% liveagentat median100% live
Via EmailEmail-based AI agents that perform specialized tasks via forwarding. Each agent lives at a unique email address and handles writing, analysis, translation, dat…
agent$12from / mo58.6% below100% liveagent58.6% below median100% live
Showing only providers with a published price or a free plan. $29 = lowest observed monthly · Free = free to use · Free tier = free plan + paid options.