vs AgentMailPlug your real inbox in.
Plug your real inbox in.
Or rent a new one.
AgentMail is a new email provider for AI agents — you get a fresh mailbox at agent-foo.agentmail.to that lives at their infrastructure. ConnectMyEmail is a live bridge to the inbox you already use: Gmail, iCloud, IMAP (Outlook coming soon). If you want your AI working on your real email, you want CME.
ConnectMyEmail
Bridge to your real inbox.
Live connector for Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, Fastmail, Proton, IMAP (Outlook coming soon). CME does not maintain a secondary inbox archive.
AgentMail
New mailboxes for agents.
Provisions fresh inboxes (or custom domains) at AgentMail infrastructure. Storage and identity for autonomous agents.
Decision matrix
Which one is right for you?
Choose CME if…
- ›You want your AI working on your existing personal or work inbox.
- ›You don't want a new email address.
- ›You want your mail to remain at your provider without a secondary inbox archive.
Choose AgentMail if…
- ›You're building autonomous agents that need their own inbox identity.
- ›You want custom-domain mailboxes per agent.
- ›Storing agent email IS your use case.
Choose both if…
- ›You want a personal inbox connector AND to provision new addresses per agent.
- ›CME for your real mail, AgentMail for agent-specific mailboxes.
Feature-by-feature
24 rows. Every cell sourced.
Connection model
Where does the email actually live?FeatureCMEAgentMailNote
Connects to your real inbox—AgentMail provisions new mailboxes; it can't read your existing email.
Works with Gmail account—
Works with Outlook / Microsoft 365soon—
Works with iCloud Mail—
Works with Yahoo, Fastmail, Proton—
Generic IMAP / any provider—AgentMail's IMAP/SMTP is for clients connecting INTO their inboxes only.
Number of supported providers8+0AgentMail is its own provider, not a connector.
Connects to your real inbox
CME
AgentMail
—AgentMail provisions new mailboxes; it can't read your existing email.
Works with Gmail account
CME
AgentMail
—Works with Outlook / Microsoft 365
CME
soonAgentMail
—Works with iCloud Mail
CME
AgentMail
—Works with Yahoo, Fastmail, Proton
CME
AgentMail
—Generic IMAP / any provider
CME
AgentMail
—AgentMail's IMAP/SMTP is for clients connecting INTO their inboxes only.
Number of supported providers
CME
8+AgentMail
0AgentMail is its own provider, not a connector.
Tool surface
What can your agent actually call?FeatureCMEAgentMailNote
MCP tools exposed to agents208~70AgentMail surface counted from their docs; mostly REST endpoints.
MCP server (Your AI, Cursor, ChatGPT)
REST API
Webhook eventsCME on Power+; AgentMail on all paid tiers.
MCP tools exposed to agents
CME
208AgentMail
~70AgentMail surface counted from their docs; mostly REST endpoints.
MCP server (Your AI, Cursor, ChatGPT)
CME
AgentMail
REST API
CME
AgentMail
Webhook events
CME
AgentMail
CME on Power+; AgentMail on all paid tiers.
Privacy & storage
Who is responsible for your messages on disk?FeatureCMEAgentMailNote
Secondary inbox archivenoAgentMail is the mailbox storage layer; CME connects to the inbox at your provider.
Encrypted credential model—
Custom domains—Not relevant for CME — your domain is wherever your real mail already lives.
Secondary inbox archive
CME
noAgentMail
AgentMail is the mailbox storage layer; CME connects to the inbox at your provider.
Encrypted credential model
CME
AgentMail
—Custom domains
CME
—AgentMail
Not relevant for CME — your domain is wherever your real mail already lives.
Pricing
Free, entry, and mid-tier alongside.FeatureCMEAgentMailNote
Free tier price$0$0
Free tier inboxes13AgentMail's are new mailboxes you provision; CME's is your real one.
Free tier daily / monthly volume25k sweep / 5k cleanup100/day, 3k/mo
Entry paid tier$9/mo (Pro)$20/mo (Developer)
Mid-tier$25/mo (Power)$200/mo (Startup)AgentMail jumps 10x with no tier in between $20 and $200.
Inboxes on entry paid tier310
Inboxes on mid-tier10150
Free tier price
CME
$0AgentMail
$0Free tier inboxes
CME
1AgentMail
3AgentMail's are new mailboxes you provision; CME's is your real one.
Free tier daily / monthly volume
CME
25k sweep / 5k cleanupAgentMail
100/day, 3k/moEntry paid tier
CME
$9/mo (Pro)AgentMail
$20/mo (Developer)Mid-tier
CME
$25/mo (Power)AgentMail
$200/mo (Startup)AgentMail jumps 10x with no tier in between $20 and $200.
Inboxes on entry paid tier
CME
3AgentMail
10Inboxes on mid-tier
CME
10AgentMail
150Operational
Auth, audit, archives.FeatureCMEAgentMailNote
Audit logyes (7-30d)?AgentMail audit-log policy not documented publicly.
Auth modelOAuth + IMAPAPI key onlyAgentMail can skip OAuth because they own the mailbox.
Read your existing 10-year email archive—AgentMail starts from an empty new inbox.
Audit log
CME
yes (7-30d)AgentMail
?AgentMail audit-log policy not documented publicly.
Auth model
CME
OAuth + IMAPAgentMail
API key onlyAgentMail can skip OAuth because they own the mailbox.
Read your existing 10-year email archive
CME
AgentMail
—AgentMail starts from an empty new inbox.
Pricing
Side by side.
AgentMail charges per inbox provisioned at their infrastructure. CME is flat per-user for connecting your existing inbox.
ConnectMyEmail
- Free2 inboxes, 25K-email scans, simulation-only$0
- Pro5 inboxes, 25K cleanup actions/mo$9/mo
- Power10 inboxes, 150K cleanup actions/mo$25/mo
AgentMail
- Free3 inboxes, 100/day, 3 GB$0
- Developer10 inboxes, 10k/mo, 10 GB$20/mo
- Startup150 inboxes, 150k/mo, 150 GB$200/mo
AgentMail jumps from $20 to $200 with no tier in between. CME's $25 Power gives you 10 inboxes, 500k sweep, webhooks — for less than half the price step.
Already on AgentMail?
You can run both — CME on your real inbox, AgentMail on your provisioned ones. They solve different problems.
Plug your real inbox in.
Free tier ships read-only access. No credit card. Connect Gmail, iCloud, or any IMAP account in under a minute (Outlook coming soon).