vs Cleanfox

Free, funded by your inbox data.
Or paid, and private.

Cleanfox is a free, mobile-first unsubscribe app owned by NielsenIQ — the product is free because aggregated e-receipt data from connected inboxes feeds market research. ConnectMyEmail is a paid MCP connector: your AI gets live access to your real inbox across Gmail, iCloud, and 6 more providers (Outlook coming soon), CME does not maintain a secondary inbox archive, and it does not monetize your email.

ConnectMyEmail

Paid product, private inbox.

No secondary inbox archive and no email monetization. Your AI reads, triages, and cleans with a preview before anything moves.

Cleanfox

Free swipe-to-unsubscribe.

Slick mobile app for clearing newsletter subscriptions at zero cost. Owned by NielsenIQ; aggregated inbox data supports the business model.

Decision matrix

Which one is right for you?

Choose CME if…
  • ›You want your AI working on your real inbox — cleanup, triage, search, not just unsubscribes.
  • ›You'd rather pay for a product than be part of one — no data monetization in the model.
  • ›You need multi-provider coverage including iCloud, Fastmail, Proton, and raw IMAP.
Choose Cleanfox if…
  • ›You want a free, no-setup mobile app for clearing newsletter subscriptions.
  • ›You're comfortable with the data-for-free-product trade-off after reading their policy.
  • ›You don't need an AI client, deletion, or anything beyond unsubscribe.
Choose both if…
  • ›Use Cleanfox for quick free unsubscribes; use CME when you want AI-driven cleanup of the backlog those senders left behind.
  • ›Cleanfox on your phone for triage moments; CME wired into your AI for the deep work.
Feature-by-feature

12 rows. Every cell sourced.

Core capability

What each tool actually does.
Newsletter unsubscribe
CME
Cleanfox
User reviews report Cleanfox unsubscribes sometimes failing silently.
Bulk delete of the backlog
CME
Cleanfox
—
Cleanfox focuses on unsubscribing, not clearing existing mail.
AI reads email content
CME
Cleanfox
—
MCP server (Claude, Cursor, etc.)
CME
Cleanfox
—
Simulate cleanup before applying
CME
Cleanfox
—
Mobile app
CME
—
Cleanfox
Cleanfox's mobile UX is a real strength.

Privacy & business model

Why one is free and one isn't.
Business model
CME
You pay for the product
Cleanfox
Free; NielsenIQ-owned, data-supported
Secondary inbox archive
CME
no
Cleanfox
CME fetches messages as needed and discloses feature-specific retention in its privacy policy.
Inbox data used for market research
CME
—
Cleanfox
Cleanfox (ex-Foxintelligence) extracts aggregated e-receipt data.

Providers

What you can connect.
Gmail
CME
Cleanfox
Outlook / Microsoft 365
CME
soon
Cleanfox
iCloud / Yahoo / Fastmail / Proton / AOL / Zoho / IMAP
CME
Cleanfox
partial
CME supports 8 providers first-class today (Outlook coming soon).
Pricing

Side by side.

Cleanfox is free — the business is supported by aggregated inbox data under NielsenIQ ownership. CME charges a subscription and never monetizes email content.
ConnectMyEmail
  • Free1 inbox, 25K-email scans, simulation-only
    $0
  • Pro3 inboxes, 25K cleanup actions/mo
    $9/mo
  • Power10 inboxes, 150K cleanup actions/mo
    $25/mo
Cleanfox
  • FreeData-supported model (NielsenIQ)
    $0

If free is the requirement and you've read the data policy, Cleanfox is fine at what it does. If you want AI-driven cleanup with a paid, private model, that's CME.

Different models

Cleanfox is free because inbox data supports it. CME is paid because you're the customer, not the product.

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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).

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