# Aurinko Email API vs CloudPost (slim)

> Aurinko Email scores 44.2 (E) to CloudPost's 20.6 (F) for mailbox access. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Aurinko Email API scores 44.2 (E) on agent readiness against CloudPost's 20.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. CloudPost leads on maintenance & community. Both do mailbox access.

- Aurinko Email API: E 44.2, rank #887 of 961 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aurinko-email.min.md
- CloudPost: F 20.6, rank #956 of 961 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudpost.min.md
- Aurinko Email API, good for A product that connects many users' Gmail and Microsoft mailboxes and wants one schema, delta sync, tracking and webhooks at a low price per account. Ahead on Reliability, 40 against 15; Schema & documentation, 67 against 8; Agent ergonomics, 49 against 23; Security & auth, 42 against 36; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Transparency & trust, 44 against 10.
- CloudPost, good for A person who wants an agent to triage and answer their own iCloud Mail from Claude or another OAuth-capable MCP client without running an IMAP server locally. Ahead on Maintenance & community, 33 against 13.

| Category | Aurinko Email API | CloudPost |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 8 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 49 | 23 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 42 | 36 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 13 | 33 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 10 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Aurinko Email API | CloudPost |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |
| Vendor | Yoxel, Inc. | CloudPost (James Brooks) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.aurinko.io` | `https://cloudpost.ing/api/mcp/mail` |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Yoxel's Terms of Services Agreement | Proprietary. No licence or terms published |
| Tools exposed | none | 9 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-10 |
| Terms last updated | 2022-08-11 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2022-08-11 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |