# Aurinko Email API vs Unipile (slim)

> Unipile scores 58.4 (C) to Aurinko Email's 44.2 (E) for mailbox access. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Unipile scores 58.4 (C) on agent readiness against Aurinko Email API's 44.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Aurinko Email API leads on security & auth. Both do mailbox access.

- Aurinko Email API: E 44.2, rank #878 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/aurinko-email.min.md
- Unipile: C 58.4, rank #581 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/unipile.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 Security & auth, 42 against 37.
- Unipile, good for A product that needs one API over Gmail, Outlook and IMAP together with LinkedIn or WhatsApp messaging, priced per account. Ahead on Reliability, 56 against 40; Schema & documentation, 77 against 67; Agent ergonomics, 73 against 49; Maintenance & community, 59 against 13; Transparency & trust, 71 against 44. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Aurinko Email API | Unipile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 56 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 67 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 49 | 73 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 42 | 37 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 13 | 59 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 44 | 71 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Aurinko Email API | Unipile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Yoxel, Inc. | UNIPILE SAS |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.aurinko.io` | `https://developer.unipile.com/mcp?branch=v1.0` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Yoxel's Terms of Services Agreement | Proprietary service under Unipile's terms of use. The v1 Node SDK repository and the unipile-mcp repository carry an MIT licence file |
| Tools exposed | none | 5 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.unipile/unipile-mcp` |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2022-08-11 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2022-08-11 | 2026-09-28 |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 48 stars, 83k npm/wk |