# Cherami vs Mailows (slim)

> Cherami scores 57.6 (C) to Mailows's 55.3 (C) for agent inboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Cherami scores 57.6 (C) on agent readiness against Mailows's 55.3 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Mailows leads on security & auth. Both do agent inboxes.

- Cherami: C 57.6, rank #684 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cherami.min.md
- Mailows: C 55.3, rank #753 of 1199 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailows.min.md
- Cherami, good for A single developer or small team giving an agent a free, separate address for low-volume recurring correspondence such as supplier replies, project updates and agent-to-agent handoffs. Ahead on Reliability, 40 against 28; Schema & documentation, 85 against 70; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 75.
- Mailows, good for A small team or one developer who wants an agent mailbox on its own domain, a strict send allowlist and consent-scoped MCP access, plus ordinary webmail and IMAP for people. Ahead on Security & auth, 75 against 46.

| Category | Cherami | Mailows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 28 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 70 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 75 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 64 | 63 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 54 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cherami | Mailows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cherami | DW Technology LLC |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cherami.to/mcp` | `https://api.mailows.com/v1` |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Cherami's terms of use. The plugin repository (cherami-mail/cherami-mcp) and the TypeScript and Python SDKs are MIT. The MCP server's own source isn't public | Proprietary hosted service under Mailows's terms of service (DW Technology LLC, New Mexico law). The webmail and the mail server are modified AGPL-3.0 programs whose source the terms promise; the portal, the API and the MCP server are closed |
| Tools exposed | 39 | 7 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.cherami-mail/cherami-mcp` | `com.mailows/mailows` |
| Last release | 2026-10-04 | 2026-10-19 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-07 |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-07 |  |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 119 npm/wk, 130 PyPI/wk | 0 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3/5 (4) |