# Cherami vs MailSlurp (slim)

> MailSlurp scores 68.4 (B) to Cherami's 57.6 (C) for agent inboxes. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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MailSlurp scores 68.4 (B) on agent readiness against Cherami's 57.6 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Cherami leads on schema & documentation. Both do agent inboxes.

- Cherami: C 57.6, rank #601 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cherami.min.md
- MailSlurp: B 68.4, rank #215 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mailslurp.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 Schema & documentation, 85 against 72. Also Free to start without a card.
- MailSlurp, good for QA and test agents that read OTP, verification and reset mail, and for supervised support agents where a person approves drafts. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 40; Security & auth, 70 against 46; Maintenance & community, 75 against 64; Transparency & trust, 60 against 54.

| Category | Cherami | MailSlurp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 85 | 72 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 46 | 70 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 32 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 64 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 54 | 60 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Cherami | MailSlurp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Cherami | Pettman OÜ |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cherami.to/mcp` | `https://api.mailslurp.com` |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Price for agent inboxes | free | $1 per transaction |
| 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 service under MailSlurp's terms. The JavaScript client on GitHub is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 39 | 16 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.cherami-mail/cherami-mcp` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-10-04 | 2026-09-24 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-07 | 2026-01-16 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-07 | 2026-01-16 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 119 npm/wk, 130 PyPI/wk | 201k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |