# CloudPost vs Gmail API (slim)

> Gmail scores 77.8 (BB) to CloudPost's 20.6 (F) for mailbox access. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Gmail API scores 77.8 (BB) on agent readiness against CloudPost's 20.6 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do mailbox access.

- CloudPost: F 20.6, rank #956 of 961 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudpost.min.md
- Gmail API: BB 77.8, rank #19 of 961 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gmail-api.min.md
- 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.
- Gmail API, good for An agent working in a Gmail or Google Workspace user's own mailbox, with search, threads, drafts, labels and incremental sync at no per-account fee. Ahead on Reliability, 90 against 15; Schema & documentation, 82 against 8; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 23; Security & auth, 81 against 36; Payments & pricing, 35 against 20; Maintenance & community, 85 against 33; Transparency & trust, 82 against 10. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | CloudPost | Gmail API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 90 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 8 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 23 | 82 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 36 | 81 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 33 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 10 | 82 |

| Fact (where they differ) | CloudPost | Gmail API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |
| Vendor | CloudPost (James Brooks) | Google |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://cloudpost.ing/api/mcp/mail` | `https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary. No licence or terms published | Apache-2.0 (client libraries) |
| Tools exposed | 9 | 23 |
| Last release | 2026-10-10 | 2026-09-23 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2021-11-09 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-01 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| 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 | none | 12k stars, 1.1M npm/wk |