# Gmail API vs Himalaya (slim)

> Gmail scores 77.8 (BB) to Himalaya's 64.5 (B) 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 Himalaya's 64.5 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Himalaya leads on payments & pricing. Both do mailbox access.

- Gmail API: BB 77.8, rank #19 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gmail-api.min.md
- Himalaya: B 64.5, rank #348 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/himalaya.min.md
- 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 84; Schema & documentation, 82 against 70; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 65; Security & auth, 81 against 43; Transparency & trust, 82 against 69. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Himalaya loses 3 points for them.
- Himalaya, good for An agent with a shell that must work in one person's existing mailbox on any provider, including plain IMAP hosts, without a hosted intermediary. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 35. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.

| Category | Gmail API | Himalaya |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 84 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 82 | 70 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 82 | 65 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 81 | 43 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 82 | 69 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Gmail API | Himalaya |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Google | Pimalaya |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://gmail.googleapis.com/gmail/v1` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |  |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (client libraries) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 23 | none |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-10-02 |
| Terms last updated | 2021-11-09 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | no document linked |
| 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 | 12k stars, 1.1M npm/wk | 7.4k stars |