Emailgents vs Nylas for agent email access
The developer email API, now with an MCP server.
Nylas provides a unified API over Gmail, Microsoft, IMAP and other providers for developers building email features into their products, and it has added an MCP server so agents can use those connections too.
It is a full read-write platform priced per connected account and designed to be integrated by an engineering team. If you need to send on behalf of thousands of users, that is the right tool.
Emailgents is the other end of the spectrum: a product you sign in to, connect your own mailboxes to, and point your agents at, read-only, with an access log.
Side by side
Column two reflects Nylas's own public documentation on 2026-10-06.
| Emailgents | Nylas | |
|---|---|---|
| Email providers | Gmail, Outlook/Microsoft 365, iCloud, Yahoo, Fastmail, AOL, Zoho, GMX, WEB.DE, any IMAP | Gmail, Microsoft, IMAP, Yahoo, iCloud and more |
| iCloud Mail | Yes, app-specific password | Yes |
| Any IMAP server | Yes, own IMAP engine | Yes |
| Several accounts in one connection | Yes, all mailboxes behind one URL | Yes, billed per account |
| Hosted MCP server (no local install) | Yes, emailgents.com/mcp with OAuth | Nylas MCP server |
| REST API | Yes, scoped keys | Yes |
| Cannot send, move or delete | Yes; only read/starred flags can change | Full send and modify |
| Per-call access log for the user | Yes, Activity page | Not documented for end users |
| Set-up without writing code | Yes, sign in and approve | Developer platform |
Pricing, as documented: Free developer tier, then monthly plans priced by connected accounts, per Nylas pricing.
Choose Nylas when
- You are building a product that sends and manages mail for many users.
- You need calendar and contacts in the same API.
Choose Emailgents when
- You want your own agents to read your own mail today, without engineering.
- You want a connector that cannot send, move or delete.
- You want to see every agent access in one place.
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