Mailbox MCP vs FastBots

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Mailbox MCP compared with FastBots
Detail	Mailbox MCP	FastBots
What it does	Connect Claude, ChatGPT or any AI to your email mailbox	AI chatbot platform for websites trained on your business data
Stage	Established	Not given
Founded	2002	2022
Based in	GB	GB
Pricing model	Freemium	Free trial
Pricing	Free: 5 calls per mailbox per day, no card required. Pro: £34.99 per mailbox per year plus VAT (£2.92 monthly equivalent). Team Access: Team 3 at £119.99 per year plus VAT, Team 5 at £199.99 per year plus VAT, Team 10 at £399.99 per year plus VAT per account.	Essential $33/month (or $39 billed monthly): 2 chatbots, 2,000 message credits/month, 2,500 crawl pages. Business $75/month (or $89 billed monthly): 5 chatbots, 5,000 message credits/month, 5,000 crawl pages. Premium $165/month (or $199 billed monthly): 10 chatbots, 10,000 message credits/month, 7,5
Key features	Read email without marking as read Read attachments: PDFs, spreadsheets, photos Reply in thread with proper headers Send as any of your email aliases Email routines on a schedule Permission levels per connection Works with Gmail, Outlook and IMAP	Multi-channel deployment across websites, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Slack, and email Upload documents, PDFs, CSV files, and websites for training data Choice of AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Live chat with human handover and seamless conversation transfer Automated translations supporting around 95 languages Automatic retraining to keep chatbot knowledge up-to-date Chat history and conversation logging for all chatbot interactions Bot personas and customizable prompts to change bot character and purpose Military-grade encryption for uploaded data security
What makes it different	Leaves mailbox completely untouched—no duplicate sent items, no marked-as-read flags, threading preserved Works with any MCP-compatible AI—not limited to Claude or ChatGPT Attachments never encoded—up to 20 MB, four ways to attach without passing through AI Email routines run automatically on schedule without manual prompts	No-code platform requiring no technical expertise, allowing anyone to build AI chatbots in minutes Multi-channel deployment enabling single chatbot to work across websites and messaging platforms Seamless handover to human agents when chatbot encounters questions outside its knowledge Automated lead capture and collection from conversations with export capabilities
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	26 +1 (up) since last check	62 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	34	21
Citation Flow (Majestic)	32	33
Referring domains (Majestic)	61	1123

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