Mailbox MCP vs VELA

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Mailbox MCP compared with VELA
Detail	Mailbox MCP	VELA
What it does	Connect Claude, ChatGPT or any AI to your email mailbox	Personal AI assistant in Telegram, no code required, ready in 5 minutes
Stage	Established	Not given
Founded	2002	Not given
Based in	GB	KZ
Pricing model	Freemium	Not given
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.	Basic: Free, up to 15 messages per day. Pro: $12 per month (or annual plan with 25% discount) with unlimited daily messages, or payment via Telegram Stars and cryptocurrency.
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	Weather forecasts for any city Real-time currency, cryptocurrency and stock rates Internet search with current information Morning digest with weather and rates Flight search worldwide with filters Google Workspace integration (Calendar, Mail, Tasks, Drive) Image and video generation (5-second videos) Notion integration for page and data management Photo and document analysis
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	All features in a single Telegram chat without app switching Free plan with 15 messages per day without payment card required Powered by Claude from Anthropic, not third-party or Chinese models User data encrypted with no access from third parties Supports multiple languages with auto-detection
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	8 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	34	4
Citation Flow (Majestic)	32	18
Referring domains (Majestic)	61	9

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