openagent.email vs ActionBox

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openagent.email compared with ActionBox
Detail	openagent.email	ActionBox
What it does	Self-hosted email and task handoffs for AI agents with no vendor control plane	Human approval infrastructure for AI agents and automation workflows
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Open source	Freemium
Pricing	Self-hosted is free under Apache-2.0 license (pay only for VPS infrastructure ~$5/month and domain ~$10/year). Hosted Pro Early Bird: $30.00/year one-time payment, no auto-renewal.	Developer: Free forever with 250 Actions/month, 3 Sources, 3 Watches, 7-day history. Pro: $10/month ($120/year, save 17%) with 1,000 Actions/month, unlimited Sources, 20 Watches, 30-day history, additional Actions at $8 per 1,000-pack. Team: $49.17/month ($590/year, save 17%) with 5,000 Actions/mont
Key features	MCP 2026-07-28 support for Claude, Cursor, Kimi Code and other clients Unlimited agent mailboxes on your own domain Email-backed agent-to-agent task threads with stamped states	Typed decisions (Boolean, choice, text, number, rating, structured forms) Heartbeat Watches for silent-work detection Action Controls for safe follow-up operations Multi-surface inboxes (web, mobile, Slack, CLI, MCP) Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration Signed receipts and durable decision history Mobile app for iOS (15+) with push alerts Slack approval integration (Beta) CLI with bounded long-poll waiting Integration guides for GitHub Actions, n8n, LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK
What makes it different	Apache-2.0 open source with no vendor control plane or per-inbox software fees Mail stays on your server under your control unless you explicitly opt into external services Built-in OTP extraction tested against real services from US and Chinese providers	Durable decision records that survive client disconnections and restarts Reduces median approval time significantly in production environments Unified API across multiple approval surfaces without building custom dashboards Source-scoped identity for independent credential rotation across runners Built-in monitoring for stalled background work with heartbeat watches
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)	4 −1 (down) since last check	5 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	3	7
Citation Flow (Majestic)	26	24
Referring domains (Majestic)	28	42

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