openagent.email vs briq

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openagent.email compared with briq
Detail	openagent.email	briq
What it does	Self-hosted email and task handoffs for AI agents with no vendor control plane	Cloud sandboxes and services for builders and agents
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	FR
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.	Hobby (Free): 5 sandboxes & services at once, 16 GB of memory, pico/micro/nano/small/medium sizes, 10 GB disk. Pro (€20/month): €20 usage included monthly, 50 sandboxes & services, 80 GB memory, 5 members, all sizes, 250 GB disk, always-on briqs. Team (€100/month): €100 usage included monthly, 200 s
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	Linux sandbox with shell, persistent files and development tools Multiple services: Postgres, Redis, DuckDB, custom OCI images MCP integration with Claude, Cursor, VS Code Environment forking with data preservation Idle workload sleep mode with compute billing pause Private networks with public endpoint selection Spend caps, size limits and concurrency controls per credential Audit log for reviewing all actions
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	Built specifically for AI agents with native MCP protocol support Open-source runtime in public development with Rust and Firecracker Integrated services ecosystem with private networking
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	18 −1 (down) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	3	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	26	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	28	24

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