openagent.email vs LaCrew

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openagent.email compared with LaCrew
Detail	openagent.email	LaCrew
What it does	Self-hosted email and task handoffs for AI agents with no vendor control plane	Spend controls, budgets and approvals for AI agents
Stage	Not given	MVP
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.	Free plan: $0 during early access with 2 seats and 3 agents. Planned paid plans: Builder at $49/month with 5 seats and 25 agents; Scale at $199/month with 25 seats and 250 agents. Self-hosting is free.
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	Onchain allowances and epoch budgets Escalation through reporting tree Session keys with automatic expiration Constitutional governance with veto windows Declared flows and human gates Slack and Telegram supervision Visual org builder and workspace Apache-2.0 open source contracts and SDK Inference budgets for model and API calls Integration with Coinbase AgentKit and Safe
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	Bounded blast radius: compromised agents can only spend remaining epoch allowance on whitelisted targets Passkey root stays on user's device; cloud holds only scoped, expiring session keys Fully self-hostable open protocol with Apache-2.0 licensing Approval workflows follow real organizational structure, not smart contract code No token or cryptocurrency knowledge required to use the cloud platform
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	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	3	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	26	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	28	0

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