Compare — Personal & Business Email
gent.mx vs Personal & Business Email
Not a replacement for your inbox. A separate layer for delegated work.
Gmail, Outlook, and their peers are designed around a person reading and writing mail. gent.mx is designed around delegated work that needs its own address, record, and API surface. Each inbox is isolated, programmable, and priced as an operating unit.
Gmail Free / $6+/user · Outlook $6+/user/mo · Hey $8.25/mo · Superhuman $25+/user/mo · Fastmail From $3/mo · ProtonMail Free / $4/mo
Feature comparison
| gent.mx | Gmail | Outlook | Hey | Superhuman | Fastmail | ProtonMail | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | From $5 / inbox / mo | Free / paid Workspace | $6+/user/mo | $8.25/mo | $25+/user/mo | Paid | Free / paid |
| Mailbox API | Inbox + ops API | Gmail API | Microsoft Graph | No public mail API | No public mail API | Mailbox sync API | Bridge/API limited |
| Multiple isolated inboxes | Yes — per inbox | Per user / alias | Per user / shared | No | No | Per user / alias | Per user / alias |
| Per-inbox pricing | Yes | Per user | Per user | Per user | Per user | Per user | Per user |
| Workflow rules | Workflow rules + approved actions | Filters only | Rules only | Smart Imbox | No | Rules only | No |
| Email sequences | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| AI / enrichment | Built in | Workspace AI | Copilot add-on | No | Native AI | No | No |
| Agent-oriented controls | Yes | Not the core model | Not the core model | No | No | No | No |
| Scoped tokens & approvals | Agent-scoped + approvals | OAuth scopes | Graph permissions | No | No | App passwords | App passwords |
| Audit log & governance | Per-inbox ops audit | Workspace admin | Microsoft Purview | No | No | Admin/security logs | Admin/security logs |
| Contacts & CRM API | Yes | Google Contacts | Outlook People | No | No | No | No |
| Data residency | Tenant region controls | US / EU | US / EU | US | US | EU option | Switzerland |
When gent.mx is the right choice
- Personal email can expose strong mailbox APIs, especially Gmail and Outlook. gent.mx is different because the inbox itself is packaged as an application resource with operational controls.
- The business risk is not that Gmail lacks features — it is that delegated work gets mixed into a human inbox, sent folder, memory, and reputation.
- Per-inbox pricing means you pay for delegated inbox capacity, not human seats. Ten inboxes for ten clients stay modeled as ten operating units instead of ten software users.
- Rules and sequences can run server-side without an open browser, subject to plan limits, guardrails, and approvals.
- Workspace email suites have governance for human accounts. gent.mx applies controls to delegated agent work: scoped authority, approval queues, and per-inbox operational records.
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When to stick with Gmail or Outlook
gent.mx has no native email client. If your primary need is reading and writing email as a person — not as an application — personal email tools are the right choice.
- Your team needs a shared UI for reading and responding to mail. gent.mx is API-only — no inbox UI is included.
- You need Google Workspace integrations (Docs, Calendar, Meet) or Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, Office). gent.mx doesn't replace those ecosystems.
- You want privacy-first personal email features like encrypted mail storage or masked addresses. Proton Mail and Fastmail are better suited for that use case.
- You just need one personal address. The free tiers of Gmail and ProtonMail cover that at no cost.