Alternatives to Pidgeon
Pidgeon: Email inboxes for AI agents, hosted in the EU: one API call gives an agent its own address to send, receive and reply in threads, read attachments, book meetings and sign up for tools without your credentials, with a firewall that flags hidden instructions in inbound mail, scoped keys, a 90-day audit trail and human handoff. TypeScript SDK plus plugins or MCP for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI. Free plan (3 inboxes, 3,000 emails a month), Developer EUR 20/month, Startup EUR 200/month. Looking for something different? Here are other tools in Email.
Resend
Developer-focused email API with React Email support.
Postmark
Transactional email delivery service focused on deliverability.
SendGrid
Twilio's email API for transactional and marketing email.
Helo
Email API and SMTP for transactional and broadcast email from former Postmark folks, focused on inbox placement, with analytics and simple usage-based pricing from $5/month.
Wraps
CLI and TypeScript SDK that deploys Resend-style email, SMS and CDN infrastructure (SES, Lambda, DynamoDB, EventBridge, CloudFront) into your own AWS account with one command; you pay AWS for sending and Wraps adds no per-email fee. Free plan, Pro $29/month, Business $199/month; MIT-licensed SDKs and an MCP server for agents.
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