Regulated SaaS platforms
Healthcare, fintech, and public sector builders keep inbox content behind their own compliance controls instead of outsourcing it to a vendor.
Riposte vs Nylas
The on-premise Nylas alternative for regulated teams
Riposte delivers a unified Gmail, Microsoft 365, and IMAP API you deploy inside your infrastructure. Keep customer conversations in your own database while shipping the features your roadmap demands.
- ✓ Deploy Riposte in your own VPC or data center with Postgres and Redis
- ✓ Cut per-mailbox costs by up to 90% compared to Nylas' per-account pricing
- ✓ Control sync cadence, retries, and replays without vendor tickets
Riposte pricing is infrastructure-based; Nylas' published rates start at $1.50 per connected account.
Why product teams move from Nylas to Riposte
Nylas popularized the idea of a unified email and calendar API that abstracts Gmail, Microsoft 365, and generic IMAP accounts. Their fully managed SaaS handles authentication, normalized schemas, and hosted scheduler experiences—ideal for teams that can let a third party store message data.
Riposte ships the same developer ergonomics but runs entirely inside your cloud. Mail content, metadata, and OAuth credentials stay in the databases and secrets managers you already operate. That model resonates with companies in regulated verticals, regional data residency programs, or enterprise buyers with strict vendor review.
Operations teams also gain first-party visibility. Riposte exposes a built-in admin portal, CLI, and replay tooling so you can debug mailboxes, throttle syncs, or roll back migrations without waiting in a support queue.
Key differences between Riposte and Nylas
Deployment model
Riposte
Self-hosted containers you can run on Kubernetes, ECS, or bare metal.
Nylas
Multi-tenant SaaS hosted and operated by Nylas.
Data residency
Riposte
Messages, threads, and tokens live in your Postgres instance; nothing leaves your network perimeter.
Nylas
Copies of mail and calendar data are persisted on Nylas infrastructure with regional hosting options.
Pricing
Riposte
Infrastructure-based cost profile with no per-mailbox surcharge, routinely 90% less than Nylas.
Nylas
Usage-based pricing that starts at $1.50 per connected account plus add-ons for scheduling and workflows.
Operational control
Riposte
Tune sync cadence, concurrency, and retry policies per tenant from configuration or the admin portal.
Nylas
Platform-managed queues and retries with limited per-tenant overrides.
Authentication experience
Riposte
Host Riposte's OAuth screen alongside your deployment for Gmail, Microsoft 365, and IMAP.
Nylas
Rely on Nylas-hosted authentication and scheduler flows.
Extensibility
Riposte
Full SQL access, replayable webhooks, and pipelines you can forward into any downstream system.
Nylas
Webhook delivery with passthrough requests governed by Nylas rate limits.
Where Riposte is the stronger fit
Customer operations tools
Support, success, and revenue platforms need reliable replays, real-time change delivery, and tenant-specific throttles to protect SLAs.
Migration and archiving workflows
Data engineering teams run targeted backfills or long-lived archives without running into shared SaaS retention policies.
Implementation and day-two operations
Own the deployment
Install Riposte via containers, connect Postgres and Redis, and configure providers with the CLI. Observability hooks plug into your logging, metrics, and alerting stack.
- Admin portal exposes mailbox health, sync cursors, and manual replay tools.
- Configuration lives in Git so infra teams can review every change.
- CLI commands cover migrations, provider onboarding, and credential rotation.
Implementation and day-two operations
Operate through a vendor
Provision Nylas tenants, manage credentials in their dashboard, and open tickets for advanced throttling or replay requests.
- Vendor-managed observability and incident response windows.
- Shared infrastructure enforces conservative rate limits across customers.
- Product roadmap dependencies follow Nylas release schedules.
Security, compliance, and procurement
Riposte
Riposte never copies data outside of your boundary, simplifying SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, or regional residency reviews with evidence you already maintain.
Nylas
Nylas maintains strong compliance reports, but legal and security teams must accept a third party processing every message and calendar object.
Evaluate Riposte as your Nylas alternative
Meet with a Riposte engineer to scope your integration, map data flows, and calculate cost savings compared to Nylas.