The yard / Messaging

Frontdesk

A shared inbox for support.

Status

Soon

Needs Workers Paid

Yes

Estimated monthly cost

$5/mo

Replaces

Help Scout

from $50/mo

How it runs on Cloudflare

Request Email Routing Workers D1 Durable Objects Email Sending
  • Email RoutingReceives support email.
  • WorkersInbox, rules and the API.
  • D1Conversations and contacts.
  • Durable ObjectsLive collision detection.
  • Email SendingReplies from your domain.

Compared

Compared onHelp ScoutSaaSChatwoot on a VPSSelf-hosted sampleFrontdeskFlareyard on Cloudflare
Monthly costfrom $50$20 + your time$5.00 est.
Who holds your dataThey doYouYou
Servers to runNoneOne, at leastNone
ScalingPlan tiersResize by handAutomatic
UpdatesForced on youYou patchPull requests
Your agent can change itNoYes, you deployYes, tests gate it

Same

  • Shared inbox
  • Assignments and tags
  • Saved replies

Different

  • Inbound email without a mail server
  • Live presence with Durable Objects
  • Your agent can draft replies

What it costs you

500
3

Estimated monthly cost

$5.00/mo

Workers Paid planmonthly base$5.00
Email Routing500 inbound emails$0.00
Email Sending1.0k emails$0.00
Workers70k requests$0.00
Durable Objects90k requests · 6.0k GB-s$0.00
D12.5k rows written · 85k rows read$0.00

Prices: Cloudflare's published rates, checked 2026-10-16 (Email Routing, Email Sending, Workers, Durable Objects, D1). Usage per action is a sample.

What it creates in your account

  • Workers
  • D1
  • Email Routing
  • Durable Objects

What it asks Cloudflare for, and why

workers-platform.writeDeploy the inbox.Requiredemail-routing.writeReceive support email.Requiredd1.writeStore conversations.Required

Scope names are illustrative until the OAuth scope list is final.

Shape it

Ask your agent, in your own copy of Frontdesk:

› Suggest a reply draft from our docs for every new ticket.

Updates

Each release arrives as a pull request. Sample history.

  • v0.4.0Collision detection.

Screens

Inbox
Conversation
Reply draft

Related