Canary vs Tabular
Canary
canarymail.dev
Tabular
tabular.emailSide by side
| Figure | Canary | Tabular |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3/mo | €24.17/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Email Design Software | 9.4 (#1) | 7.5 (#36) |
| Spec score · Email Template Software | 9.4 (#1) | 7.5 (#20) |
| Personalization | Handlebars variables, nested values, conditionals, loops, and helper functions are supported. | Users can add personalization with variables from their email sending platform. |
| Product | Canary Mail is an email client that connects to existing accounts rather than providing or hosting email accounts. | Tabular is an email template builder for designing responsive emails without writing code. |
| Support | Documentation directs users to GitHub Issues for bugs and GitHub Discussions for questions and feature requests. | The site links to a help center and provides [email protected] for support inquiries. |
Plans
In their own words
Canary
Canary Mail is an email client for managing accounts you already have; it does not provide or host email accounts. It supports Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Exchange, and IMAP accounts, with apps or access listed for Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, web, and extension platforms. A unified inbox, priority and unread views, selective notifications, snooze, pinning, and cleanup tools help organize messages. Growth and Pro+ include AI Copilot for drafting replies, suggesting subject lines, rewriting in a selected tone, summarizing threads, and searching across accounts. The maker says email is not used to train AI models and that triage and indexing run on the device. Asana and Todoist integrations can turn email into tasks. Pro+ adds PGP and SecureSend encryption, tracker blocking, and phishing detection. Free costs nothing; Growth costs $36 a year; Pro+ costs $100 a year. A seven-day trial needs no card and does not auto-bill; paid subscriptions are yearly, with lifetime purchases also available.