Ellie vs WriteMail.ai

Ellie is an AI email assistant that drafts replies in a user’s writing style using email-thread context. Connected to Gmail or Outlook, it can read incoming messages, categorize them, and save draft replies for review; it does not send messages without the user reviewing and sending them. Ellie learns tone, sign-offs, and writing patterns from sent mail. Users can add website URLs and upload PDF, TXT, DOCX, PPTX, or MD files to provide factual context, while roles set different personas, knowledge bases, and tones for different email types. Ellie supports connected Gmail and Outlook accounts and on-demand drafting in Gmail Web and Outlook Web. It is available on the web, Windows, and through Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge extensions, as well as a native Outlook desktop add-in. The free plan allows 10 draft replies per day but has no auto-drafts. Paid plans start at $19 a month. A 7-day trial is listed. Ellie says email content is processed by OpenAI and/or Azure OpenAI and is not used to train general models.

WriteMail.ai drafts and refines emails from a user's goals or key points, and can also generate replies from a pasted conversation and a reply goal. Users can adjust length, style, tone, mood, emoji use, and language. The site advertises generation in more than 30 languages and lists cold outreach, follow-ups, marketing, customer support, and personal email among its use cases. Browser integrations include a Chrome extension for Gmail, Firefox and Google Workspace Gmail extensions, and an Outlook add-in. The service prepares generated text for the user's default email client rather than sending messages itself. WriteMail.ai says generated messages do not touch its servers and personalized options are stored in a browser cookie. The free plan allows five AI emails per month. Paid monthly plans list 50 emails for Regular at $6.95, 150 for Basic at $11.95, and 500 for Pro at $19.95. The pricing note lists paid access from $5 per month billed annually. The Mail Assistant's real-time suggestions are limited to paid plans. Apps or access are listed for Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, web, and extensions.