Epistles Mail vs Gmelius

Epistles Mail is an email app with a unified inbox, offline access, scheduled sending, and calendar tools. It works with Gmail, Microsoft 365, Fastmail, JMAP servers, iCloud, Proton, and IMAP. Mail content, attachments, drafts, and the search index stay on the device, and search runs against a local cache. Its local-first, zero-knowledge encryption model stores ciphertext in Cloud Vault; Epistles servers do not store mailbox content. The app is available on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, and the web, as well as Apple Watch and Wear OS. The free plan supports up to two connected accounts. Pro costs $35 per year after a 14-day free trial and allows unlimited connected accounts, with password-protected, expiring email included. Pro uses one flat price rather than per-seat billing. iCloud support includes mail, calendar, and contacts. The watch app supports archive, snooze, pin, template replies, and RSVP. Epistles passed a CASA Tier 2 security assessment by TAC Security.

Gmelius is a Gmail-native platform for creating AI agents that carry out defined team jobs across connected tools. Users describe an agent’s task in plain language, choose the inbox it monitors, connect tools, and decide which actions need approval, without writing code. Meli, described as an AI Chief of Staff, supplies agents with context about a team’s clients, history, and priorities. Gmelius also provides shared Gmail inboxes and labels, shared drafts, email notes and mentions, delegation, templates, analytics, calendar tools, and scheduled sending. Listed integrations include Google Groups, Google Workspace Admin, Meet, Calendar, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Trello, Nicereply, Zapier, Make, and Relay.app. The Gmail extension supports Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Opera; listed platforms also include Android, iOS, API, and web. There is no free plan, but a seven-day trial gives access to Growth; afterward, users must choose a paid plan or the account is suspended. Prices start at $19/user/mo (annual).