Alternatives
Ellie alternatives
15 AI agents do some of what Ellie does. Closest: Shortwave, Spark Mail and MailMaestro. Lowest listed starting price: Spark Mail at $10/month.
| # | Agent | In common with Ellie | Agent Score | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shortwave Gmail client with an AI assistant that searches, drafts, filters and organizes your inbox. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 74 | $30/mo | Compare → |
| 2 | Spark Mail Readdle's email app with +AI that composes emails in your voice, generates quick and auto-draft replies and summarizes threads. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 59 | $10/mo | Compare → |
| 3 | MailMaestro AI email assistant for Outlook and Gmail that drafts emails from short prompts, writes context-aware replies, applies smart labels and flags action items. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 56 | $12/mo · free plan | Compare → |
| 4 | Mailbutler Email extension whose AI Smart Assistant drafts emails, generates replies, summarizes, improves grammar and extracts tasks across Apple Mail, Outlook and Gmail. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 54 | $14/mo · free plan | Compare → |
| 5 | Jace AI AI executive assistant that organizes your inbox, drafts replies in your voice, applies smart rules and triggers workflows from incoming email. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 53 | $20/mo | Compare → |
| 6 | Fyxer AI AI executive assistant that sorts your inbox, drafts replies and writes meeting follow-ups. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 53 | $49/mo · free plan | Compare → |
| 7 | Missive Collaborative team email client with an AI assistant that drafts and refines replies, applies team tone rules and surfaces urgent conversations. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 52 | $14/mo | Compare → |
| 8 | Gemini in Gmail Google's Gemini AI built into Gmail: drafts and refines emails, summarizes threads and organizes the inbox on request. A feature of Google Workspace, not a standalone app. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 51 | On quote | Compare → |
| 9 | Copilot in Outlook Microsoft 365 Copilot inside Outlook: drafts emails, summarizes threads and coaches tone before you send. A feature of Microsoft 365 Copilot, not a standalone app. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 48 | On quote | Compare → |
| 10 | Inbox Zero Open-source AI email assistant that sorts, labels, drafts replies and blocks cold email. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 48 | $20/mo | Compare → |
| 11 | Canary Mail Cross-platform email client whose AI Copilot drafts and rewrites replies, summarizes threads, smart-searches and routes team mail. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 44 | On quote | Compare → |
| 12 | Cora by Every AI chief of staff for your inbox that triages mail, pre-drafts replies in your voice and sends twice-daily briefs of low-priority email. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 37 | $15/mo | Compare → |
| 13 | Shopify Sidekick AI assistant in Shopify admin that analyzes data, manages orders/products and builds store content. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 54 | Free plan | Compare → |
| 14 | Forethought Agentic AI suite (Solve, Triage, Assist, Discover) that resolves, routes and classifies support tickets. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 50 | On quote | Compare → |
| 15 | Composer (Marketing Agent) Klaviyo agent that builds email/SMS campaigns, segments and flows, and audits performance for B2C brands. | 2 of 2 Content Writing · Email Automation | 34 | Free plan | Compare → |
FAQ
What are the best alternatives to Ellie?
The closest are Shortwave, Spark Mail and MailMaestro: they share the most documented capabilities with Ellie. Across all 15 alternatives, the highest Agent Score is Shortwave (74/100).
Is there a free alternative to Ellie?
MailMaestro, Mailbutler and Fyxer AI have a free plan or free tier, according to their pricing pages.
How alternatives are chosen: agents that document the most capabilities in common with Ellie come first, then agents in the same theme, then by Agent Score. Capabilities and prices come from vendor websites, with sources and dates on each agent's page. No vendor pays to appear here, and affiliate links never change this order.