Boomerang vs Gmelius

Boomerang

• Gmail users who want scheduled sending and follow-up reminders
• People who arrange meetings by email rather than a separate tool
• Holding back incoming email to protect blocks of focus time

Gmelius

• Teams that run support@ or ops@ addresses from Gmail
• Google Workspace teams that want AI agents acting on incoming mail
• Managers who need SLA, workload and response-time reports on email

Boomerang

• The free Basic plan allows 10 message credits a month, counted across Send Later, reminders, response tracking and read receipts.
• Personal is limited to @gmail.com addresses; Google Workspace accounts need Pro or Premium.
• The iPhone and Android apps are not part of the free Basic plan.
• This entry covers Boomerang for Gmail, a browser extension. Boomerang for Outlook is a separate product with its own subscription.

Gmelius

• It works only with Gmail and Google Workspace accounts; each user is a Google email account on the subscription.
• There is no free plan, and every member of a team must be on the same plan.
• The $19 Meli plan is capped at 5 users and has no automation rules; shared inboxes and shared labels start at Growth.
• The extension is offered for Chrome, Brave, Opera and Edge. On phones and tablets Gmelius is a progressive web app (PWA).

Boomerang

Send Later

Write an email now and schedule it to send automatically, choosing the time from a calendar picker or by typing a phrase such as "next Monday".

Boomerang reminders

Archives a message and returns it to the inbox at the time you choose, marked unread, starred or placed at the top of the message list.

Response tracking

Reminds you to follow up if nobody replies to a sent message within a set time, or regardless. Read receipts and click tracking are also on every plan.

Meeting scheduling

Suggest Times, Bookable Schedule, Share Free/Busy and Meeting Poll let guests choose a slot from inside the email. Unlimited meetings need Pro or Premium.

Inbox Pause

Stops new email from reaching the inbox until you are ready for it, and can run on a schedule to deliver mail in batches or switch off after work hours.

Respondable

An assistant that uses artificial intelligence to help you write clearer, more actionable emails as you type. Its advanced machine learning features need Pro.

Gmelius

Shared inboxes in Gmail

Group addresses are handled from each person's own Gmail, with assignments, collision detection, shared drafts, team read statuses, tags, and notes with @mentions on a thread.

Meli assistant

Drafts email replies for review, sorts and classifies incoming mail, schedules meetings and follows up. Drafts land in the inbox and nothing is sent without approval.

AI agents

An agent is a standing instruction for one job: it reads incoming mail, acts in connected apps such as a CRM, logs each step, and hands off to a person when its confidence is low.

Automation rules

Rules cover auto-replies, tagging, round-robin and load-balanced assignment, and response-time SLAs. Growth allows up to 10,000 rule executions a month and Pro up to 100,000.

Email analytics

Reports on conversations, team performance, productivity, SLA response times and tags, with weekly or monthly digests by email and CSV export.

Shared labels, views and boards

Gmail labels can be shared across a team, and the plan comparison also lists custom views, Kanban board views, shared email templates and email permalinks.

Boomerang

• Basic$0

  10 message credits a month, with Send Later, reminders, response tracking, read receipts, Respondable, Inbox Pause and meeting scheduling.

• Personal$4.98

  per month, billed annually (monthly price not shown)

  Unlimited message credits, plus the iPhone and Android apps and Notes. For @gmail.com addresses only, not Google Workspace.

• Pro$14.98

  per month, billed annually ($19.98 billed monthly)

  Adds unlimited meetings, recurring messages, and the advanced Respondable, Inbox Pause and Insights features. Works with Google Workspace accounts.

• Premium$49.98

  per month, billed annually ($59.98 billed monthly)

  Adds track by default, premium support, the Boomerang Toolbox, Salesforce/CRM integration and GQueues.

Gmelius

• Meli$19

  per user / month, billed yearly ($21 billed monthly)

  AI assistant for Gmail that drafts replies, sorts email, schedules meetings and follows up. Up to 5 users and 5,000 email conversations a month.

• Growth$25

  per user / month, billed yearly ($33 billed monthly)

  Adds unlimited shared inboxes and labels, automation rules, auto-assignment, shared templates, SLA and email analytics, and the API. Up to 50 users.

• Pro$40

  per user / month, billed yearly ($50 billed monthly)

  Adds AI dispatching assistants, CRM integrations, webhooks, advanced team analytics, custom user permissions, and backups of Gmail and Drive.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Bespoke AI assistants, custom integrations and reports, user provisioning and no usage caps. Minimum of 50 users.

Boomerang

• Annual discount

  Up to 25% less with annual billing

  Boomerang's team pricing calculator shows Pro at $14.98 a month billed annually against $19.98 billed monthly (25% less) and Premium at $49.98 against $59.98 (17% less).

• Other savings

  Group discount for teams of 2 or more

  For 2 or more users the team calculator lowers the per-user price to $13.48 a month for Pro and $44.98 for Premium on annual billing, with centralized billing.

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit discount on request

  The help center says a discount for nonprofit users is available by emailing support. It cannot be applied through self-service sign-up, and the amount is not published.

• Education

  Educational discount on request

  The same help article extends the discount to educational users, again arranged through the support team.

Gmelius

• Annual discount

  Lower per-user price with yearly billing

  The pricing page shows Meli at $19 a user a month billed yearly against $21 monthly, Growth at $25 against $33, and Pro at $40 against $50.

• Nonprofit

  30% to 50% off for non-profits

  Non-profits and NGOs with 5 or more users can request 30% off Growth, Pro or Enterprise on annual billing, or 50% off from 20 users, by emailing sales with proof of status.

• Education

  Same discount for educational institutions

  The pricing FAQ extends the non-profit discount to educational institutions: 30% off for 5 to 19 users and 50% off for 20 or more, on annual billing.