Canary Mail vs Marco

Canary Mail

• One mail app across Mac, iPhone, Windows and Android devices
• People who want PGP-encrypted email without a separate tool
• Buyers who prefer a one-time lifetime license to a subscription

Marco

• People who want an email client without AI writing features
• Travelers and others who need full access to mail offline
• Apple users with accounts spread across Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and iCloud

Canary Mail

• It is a mail client, not a provider: it connects to existing accounts and does not create addresses or host mail.
• Apps are listed for macOS, iOS, Windows and Android only. There is no web or Linux version.
• AI Copilot, the calendar and Send Later need Growth, while PGP, SecureSend and phishing protection need Pro+ at $100 per year.
• There is no monthly billing. Paid plans are yearly or lifetime, bought inside the app, and the Free plan is limited to 2 devices.

Marco

• There are no Windows or Android apps; the FAQ says both are on the roadmap.
• It has no AI features by design, so there are no drafts, summaries or automatic replies.
• The Pro plan, listing priority support, custom domains, team collaboration and API access, is marked Coming Soon with no price.

Canary Mail

Unified inbox for every account

Reads Gmail, Outlook, iCloud, Exchange, Yahoo Mail and other IMAP accounts in one inbox. Unlimited mail accounts are included on the Free plan.

AI Copilot

Drafts replies, suggests subject lines, rewrites messages in a chosen tone and summarizes long threads. It is part of Growth, and Canary says email is not used to train AI models.

Read receipts, snooze and Send Later

Lite read receipts, snooze, pinning and templates are free. Full read receipts and Send Later need Growth. A Chrome extension offers read receipts only.

PGP encryption and SecureSend

Pro+ adds PGP end-to-end encryption and SecureSend, which sends password-protected messages that can be set to expire.

Phishing and impersonation protection

Pro+ alerts you to suspicious links and spoofed senders and adds impersonation detection and misdirection prevention.

Calendar and scheduling

Growth includes a built-in calendar with scheduling tools, so meetings are handled in the same app as mail.

Marco

One inbox for every account

Connects Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail, iCloud Mail and any provider that supports IMAP, with no limit on the number of accounts managed from a single inbox.

Offline-first

Emails are synced to the device, so you can read, search, compose and organize without an internet connection. Changes sync automatically once you reconnect.

No AI writing

Marco does not generate, rewrite, summarize or reply to email with AI. The company presents this as a deliberate choice to keep email a conversation between people.

Privacy

No ads, tracking or scanning of email for advertising. The site says data is encrypted at rest and in transit and that the company has no access to email content.

Native Apple apps and a web version

Native apps for Mac, iPhone and iPad with keyboard shortcuts, plus a web version for any modern browser, with sync across devices.

Search, labels and filters

Smart search, custom labels and filters, and views that narrow the inbox by account, label or sender.

Canary Mail

• Free$0

  Unified inbox, unlimited mail accounts, snooze and pin, email templates and lite read receipts, on up to 2 devices.

• Growth$36

  per year (shown as $3 per month; no monthly billing)

  Adds AI Copilot, full read receipts, Send Later, calendar and scheduling, Inbox Cleaner and app integrations, on up to 5 devices.

• Pro+$100

  per year (shown as $10 per month with 2 months free)

  Everything in Growth plus PGP encryption, SecureSend, phishing and ransomware protection, impersonation detection and priority support.

• Growth Lifetime$100

  one-time purchase

  The Growth features for one user on up to 5 devices, paid once with no recurring billing.

• Pro+ Lifetime$300

  one-time purchase

  The Pro+ features for one user on up to 5 devices, paid once with no recurring billing.

Marco

• Marco$0

  Free forever: unlimited email accounts, offline access, cross-platform sync, smart search, and custom labels and filters. No payment method needed.

Canary Mail

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime licenses for Growth and Pro+

  Both paid plans can be bought once instead of yearly: $100 for Growth and $300 for Pro+. A lifetime license covers one user on up to 5 devices across all four platforms.

Marco

No public discounts listed.