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Edison Mail vs Gmail

We give Edison Mail a 3.0 GPA and Gmail a 3.6, out of 4.0. Gmail grades higher on value for money, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan and platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

Edison Mail

Free multi-account email app with one-tap unsubscribe

Free plan · from $14.99/mo
Full detailsedisonmail.com

Gmail

Google's email service, free for personal use with 15 GB of storage

Free plan · from $7/mo
Full detailsworkspace.google.com

How we grade them

3.0GPAEdison MailVery good3.6GPAGmailExcellent
Value for money
CThe app is free, so most people never see a bill. But the paid part, Edison Mail+, is $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year for Verify Sender phishing warnings, Validate Contacts and LinkedIn Discovery. That's a lot for three extras, though you can share it with five other people.
BBusiness email starts at $7 a person a month on a one-year deal. That buys an address at your own domain, 30 GB and the rest of Google Workspace. Fair if you'll use Meet, Drive and Docs. For the email alone, Zoho Mail starts at $1.
Free plan and trial
AFree with unlimited accounts, a unified inbox, one-tap unsubscribe, Block Sender, snooze, Focused Inbox and tracking-pixel blocking. Most people could stay here for good. It's paid for by anonymized data from your commercial emails, which you can opt out of.
AFree for good, with 15 GB, the spam filter, offline mail and both phone apps. That's most of Gmail for nothing. The catches: the 15 GB is shared with Drive and Photos, and a free account may show ads.
Features
BOne inbox for Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, Exchange, AOL and IMAP, with one-tap unsubscribe, domain blocking, Undo Send and smart folders for travel, bills and subscriptions. But the bills, travel and package features are limited to the US, UK, Canada, Australia and India.
ASpam blocking, tabs that sort your mail, suggested replies, nudges to follow up, undo send, Confidential Mode and offline mail. Gemini drafts replies and sums up long threads. On a personal account some of that needs a paid Google AI plan, like asking it to search your inbox.
Ease of use
B4.5 from about 78,700 App Store ratings, a notch below the best-rated mail apps. Tracking pixels are blocked by default and unsubscribing is a single tap, so the useful bits don't need hunting for.
A4.7 from about 2.4 million App Store ratings. Sign in with a Google Account and the inbox is ready, on the web and on your phone. Long-time users do grumble when an update moves things around.
Platforms and integrations
BiPhone, iPad, Android and Windows. There's no web version. Edison's site still mentions a Mac app, but the Mac App Store link from its launch post returned no listing when checked, so we don't count it.
BA browser, iPhone and Android, and that's it for Google's own apps. No Mac or Windows app. It does work inside Outlook, Apple Mail and Thunderbird, though, and there's an API if you like building your own tools.
Best fora free inbox for lots of accounts on your phonefree email that ties into the rest of Google

The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Edison Mail and Gmail. How we grade

Where they differ

  • Edison Mail starts at $14.99 per month, or $99.99 per year (Edison Mail+). Gmail starts at $7 per user / month with a 1-year commitment (Workspace Business Starter).
  • Only Edison Mail lists a Windows app.
  • Only Gmail lists a web app.
In commonFree planiOSAndroidAI featuresEmail clientInbox filtering

At a glance

Edison MailGmail
PricingFree planFree plan
Starts at$14.99 per month, or $99.99 per year (Edison Mail+)$7 per user / month with a 1-year commitment (Workspace Business Starter)
Free planThe app is free with unlimited email accounts, a unified inbox, one-tap unsubscribe, Block Sender, snooze, Focused Inbox and tracking-pixel blocking. Edison Mail+ security features cost extra.Free with a personal Google Account: 15 GB of storage shared across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Photos. Free accounts may show ads, and asking Gemini to search the inbox needs a Google AI Pro or Ultra plan.
Free trialNone listed14-day Google Workspace trial for new customers, limited to 10 users; billing details required
Web
Windows
iOS
Android
Made byEdison Software (YipitData)Google
Price read fromapps.apple.comknowledge.workspace.google.com
CheckedOct 5, 2026Oct 9, 2026

Who each one suits

Edison Mail

  • People with several email accounts who want a free unified inbox
  • Clearing out newsletters with one-tap unsubscribe
  • Households that want phishing warnings shared across family members

Gmail

  • Anyone who wants a free personal address with 15 GB of shared storage
  • Organizations that want email on their own domain inside Google Workspace
  • People who already rely on Google Calendar, Meet, Chat and Drive

Worth knowing

Edison Mail

  • The free app is funded by Edison's research business, which collects anonymized data from commercial emails such as receipts. You can opt out or delete stored data.
  • Verify Sender phishing warnings, Validate Contacts and LinkedIn Discovery need Edison Mail+ at $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year.
  • Edison's site still mentions a Mac app, but the Mac App Store link from its launch post returned no listing when checked, so Mac is not listed here.
  • Assistant features for bills and receipts, entertainment, travel and package alerts are limited to the US, UK, Canada, Australia and India.

Gmail

  • Business email is only sold as part of Google Workspace, which also includes Calendar, Drive, Meet and Docs.
  • The free 15 GB is shared with Drive and Photos. More space is a paid add-on: the US App Store listing shows 100 GB at $1.99 and 200 GB at $2.99, with no billing period given.
  • Free accounts may show ads, though Google says it does not use Gmail content to personalize them.
  • No desktop app is listed: Gmail runs in a browser and as Android and iOS apps, or through another mail client.

Key features

Edison Mail

Unified inbox
Connect an unlimited number of accounts from Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, Exchange, AOL and IMAP providers and read them in one inbox.
One-tap unsubscribe and Block Sender
Unsubscribe from a mailing list with one tap, see suggested unsubscribes, and block a sender or a whole domain from reaching the inbox again.
Assistant smart folders
Smart folders show travel, shopping, bills and receipts, events and subscriptions at a glance without moving any messages.
Tracking pixel blocking
Read receipts and tracking pixels are blocked by default, without turning off images in the message.
Focused Inbox, snooze and Undo Send
Focused Inbox separates important email from messages that can wait, custom snooze brings a message back at a time you choose, and Undo Send recalls a message seconds after sending.
Verify Sender
Checks incoming messages for signs of phishing and identity spoofing and shows a warning on suspicious senders. It is part of the paid Edison Mail+ subscription.

Gmail

Spam, phishing and malware blocking
Google says Gmail automatically blocks 99.9% of spam, phishing attempts and malware, and flags a suspicious message that could still be legitimate.
Gemini in Gmail
Drafts and polishes replies and summarizes long threads. Asking Gemini to search a personal inbox needs Google AI Pro or Ultra; Google's AI plans page also lists Gemini in Gmail under the cheaper Google AI Plus.
Smart Compose, Smart Reply and Nudges
Suggests replies and sentence completions as you type, and reminds you to answer or follow up on messages you have not dealt with.
Confidential Mode
Set an expiry date on a message, require the recipient to verify by text, and remove the options to forward, copy, download or print it.
Custom domain email and mail merge
Workspace puts addresses on your own domain, with up to 30 aliases per user. Mail merge, from Business Standard, takes up to 1,500 recipients from a linked spreadsheet.
Offline mail and other clients
Gmail offline lets you read, reply to, delete and search messages without a connection. Accounts also work in Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird.

Plans

Edison Mail

  • Edison Mail$0

    Free app with unlimited accounts, unified inbox, one-tap unsubscribe, Block Sender, custom snooze, Undo Send and the Assistant's smart folders.

  • Edison Mail+$14.99

    per month, or $99.99 per year

    Adds Verify Sender phishing warnings, Validate Contacts and LinkedIn Discovery, and can be shared with five other people through the Family Plan.

Gmail

  • Personal Google Account$0

    Gmail for personal use with 15 GB of storage shared with Drive and Photos. No address at your own domain, and the account may show ads.

  • Business Starter$7

    per user / month, 1-year commitment ($8.40 flexible)

    Google Workspace with email at your own domain, 30 GB of pooled storage per user and the Gemini assistant in Gmail.

  • Business Standard$14

    per user / month, 1-year commitment ($16.80 flexible)

    2 TB of pooled storage per user, plus custom email layouts, mail merge and Gemini in Gmail, Docs, Meet and more.

  • Business Plus$22

    per user / month, 1-year commitment ($26.40 flexible)

    5 TB of pooled storage per user, with Google Vault for retention and eDiscovery and advanced endpoint management.

  • EnterpriseCustom

    No user limit, where the Business editions stop at 300. Adds S/MIME encryption and data loss prevention; priced through Google sales.

Ways to pay less

Edison Mail

  • Annual discount

    About 44% less with yearly billing

    The App Store listing gives Edison Mail+ as $99.99 a year against $14.99 a month, which works out to about 44% less than twelve monthly payments.

  • Other savings

    Family Plan shares Edison Mail+ with five people

    An Edison Mail+ subscriber can share the plan's premium features with five other people at no extra cost, for as long as the subscription stays active.

Gmail

  • Annual discount

    Lower rate with a 1-year commitment

    Business Starter costs $7 per user per month on the Annual/Fixed-Term Plan versus $8.40 on the Flexible Plan. Standard drops from $16.80 to $14 and Plus from $26.40 to $22.

  • Other savings

    Introductory discount for the first 3 months

    The US pricing page gives new Workspace customers up to 50% off their first 3 months, for a limited time. Which plan gets 50%, 30% or 20% differed between copies of the page from October 4 to 7.

  • By country

    Lower price shown to buyers in India

    On 9 October 2026 the pricing page showed Business Starter at ₹270 per user a month to a reader in India, against $7 on the US page. Google's help center says it sometimes offers country-based discounts.

  • Nonprofit

    Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0

    Eligible nonprofits get Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0 per user, or Business Standard at $3.50 and Business Plus at $6.16 per user per month on a 1-year commitment.

  • Education

    Education Fundamentals at no charge

    Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals is available at no charge to qualifying institutions. Education Plus is a paid edition.

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