Front vs Gmelius

Front

• Support and operations teams working shared addresses at volume
• Companies that want email, chat, SMS and WhatsApp in one team inbox
• Teams that need ticketing, rules and reporting on top of email

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

Front

• There is no free plan; the 14-day trial is the only way to use Front without paying.
• Starter is capped at 10 seats and one channel type, and Professional at 50 seats.
• Copilot, Smart QA and Smart CSAT cost extra per seat on Starter and Professional.
• Enterprise is sold on annual billing only, and contracts over $25k must include a paid onboarding package.

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).

Front

Shared inboxes

Team inboxes where incoming messages can be assigned and handled together, so everyone can see who is working on which conversation.

Omnichannel inbox

Professional and Enterprise combine email, SMS, Front Chat, WhatsApp and other channels in one place. Starter is limited to a single channel type.

Ticketing and automation rules

Ticketing for complex requests plus multi-step rules: up to 10 rules on Starter, 20 on Professional and unlimited on Enterprise.

Front AI

Autopilot resolves conversations from $0.05 each. Copilot ($20 per seat a month), Smart QA ($20) and Smart CSAT ($10) are add-ons that Enterprise includes.

Analytics

Reporting on team workload and support quality: basic analytics on Starter and advanced analytics from Professional.

Knowledge base and live chat

A no-code knowledge base and Front Chat let customers help themselves. Multi-language knowledge bases need Enterprise.

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.

Front

• Starter$25

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Up to 10 seats. One channel type (email, Front Chat or SMS), shared inbox, ticketing, up to 10 automation rules and basic analytics.

• Professional$65

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Up to 50 seats. Adds omnichannel support, macros, up to 20 rules, advanced analytics, up to 5 workspaces, SSO and SCIM.

• Enterprise$105

  per seat / month, annual billing only

  Unlimited seats, rules and macros, smart rules, custom roles, and Copilot, Smart QA and Smart CSAT included.

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.

Front

• Annual discount

  Save 24% with annual billing

  Front's pricing page states a 24% saving for annual billing. The prices it lists for Starter ($25) and Professional ($65) are the annually billed rates per seat a month.

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.