The eM Client Insider’s Guide

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ToolGPAOctober 2026

eM Client

The Insider’s Guide

Desktop email client for Windows and Mac with calendar and chat

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among email apps, read from eM Client’s own pages.

Made by eM Client s.r.o. · checked Oct 9, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.6GPA

01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from eM Client’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on eM Client’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

2.6

GPA, above 28 of the 51 other email apps we grade

eM Client is an email client for Windows and macOS, with free companion apps for Android and iOS. Beyond mail it handles calendars, tasks, contacts, notes and chat, and it connects to Google Workspace, Office 365, Outlook, Exchange and other services. A free license covers personal use with two email accounts. Paid Personal and Business licenses are sold either as a yearly subscription or as a one-time payment for the current major version.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about eM Client, taken from its own pages and our grades.

1
Best for one desktop program for mail, calendar and tasks
eM Client is a desktop mail program for Windows and Mac, with your calendar, tasks, contacts and chat in the same window.
2
Paid plans start at $4.16 a month when paid by the year
As its pricing page puts it: $49.95 per year (Personal subscription, up to 3 devices).
3
There is a free plan
Free license for personal, non-commercial use: 2 email accounts on one device, with email, calendar, contacts and tasks. The Android and iOS apps are free and need no license.
4
It runs on 4 platforms
Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
5
Works with most email services
Connects to Google Workspace, Office 365, Outlook, Exchange and other services, and imports data from Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird and other clients.
6
Calendar, tasks, contacts and notes
Calendars, tasks and contacts are part of every license, with a sidebar agenda of upcoming events, tasks and birthdays. Notes need a paid license.
7
PGP and S/MIME encryption
Messages can be encrypted and digitally signed with S/MIME or PGP. The pricing table lists this on the Free license too.
8
A 2.6 GPA, above 28 of 51
That is against the other email apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
9
Keep it
To replace eM Client you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

eM Client at a glance

Pricing: Free plan, from $49.95 per year (Personal subscription, up to 3 devices)
Free plan: Yes
Free trial: 30-day free trial of all features, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee
Runs on: macOS, Windows, iOS, Android
Made by: eM Client s.r.o., since 2007
Category: Email Apps
Our grade: 2.6 GPA, good

The report card

Best for one desktop program for mail, calendar and tasks

eM Client is a desktop mail program for Windows and Mac, with your calendar, tasks, contacts and chat in the same window. $49.95 a year covers one person on three devices, or $74.95 once buys the current major version. The Free license stops at 2 email accounts on one device for personal use and leaves out snooze and Send Later, and there's nothing for Linux or the browser.

ToolGPA report cardeM ClientGraded Oct 10, 2026

Subject	Grade	Comment
Value for money	B	$49.95 a year for one person on 3 devices is about $4.16 a month, at the low end of this category, with every feature and the AI Add-on in. Or $74.95 once, less than a year of the $8 middle here, though that buys the current major version only and leaves out the AI Add-on.
Free plan and trial	C	The Free license is 2 email accounts on one device, personal use only, and thread view, notes, snooze, Send Later and translation are all held back. Those are caps you'll hit, though the first 30 days unlock everything.
Features	B	Mail, calendar, tasks, contacts, notes and chat in one program, PGP and S/MIME on every license, and paid licenses add snooze, Send Later, undo send, Watch for Reply and translation of incoming mail. Nothing in the listing points at a hole in the mail-client job.
Ease of use	C	No rating on record. It imports your data from Outlook, Thunderbird and other clients, but it's a dense desktop program with mail, calendar, tasks, contacts and chat panes and accounts to connect first.
Platforms and integrations	B	Windows and Mac with free iPhone and Android apps that need no license, so computer and phone are both covered. It talks to Google Workspace, Office 365, Outlook and Exchange, and paid licenses add Teams, Slack and Rocket.Chat. No Linux or web version is listed.

Grade point averageGood, out of 4.02.6

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who eM Client is for

Fits if you want mail, calendar, tasks and contacts in one desktop program on Windows or Mac
Works for people who'd rather pay $74.95 once for the current major version than subscribe

Who it is not for

Skip it if you're on Linux or want your mail in a browser, as neither is listed
Tight if you're staying free, because that's 2 email accounts on one device with no snooze, Send Later or thread view
Not for you if you want it free at work, since the Free license is for non-commercial use only
Watch out: a one-time license covers the current major version only, and the AI Add-on and later versions cost extra
Pricey if you license a business, at $59.95 per device a year rather than per person

Good to know

Good for

Windows and Mac users who want a full desktop mail client
People who would rather pay once for the current version
Companies that license email software per device

Worth knowing

The Free license is for personal, non-commercial use only, on one device with 2 email accounts.
Thread view, notes, snooze, Send Later, undo send and message translation need a paid Personal or Business license.
A one-time license covers the current major version only. Later major versions need a paid upgrade or the Lifetime Upgrades option.
No Linux or web version is listed. The pricing page shows different prices by country; the figures here are the US ones.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$4.16

A month to start, paid by the year. There is a free plan too

eM Client has a free plan. Paid plans start at $49.95 per year (Personal subscription, up to 3 devices).

Free
$0
Personal, non-commercial use on one device with 2 email accounts and forum support. No snooze, Send Later, notes, thread view or translation.
Personal (subscription)
$49.95
per year, for 1 user on up to 3 devices
Individual use with unlimited email accounts, every feature, VIP support, new major versions and the AI Add-on included.
Business (subscription)
$59.95
per device / year
Company or institutional use, priced per device and lower in volume. Adds the License Manager, with VIP support and the AI Add-on included.
Personal (one-time)
$74.95
one-time payment, for 1 user on up to 3 devices
Never expires for the current major version and includes 1 year of VIP support. Later major versions and the AI Add-on cost extra.
Business (one-time)
$89.95
per device, one-time payment
Per-device company license that never expires for the current major version. Lifetime Upgrades are an optional extra.

The free plan

Free license for personal, non-commercial use: 2 email accounts on one device, with email, calendar, contacts and tasks. The Android and iOS apps are free and need no license.

Trying it first

30-day free trial of all features, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee

Read from emclient.com on Oct 9, 2026.

Ways to pay less

Lifetime license
One-time payment instead of a subscription
Personal at $74.95 or Business at $89.95 per device buys a license that never expires for the current major version. Optional Lifetime Upgrades extend it to all future versions.
Stated on emclient.com
By country
Lower price shown to buyers in India
Read from India on October 9, 2026, the pricing page showed the Personal subscription at $24.95 a year. Read from the United States the same day, it showed $49.95.
Stated on emclient.com
Nonprofit
30% discount for NGOs
The pricing page states that NGOs are eligible for a 30% discount, arranged by contacting eM Client.
Stated on emclient.com
Education
30% discount for schools and universities
Schools and universities are eligible for the same 30% discount, arranged by contacting eM Client.
Stated on emclient.com

How its prices have moved

Oct 9, 2026Personal (subscription): $39.95 per year, for 1 user on up to 3 devices → $49.95 per year, for 1 user on up to 3 devicesThe archive copy of eM Client's pricing page from September 17, 2026 lists the Personal subscription at $39.95 a year; the page read from the United States on October 9 lists it at $49.95. eM Client 11 came out on October 7.
Oct 9, 2026Business (subscription): $49.95 per device / year → $59.95 per device / yearThe archive copy of eM Client's pricing page from September 17, 2026 lists the Business subscription at $49.95 a device a year; the page read from the United States on October 9 lists it at $59.95. eM Client 11 came out on October 7.
Oct 9, 2026Personal (one-time): $59.95 one-time, for 1 user on up to 3 devices → $74.95 one-time, for 1 user on up to 3 devicesThe archive copy of eM Client's pricing page from September 17, 2026 lists the one-time Personal license at $59.95; the page read from the United States on October 9 lists it at $74.95. eM Client 11 came out on October 7.
Oct 9, 2026Business (one-time): $79.95 per device, one-time → $89.95 per device, one-timeThe archive copy of eM Client's pricing page from September 17, 2026 lists the one-time Business license at $79.95 a device; the page read from the United States on October 9 lists it at $89.95. eM Client 11 came out on October 7.

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

Places it runs: macOS, Windows, iOS and Android

Desktop email client for Windows and Mac with calendar and chat. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: one-time purchase, AI features, notes, tasks, calendar, email client.

Nothing in the listing points at a hole in the mail-client job.

From our grade for features

Works with most email services: Connects to Google Workspace, Office 365, Outlook, Exchange and other services, and imports data from Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird and other clients.
Calendar, tasks, contacts and notes: Calendars, tasks and contacts are part of every license, with a sidebar agenda of upcoming events, tasks and birthdays. Notes need a paid license.
PGP and S/MIME encryption: Messages can be encrypted and digitally signed with S/MIME or PGP. The pricing table lists this on the Free license too.
Snooze, Send Later and Watch for Reply: Paid licenses add snooze, scheduled sending, undo send, a watch for replies to sent messages, mass mail and a view of all attachments.
AI and translation: AI generates messages and replies or adjusts the tone of a draft through the AI Add-on, which subscriptions include. Paid licenses also translate incoming messages.
Chat and meeting integrations: Chat and online meeting integration are built in, and paid licenses add Microsoft Teams, Slack and Rocket.Chat integration.

Where it runs

macOS
Windows
iOS
Android

What it works with

Google Workspace
Office 365
Microsoft Exchange
Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Slack
Rocket.Chat

eM Client is made by eM Client s.r.o., and has been around since 2007.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

28/51

Other email apps it is graded above

eM Client's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 28 of the 51 other email apps we grade, and level with 7.

It stands best on features (B, above 30 of 51) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).

Its paid plans start at $4.16 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $4.99 for the category: 19 of the 45 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 52 email apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. eM Client’s own letter is outlined.

BValue for money
Above 29 of 51
CFree plan and trial
Above 4 of 51
BFeatures
Above 30 of 51
CEase of use
Above 0 of 51
BPlatforms and integrations
Above 15 of 51

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 50 email apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. eM Client is the marked dot.

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

To replace eM Client you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.

It costs $49.95 a year.

What you could make

Calendar, tasks and notes: an app builder makes these well.

What you could not

An email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.
Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
It plugs into other products, Google Workspace, Office 365 and Microsoft Exchange among them.
AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

What this rests on. eM Client’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 05 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird, Mailbird, Mailspring and Spark Mail

The 5 tools eM Client is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

3.6GPA
Microsoft Outlook
Free plan · from $1.99/mo
Microsoft's email and calendar app for desktop, mobile and web.
- Only Microsoft Outlook lists a web app.
- eM Client can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- eM Client also covers notes.
eM Client and Microsoft Outlook compared in full
3.2GPA
Thunderbird
Free
Free, open-source email app for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.
- Only eM Client lists an iOS app.
- Only Thunderbird lists a Linux app.
- eM Client can be bought with a one-time purchase.
eM Client and Thunderbird compared in full
2.2GPA
Mailbird
Free plan · from $34.49/yr
Desktop email client for Windows and Mac with a unified inbox.
- Only eM Client lists iOS and Android apps.
- eM Client also covers notes, tasks and calendar.
eM Client and Mailbird compared in full
2.4GPA
Mailspring
Free plan · from $8/mo
Open-source desktop email client for Mac, Windows and Linux.
- Only eM Client lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Mailspring lists a Linux app.
- eM Client can be bought with a one-time purchase.
eM Client and Mailspring compared in full
3.0GPA
Spark Mail
Free plan · from $8.25/mo
Email client with a unified smart inbox, AI tools and team features.
- eM Client can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- eM Client also covers notes and tasks.
- Spark Mail also covers meeting notes, templates and shared inbox.
eM Client and Spark Mail compared in full

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is eM Client free?

eM Client has a free plan. Free license for personal, non-commercial use: 2 email accounts on one device, with email, calendar, contacts and tasks.

How much does eM Client cost?

eM Client lists 5 plans. Free: $0.

What platforms does eM Client work on?

eM Client is available on Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.

Does eM Client offer any discounts?

eM Client publicly lists the following: One-time payment instead of a subscription; Lower price shown to buyers in India; 30% discount for NGOs; 30% discount for schools and universities.

Does eM Client have a Linux app?

No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 9, 2026. eM Client is listed for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.

Is eM Client open source?

eM Client is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 9, 2026.

What does eM Client integrate with?

eM Client's listing names Google Workspace, Office 365, Microsoft Exchange, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Slack and Rocket.Chat.

Does eM Client have a student discount?

30% discount for schools and universities. Schools and universities are eligible for the same 30% discount, arranged by contacting eM Client.

Does eM Client have a free trial?

Yes. 30-day free trial of all features, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Who makes eM Client?

eM Client is made by eM Client s.r.o. It dates from 2007.

What are the alternatives to eM Client?

The closest alternatives to eM Client in our directory are Microsoft Outlook, Thunderbird, Mailbird, Mailspring and Spark Mail.

How does eM Client compare with other email apps?

eM Client's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 28 of the 51 other email apps we grade, and level with 7.

Is eM Client good value for money?

ToolGPA grades eM Client B for value for money. Its paid plans start at $4.16 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $4.99 for the category: 19 of the 45 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of eM Client?

To replace eM Client you would be making an email client: sending, receiving, threading and searching years of mail.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from eM Client’s own pages on Oct 9, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from eM Client's own pages on 9 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-05-21.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by eM Client s.r.o. Prices change, so check emclient.com before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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