An eM Client alternative made for Gmail

eM Client is a whole desktop suite for Windows and Mac: email from any provider, with calendar, contacts and tasks. Dodosend is narrower on purpose: made for Gmail itself, run from the keyboard, on Mac, Windows and Linux. Here’s how they compare, and when eM Client is the better pick.

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Free for one Gmail mailbox, on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

At a glance

eM Client’s details come from its own site, checked in October 2026.

	Dodosend	eM Client
Price	Free for one Gmail mailbox; the Multi-mailbox plan, monthly or yearly, adds more	Free for home use; Personal $24.95/year or $39.95 once; Business $29.95/year or $44.95 once, per device
Free plan	Yes: one Gmail mailbox, with every feature	For home use only: two accounts on one device
Desktop apps	macOS 12+, Windows 10+, Linux (AppImage, .deb, .rpm)	Windows and macOS
Phone and web	Not yet: desktop only	Free iPhone and Android apps; no web app
Email accounts	Gmail and Google Workspace	Any IMAP or POP account, Gmail among them, and Exchange
With Gmail	Made for Gmail: labels stay labels, and search reads Gmail’s common operators	Over IMAP, with Google sign-in: labels come in as tags
Unified inbox	No: one mailbox at a time; on Multi-mailbox, Ctrl+Tab moves to the next	Yes: All Inboxes
Keyboard	A key for every action, and a ⌘K / Ctrl+K palette that reads “remind me fri 10”	Shortcuts you can change, and a command palette
AI	Only to help you search: finding a mail from what you remember of it, and reading a search typed as a sentence. No AI keeps your mail or learns from it, and none writes for you	An assistant that writes, replies and summarizes; in the yearly plans, an add-on otherwise

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A palette that reads times

eM Client has a command palette too. Dodosend’s also reads a time the way you’d type it: try “remind me fri 10” on sample mail.

Interactive demo. A hands-on look at how it works: use your keyboard or mouse, and the guide shows you what to do. The mail is made up.

Dodosend

Inbox

3 unread

Maya Chen

10 threads

Step 1 of 3

Press ctrlK to open the command palette.Tap “Show me” to open the command palette.

Every command in one box. Say when, the way you would: “remind me fri 10”. The thread waits in Reminders until then.

Which one is for you

Pick Dodosend if…

Your mail is all Gmail
eM Client reaches Gmail over IMAP, where labels become tags. Dodosend works with Gmail itself: labels stay labels, and from: or has:attachment work as they do in Gmail.
You’re on Linux
Dodosend has a Linux desktop build, as an AppImage, a .deb and an .rpm, next to macOS and Windows. eM Client is for Windows and Mac.
You’d use the free plan for work
eM Client’s free version is for home use. Dodosend’s Free plan covers one Gmail or Google Workspace mailbox, with every feature, at home or at work.
You want mail to come back when it matters
H brings a thread back at the time you type, and ⌘⇧H brings it back only if nobody replies. Scheduled send goes out on time even with the app closed.

Pick eM Client if…

You want calendar, contacts and tasks in one suite
eM Client is a whole personal-information app. Dodosend is about mail, with your Google Calendar beside it.
You have more than Gmail
eM Client takes any IMAP or POP account, and Exchange. Dodosend is Gmail and Google Workspace only, for now.
You want every account in one inbox
eM Client’s All Inboxes shows every account together. Dodosend shows one mailbox at a time.
You’d rather pay once
eM Client sells one-time licenses. Dodosend’s Multi-mailbox plan is billed monthly or yearly.
You want a settled app
Dodosend is still in beta: it changes often, and you may hit a rough edge. If you’d rather not, eM Client is the steadier choice.

Switching from eM Client

Nothing moves: your mail stays in Gmail, so your threads, labels and drafts are there once you sign in to Dodosend with Google. Dodosend doesn’t need IMAP, since it works with Gmail itself. What lives only in eM Client stays there: its local folders, and the rules it runs on your computer. Gmail’s own filters keep working, since Gmail runs them.

Questions

Is eM Client free?

For home use, with two accounts on one device. Beyond that it takes a Personal or Business license, yearly or one-time, after a 30-day trial.

Is there eM Client for Linux?

No. eM Client is for Windows and macOS, with apps for iPhone and Android. Dodosend runs on Linux as an AppImage, a .deb or an .rpm, for x86_64.

Does Dodosend have a unified inbox?

No. Dodosend shows one Gmail mailbox at a time. On the Multi-mailbox plan you connect as many as you like and move between them with Ctrl+Tab.

Is Dodosend free?

Yes, for one Gmail mailbox, with every feature: the command palette, reminders, scheduled send, the calendar. The Multi-mailbox plan, billed monthly or yearly, is only for connecting more mailboxes.

Try it on your own inbox

Your Gmail, your keys, no card. Your mail stays on your computer, and Google lets you revoke access anytime.