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CitrusMail vs Groundmail

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CitrusMail compared with Groundmail
DetailCitrusMail logo CitrusMailGroundmail logo Groundmail
What it doesFree, open source email client with mail, calendar, contacts and AI Transactional email API and SMTP for password resets, receipts and alerts
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNot given US
Pricing modelOpen source Freemium
PricingNot given Free: 3,000 emails/month, 100/day, 3 domains. Pay as you go: $15/month with 20,000 emails included, then $0.70 per 1,000 from 20,000-100,000, $0.50 per 1,000 from 100,000-1 million, $0.30 per 1,000 above 1 million. Dedicated server: $299/month with 250,000 emails included, then $0.40 per 1,000.
Key features
  • Mail over IMAP or POP3 with search by sender, date and attachments
  • Calendar with CalDAV sync in day, week, month and year views
  • Contacts with CardDAV sync with email, phone, company and birthday fields
  • Read receipts showing Delivered, Opened or Bounced status
  • AI summaries, replies and questions using your own API key
  • Message and reply translation between languages
  • Custom signature for each mailbox
  • Built-in settings for Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo, Fastmail, Zoho, GMX, Yandex and Proton Bridge
  • Open source template for building branded mail clients
  • REST API and SDKs for Node, Python, Go, PHP and Ruby
  • SMTP relay at smtp.groundmail.dev port 587
  • Event-triggered automations
  • Inbound email and reply handling
  • Versioned email templates with live preview
  • Spam checks and blocklist monitoring
  • DMARC monitoring
  • Dedicated IPs and servers
  • Hosted test inbox for CI
  • Tenants for serving multiple customers
What makes it different
  • Free and open source under MIT licence with no restrictions on use, modification or resale
  • Works with any IMAP or POP3 mailbox including Gmail, iCloud, Outlook and others
  • Calendar and contacts integrated in the same window with mail
  • Bring your own AI from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI or Perplexity
  • Build your own branded desktop app by customising the open source template
  • 4.6 second median delivery time
  • Operated by the team that runs the mail servers
  • Transactional mail kept separate from marketing mail
  • 99.99% sending uptime
  • No setup required for AI coding tools
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)11 −1 (down) since last check24 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)26
Citation Flow (Majestic)2830
Referring domains (Majestic)4138

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