MailMergic vs GMass
GMass is a mass-email and outreach tool that lives in your Gmail compose window. MailMergic is a document generation tool that sends through your Gmail, a MailMergic address or your own domain. The overlap is one personal email per row; the difference is where the attachment comes from.
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MailMergic is for you if
every recipient needs a document generated from a template (certificate, invoice, contract, letter), attached to a personal email sent from your Gmail, a MailMergic address or your own domain.
GMass is for you if
you run outreach or newsletters from Gmail and want sequences, follow-ups and inbox rotation, with attachments you already have.
Feature comparison
| MailMergic | GMass | |
|---|---|---|
| Generates documents from templates | PDF (form fill and free text placement), Word, Excel and image templates, plus email-only campaigns | No document generation; its PDF mail merge guide expects the PDFs to exist already |
| Fills existing PDF forms | Yes, plus free text placement on any PDF | Not offered |
| Per-recipient attachments | Generated automatically, one personalized document per row | Yes, from hosted files: an attachment column holding the file name in Google Drive or a public URL (Drive, Dropbox, S3 or your own server); the extension needs read-only Drive access |
| Email sending | Built in: each recipient gets a personalized email with their document attached, sent from your own Gmail or Google Workspace account, from a MailMergic address, through your SMTP server or from your own verified domain | Through your own Gmail or Google Workspace account; Google’s daily caps apply, which is the footnote behind its unlimited plans |
| Tracking | Delivery, bounce and open tracking per recipient | Opens, clicks, replies and bounces with campaign reports |
| Where it runs | Web app (any OS, any browser) | Chrome extension inside the Gmail compose window, installed per browser and per user |
| Outreach features | Focused on document delivery | Sequences and follow-ups, scheduling, inbox rotation (MultiSend) on Premium and up |
| API and integrations | REST API and Zapier (8,000+ apps) | SMTP service and API for transactional email from your own app |
| Offline option | Separate offline desktop app for macOS and Windows | Not offered |
| EU hosting | EU hosted (Germany-based company), GDPR compliant, data retention configurable from 5 minutes to 180 days | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Free tier | Free plan: 25 documents every month, no credit card required | Free trial; limits on its pricing page |
Facts checked September 3, 2026. Found something outdated? Tell us atsupport@mailmergic.com.
Choose GMass if
- You run cold outreach or newsletters and need sequences, follow-ups and inbox rotation
- You want to work entirely inside the Gmail compose window in Chrome
- Your attachments already exist and are hosted on Google Drive
- You want the lowest price for high-volume plain email from Gmail
Choose MailMergic if
- Every recipient gets a document generated from a template: certificate, invoice, contract, letter
- You need PDF form filling, Word, Excel or image templates
- Your list is bigger than a Gmail day and the same run should finish from a MailMergic address or your own domain
- You or your colleagues do not work in Chrome, or do not use Gmail at all
MailMergic vs GMass: common questions
Can GMass create personalized PDFs from a template?
Does MailMergic send through Gmail like GMass does?
Which sending limits apply?
Is GMass bad? Should I avoid it?
Sources
All GMass facts on this page were checked against these pages on September 3, 2026: