Ellie vs Cora

Ellie learns your writing style from your sent emails and drafts replies in your voice inside Gmail/Outlook (browser extension plus background auto-drafting on higher tiers); reported pricing ranges from $19/month for 25 daily replies up to $79/month for unlimited, with a 7-day free trial (third-party sources conflict on exact tiers, confirm on the official site; checked Oct 2026). Cora (by Every) is an AI chief of staff for Gmail: it screens your inbox, keeps only what needs you visible, drafts replies for review, and sends a twice-daily Brief summarizing the rest; $20/month (2 accounts) or $39/month unlimited, Gmail/Google Workspace only, no Outlook (verified 2026). Pick Ellie if your priority is reply drafting in your voice at volume; pick Cora if your priority is checking email less, reading a 30-second brief twice a day instead. No hands-on test was run; no winner declared.

Decision point	Ellie	Cora
Best suited to	Gmail and Outlook users who want replies drafted in their own writing style, with a human sending them	Gmail and Google Workspace users buried in email who want inbox zero and drafted replies.; People who want AI drafting but insist on reviewing and sending every message themselves.
Plans and cost	Seven-day free trial with no card; plan prices were not captured on the pricing page, so the contract stays unknown.	Professional is $20 per month billed annually as $240, including 2 email accounts, and Unlimited is $39 per month billed annually with unlimited email accounts. Users can try Cora free for 7 days. No currency is asserted, because the frozen evidence states the figures without a currency word.
Limitations	Inbox reply drafting for Gmail and Outlook; seven-day trial with no card; plan prices were not captured	Works with Gmail and Google Workspace only; Outlook and other providers are not supported yet.; Cora never sends emails; drafts must be reviewed, edited and sent by the user.

Decision point

Ellie

Cora

Best suited to

Gmail and Outlook users who want replies drafted in their own writing style, with a human sending them

Gmail and Google Workspace users buried in email who want inbox zero and drafted replies.; People who want AI drafting but insist on reviewing and sending every message themselves.

Plans and cost

Seven-day free trial with no card; plan prices were not captured on the pricing page, so the contract stays unknown.

Professional is $20 per month billed annually as $240, including 2 email accounts, and Unlimited is $39 per month billed annually with unlimited email accounts. Users can try Cora free for 7 days. No currency is asserted, because the frozen evidence states the figures without a currency word.

Limitations

Inbox reply drafting for Gmail and Outlook; seven-day trial with no card; plan prices were not captured

Works with Gmail and Google Workspace only; Outlook and other providers are not supported yet.; Cora never sends emails; drafts must be reviewed, edited and sent by the user.

Use the same input

You want to 'look at email less' - checking a digest only morning and evening, handling personally only what truly needs you.

What a successful result must preserve

Compare by core goal (reply efficiency vs checking email less), digest mechanics (daily brief or not), supported email providers and pricing.

Evidence and test status

Pricing and feature comparison based on publicly available information. Plan prices, allowances and feature claims below come from the two vendors' official pricing and feature pages plus recent third-party pricing reads, re-checked October 2026. We did not run a hands-on test on either tool; no quality winner is declared.

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