Here at GMass we\u2019ve already covered at length the ways ChatGPT can (and can\u2019t) help you with writing your cold emails<\/a>. Now let\u2019s see what it can do for your replies.<\/p>\n BIG NEWS!<\/strong> At GMass we’ve now launched our own tool for fast replies to emails (with the option to use ChatGPT, of course). Reply to your emails 10x faster with The Reply Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n I personally tested<\/strong>\u00a0nearly a dozen of the AI- and\/or ChatGPT-based email reply Chrome extensions<\/strong>\u00a0in the Chrome Web Store.<\/p>\n Here are my recommendations for the ones you should use to speed up your journey to inbox zero. (Or, at least, cut down on your daily busy work.)<\/p>\n Here are the four criteria I used as I judged these AI\/ChatGPT email reply tools.<\/p>\n The stated value proposition of each of these tools is that it will save you time.<\/strong>\u00a0But\u2026 will it? If I have to write detailed prompts, run the AI multiple times to get a viable response, and\/or edit the output because the AI doesn\u2019t get it right \u2014 have I saved time? Nope.<\/p>\n So I\u2019m looking for a tool that\u2019s fast, incorporates seamlessly into my workflow, requires minimal prompting, and generally nails its output the first time.<\/p>\n I\u2019m putting my name on whatever this AI writes. So does it sound good<\/strong>, or does it fall into the common current AI trap where the writing sounds like a high school kid trying to stretch out a term paper to hit a certain word count?<\/p>\n Do the Chrome extension\u2019s buttons or other elements fit smoothly into the Gmail interface<\/strong>? How easy and intuitive<\/strong>\u00a0is it to use? How many (or better yet, how few) clicks<\/strong>\u00a0will it take to get my response?<\/p>\n How is the pricing model<\/strong>\u00a0set up for the tool? Do I get a certain number of free uses per day or month or is it paid? If it\u2019s paid, is it reasonable? If there\u2019s a free plan, what\u2019s the tradeoff (most important, will they force me to add their branding to every email I send \u2014 because that\u2019s a deal breaker)?<\/p>\n With those criteria in mind, here are our picks for the best tools currently on the market<\/strong>. Though at the current rate of development, by the time I finish typing this sentence, a new tool will probably come out.<\/p>\n For my evaluation, I used each of these tools write a reply to a cold email inquiry I received. I wanted the response to turn them down in a polite-yet-firm manner.<\/p>\n Download<\/a><\/p>\n Ellie adds a row to the top of the Gmail reply window: three tone buttons, interested\/not interested buttons, and a dropdown box to add extra context to your reply.<\/p>\n I chose \u201ccasual\u201d and \u201cnot interested\u201d for my response to this email. Here is the output.<\/p>\n Of all the products I tested, Ellie\u2019s output consistently felt like the best and most \u201chuman\u201d writing.<\/strong>\u00a0(The reply above, for instance, is almost exactly what I would write if I were typing this myself.)<\/p>\n You can also highlight any sentence in the email and click the revise button the pops up \u2014 Ellie will take another crack at that sentence.<\/p>\n But\u2026 each revision counts against your daily Ellie quota, which brings me to the big downside.<\/p>\n Ellie is one of the most expensive options<\/strong>\u00a0available. The free plan offers 2 emails per day. It\u2019s $16\/mo for just 10 replies per day and $29\/mo for 100 replies per day. If you want more than that, it\u2019s the dreaded \u201cContact us\u201d situation.<\/p>\n And remember, those quotas don\u2019t include revisions<\/strong>. So if you have it write an email then revise it five times, that\u2019s six of your daily emails gone. I feel like I\u2019d have quota anxiety<\/strong>\u00a0if I were trying to use Ellie as part of my daily workflow, even with the 100 emails\/day plan.<\/p>\n Download<\/a><\/p>\n Compose AI is a Y Combinator company<\/a>\u00a0that\u2019s taken funding and has the biggest current user base<\/strong>\u00a0at 50,000+ Chrome extension downloads.<\/p>\n Its functionality extends beyond one-click email replies<\/strong>\u00a0(though it has those). It also composes new emails based on prompts, adds autocomplete suggestions to text input fields on most websites, and can rephrase your writing or its writing.<\/p>\n I\u2019m going to focus on the reply feature here to keep our comparison consistent.<\/p>\n Compose AI adds three options at the bottom of an email to generate one-click replies.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the output. (They\u2019ve added that blue dot with way, way too much drop shadow as a way to access their menu.)<\/p>\n And when I highlight text I get options to rephrase, change the tone, lengthen, or shorten.<\/p>\n Compose AI\u2019s writing quality wasn\u2019t amazing but I have plenty of options to fine-tune it<\/strong>. (Then again, if I\u2019m spending lots of time fine-tuning, it\u2019s no longer saving me time, right?) The interface isn\u2019t great but a little design work could improve that overnight.<\/p>\n The biggest advantage? Compose AI is completely free.<\/strong>\u00a0At least for now. The company is venture funded, so someone\u2019s going to have to pay for something at some point. We have no idea what the business model will turn out to be. But there will be some<\/em>\u00a0business model involved eventually.<\/p>\n Download<\/a><\/p>\n Remail is my pick for the biggest time saver. It adds three buttons to Gmail: Positive, Negative, or Custom Response (where you type a short prompt). It\u2019s the fastest tool to generate lots of possibilities.<\/p>\n It returns three possible replies and it\u2019s easy to refresh it to generate three more.<\/p>\n The quality of the writing is fine<\/strong>. The responses were extremely<\/em>\u00a0short, but most of us send short email replies anyway. This tool wouldn\u2019t be useful for any replies requiring much more than a quick yes or no<\/strong>.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a free plan with 50 emails and limited features (and yes, it forces Remail branding into the emails). There\u2019s a low-cost starter plan at $5\/month for 100 total emails\u2026 a pro plan which is $19 for 500 emails\/month\u2026 and pro plus for $49 for unlimited emails. The two pro-level plans also offer features like scheduling, choosing a tone, and having the tool auto-draft replies without you even clicking.<\/p>\n Although this pricing isn\u2019t all that different from Ellie\u2019s I like the option for the unlimited plan<\/strong>. It would eliminate any quota anxiety. And if I were a high-volume emailer who needed a tool like this to significantly speed up my workflow, $49\/month for unlimited use would be worthwhile.<\/p>\n Download<\/a><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve gotten comfortable with using ChatGPT and want to bring it directly into Gmail<\/strong>, ChatGPT Writer is the extension to do just that. (In fact, you\u2019ll need to use your own ChatGPT login credentials with the extension.)<\/p>\n When you use this extension for replies it feeds the entire initial email into ChatGPT and you give it a prompt for the reply.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the output. If I like it, I can click the purple\/orange button to insert the output into the Gmail reply window.<\/p>\n And since it\u2019s ChatGPT, you can run wild with the prompts\u2026<\/p>\n The upside here is you can write much longer responses than with many of the other AI reply tools<\/strong>. This extension is also free<\/strong>\u00a0for now (as long as ChatGPT remains free, that is).<\/p>\n The biggest downside here is it\u2019s a one-time interaction with ChatGPT<\/strong>. If you\u2019ve been using ChatGPT, you know the best way to get the output you want is to talk back and forth with it, refining your results. You can\u2019t do that with this extension; it won\u2019t refine its output<\/strong>, it will only generate brand new independent drafts.<\/p>\n For instance, in that list of five reasons above, I don\u2019t have the option to say \u201creplace number 5 with a different reason.\u201d I\u2019d just have to generate five new reasons from scratch. So I\u2019m missing out on one of the best aspects of the ChatGPT experience with this extension.<\/p>\n The other downside is ChatGPT\u2019s capacity limitation<\/strong>. I would\u2019ve published this article several hours ago but I needed to wait until the middle of the night before ChatGPT finally had the capacity to let me in. So if I wanted to use this as part of my daily workflow, I\u2019d probably run into regular capacity issues.<\/p>\n Website<\/a><\/p>\n Email Triager takes a different approach to the idea of saving you time through AI email replies than all the other products in this article. And the approach is intriguing enough that it\u2019s worth keeping an eye on.<\/p>\n I say \u201ckeeping an eye on\u201d and not \u201ctrying it out\u201d… because as of now, Email Triager is in a closed beta. I applied to join about two-and-a-half weeks ago and haven\u2019t received an invite yet. But from what I can see in their demo, I want to give it a shot.<\/p>\n With Email Triager, you set up automations in advance<\/strong>. For instance, you could tell Email Triager any time an email asks if someone can buy a link on your website, respond to say no. Or, as they\u2019ve done in their demo, create an automation to handle coffee invites.<\/p>\n And then\u2026 Email Triager monitors your email and when it sees a message that matches your criteria, it automatically writes a draft of a reply.<\/p>\n So the next time you go into your email (including on mobile), many of your emails will already<\/em>\u00a0have AI-written replies ready to go.<\/p>\n This could be the biggest time saver<\/strong>\u00a0of this whole list if it works as intended. Take about 10 minutes to set up a bunch of automations and it will handle the rest from there.<\/p>\n At GMass, we’ve always been deeply focused on trying to figure out ways to make email work faster and easier<\/strong>. One of the core principles of the GMass Chrome extension was to make it as fast and easy as possible to send email campaigns through Gmail.<\/p>\n Our newest project has been trying to figure out a way to speed up the entire process of replying to emails<\/strong>.<\/p>\n We were all tired of spending an hour (or more) every day responding to messages. And we hear from GMass users all the time about how much time they’re wasting on replying to emails.<\/p>\n Which is why we created\u00a0The Reply Project<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n You log in with your Gmail account.<\/p>\n Then you’ll see all your emails open on one screen<\/strong> (no need to open them one by one).<\/p>\n You can write quick replies<\/strong> in the reply box next to your email. Or, use your own templates or ChatGPT for even faster responses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n We’ve found we can now reply to our emails\u00a010x faster<\/strong> than before using The Reply Project.<\/p>\n And… it’s free.<\/p>\n The good news: We are officially at the point where you can turn over your email reply duties to AI.<\/strong><\/p>\n The bad news: There\u2019s no one Chrome extension that\u2019s clearly head and shoulders above the rest<\/strong>\u00a0yet. So you\u2019ll need to weigh the options to figure out which of these products best fits your needs.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for\u2026<\/p>\n High-quality writing, speed, and ease of use<\/strong>\u00a0and don\u2019t mind a higher price and low quotas<\/strong>, you\u2019ll be best off with Ellie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n A free option with decent output<\/strong>, you should go with Compose AI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n A big time-saver for knocking out lots of one-line responses <\/strong>and don\u2019t mind paying for it<\/strong>, go with Remail<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Longer and more detailed email responses <\/strong>and don\u2019t mind writing long prompts, go with ChatGPT Writer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n And if you want to respond to your emails 10x faster than before<\/strong>, check out how we’ve reimagined the email writing process with\u00a0The Reply Project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll do our best to keep this list updated as new products hit the market and these current Chrome extensions add new features and evolve.<\/p>\n Things are moving fast<\/em>\u00a0in the AI and ChatGPT tools space right now, which means you can expect to see plenty more of these tools to come.<\/p>\n And you can expect some that will take unexpected and different approaches to solving the problem of the time we all spend replying to email<\/strong>.<\/p>\n And hey, regardless of which one you choose, it\u2019s always a good idea to send your messages by hitting the GMass button, not the send button<\/strong>. That way you\u2019ll get email tracking and analytics on every single reply you send.<\/p>\n You know, so you can see if someone opens the message you (and the robots) put all that hard work into.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AI email replies are here \u2014 and there\u2019s a whole new wave of ChatGPT-based Chrome extensions available to write \u2018em. Replying to email is a logical early stop\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":22467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9155,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-email-copywriting","category-reply-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nAI Email Replies: Table of Contents<\/h2>\n
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The Four Essential Criteria for Judging an AI-Based Email Reply Tool<\/h2>\n
1. Will this tool actually save me time?<\/h3>\n
2. How\u2019s the AI writing quality?<\/h3>\n
3. How\u2019s the user interface and user experience?<\/h3>\n
4. What will it cost me?<\/h3>\n
The 5 Best AI and ChatGPT Email Reply Chrome Extensions<\/h2>\n
Ellie – easy to use and the highest-quality writing \u2014 but it\u2019ll cost you<\/h3>\n
![\"Ellie](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ellie-interface-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ellie-result-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nCompose AI – best free option<\/h3>\n
![\"Compose](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/composeai-interface-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/composeai-result-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/composeai-change-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nRemail – a big time saver for one-line responses<\/h3>\n
![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/remail-interface-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/remail-result-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nChatGPT Writer – a free option that brings ChatGPT into Gmail (with limitations)<\/h3>\n
![\"ChatGPT](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/chatgptwriter-interface2-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n![\"ChatGPT](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/chatgptwriter-result-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n![\"ChatGPT](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/chatgptwriter-longresult-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nEmail Triager – a different approach worth keeping an eye on in the future<\/h3>\n
![\"Email](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/emailtriager-step1b-tinified-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n![\"Email](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/emailtriager-step2b-tinified-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n![\"Email](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/emailtriager-step3-tinified-tinified.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nThe Reply Project – use ChatGPT and templates to blaze through your inbox<\/h3>\n
![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/replyproject-g2.gif\")
<\/a><\/p>\nOther Chrome extensions I evaluated (or tried to evaluate)<\/h3>\n
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AI Email Replies: Which Chrome Extension Is Right for You?<\/h2>\n