QuillReply vs Right Inbox
Right Inbox is a toolbox for people who send a lot of email: sequences, mail merge, tracking, recurring sends, templates. QuillReply is a focused tool for people who are waiting on email: the reply that has not come, the answer you owe, the thread you cannot let slip. Different jobs, and honestly, some people need both kinds.
The short version
Right Inbox connects to your Google account to do its work, and much of that work happens on its servers: scheduled sends, sequences, and reminders need a service watching your mailbox to function. QuillReply requests no Gmail API scope at all. It reads only the email on your screen when you click, checks for replies inside your own browser, and drafts responses in a voice it learned from emails you chose to show it.
Side by side
| QuillReply | Right Inbox | |
|---|---|---|
| Gmail permission required | None | Google account access; server-side features watch the mailbox |
| Reply-conditional reminders | Yes; checked in your browser, out-of-office does not count as a reply | Yes, server-side email reminders |
| AI drafting | Full replies in your voice, learned from your own emails; corrections stick | Templates, signatures and an AI summarizer for incoming mail; no drafting in your voice |
| Email into a task | Apple Reminders, Microsoft To Do, Todoist, Basecamp, with suggested titles and due dates read from the email | Reminders resurface the email in Gmail |
| Send later, sequences, mail merge, tracking | No, by design: we never hold or watch outgoing mail | Yes, core features |
| Free tier | 30 free actions, one time | Free plan: solo use, 5 emails per month per feature |
| Paid price | $5 per month, unlimited | Professional $7.95 (yearly) or $9.95 (monthly) per person; Team higher |
Where Right Inbox is stronger
Outbound volume. If you run sequences, merge campaigns, recurring sends, or want open tracking, Right Inbox is built for exactly that and QuillReply deliberately is not. Those features require a service that holds and watches mail, which is the one thing QuillReply refuses to become.
Where QuillReply is different
- The permission ask is zero. No OAuth consent screen for your mailbox, because there is nothing to consent to. At install the extension asks for nothing beyond its own API. A task manager's host is requested only when you press Connect for it.
- It writes, not just reminds. When the follow-up comes due, you do not just get the email back; one click drafts the chase in your own voice, ready to edit and send.
- Reminders live with your other tasks. Follow-ups file into the task manager you already check, including Apple Reminders with no Apple ID ever requested.
Built for the waiting side of email
Thirty free actions to try it, one time and not per month. Pro is $5 a month, unlimited.
See how QuillReply worksComparison reflects Right Inbox's published pricing and feature pages read 26 August 2026; features and prices change, so confirm details on their site. Right Inbox is a trademark of Right Inbox, Inc. Gmail™ is a trademark of Google LLC. QuillReply is not affiliated with either. Corrections welcome: hello@quillreply.com.