MergelineMergeline
Best if you want 60 free emails a day, follow-ups that stop on reply for $99 a year, and lists that never leave your browser. It sends at a human pace up to Gmail’s own limit, so it is not built for thousands of emails a day.
Best YAMM (Yet Another Mail Merge) alternatives for Gmail mail merge
The best YAMM alternatives for Gmail mail merge in 2026 are Mergeline, Mailmeteor, PigeonMail and Mail Merge for Gmail. YAMM’s free plan dropped to 20 recipients a day. Mergeline sends 60 a day free from a Chrome extension, asks for no Google account permissions by default, and adds follow-ups that stop on reply.
What does YAMM do well?
- It runs inside Google Sheets, so your list and your campaign live in one place.
- Open, click and response tracking on every plan, including free1.
- Low yearly prices: $72 a year for Pro on a gmail.com account and $144 for Google Workspace1.
- A high Workspace quota: 1,500 recipients a day per user on Pro for Workspace1.
- Follow-up campaigns to filtered recipients, listed on every plan1.
Why do people look for a YAMM alternative?
YAMM’s free plan now allows 20 recipients a day for one user1. A Capterra reviewer wrote in November 2024: “Only 20 free emails a day now (used to be 50).”2 For a teacher, a club or a small business sending 30 to 60 emails a day, that means paying or splitting one send over several days.
The second reason is access. YAMM’s help page lists the permissions it needs: read, compose and send email from your Gmail account; see, edit, create and delete all your Google Sheets; your contacts; an external service (Firebase); and the right to run when you are not present3. Its privacy policy says it uses Gmail message bodies, attachments, metadata, headers and settings to provide the service4. People on Reddit ask whether that is safe5.
Third, quotas on new Workspace accounts are lower than many people expect. YAMM limits new Google Workspace accounts to 400 recipients a day1, in line with Google’s own lower limits for new and trial domains6.
Which YAMM alternatives are worth a look?
These are the 6 tools we would look at first if you are leaving YAMM, with YAMM in the last row for reference. Mergeline is first because it is ours; the verdicts below say who each one suits.
| Tool | Free plan | Lowest yearly price | Follow-ups from | Open tracking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mergeline | 60 emails a day, no time limit, no branding added | $99 | $99 a year (Pro, up to 7) | None added |
| Mailmeteor | 50 emails a day7 | $71.88 per user (Starter) | $215.88 a year per user (Premium, 5) | Email tracker |
| PigeonMail | 20 emails a day8 | $24.99 | Not listed | Sent and opened |
| Mail Merge for Gmail | Free version with basic features and “Sent via” branding. Daily limit: not published9 | $49.95 (Standard) | Not published | Opens, clicks, unsubscribes |
| Gmail mail merge | Not available on free gmail.com accounts or Business Starter10 | Included in eligible Workspace plans | No follow-ups | Not mentioned |
| GMass | No free plan. A 7-day trial with 50 emails per rolling 24 hours11 | $249 (Standard) | $349 a year (Premium) | Opens and clicks |
| YAMM | 20 recipients a day for 1 user1 | $72 (gmail.com) | Follow-up campaigns on every plan | Opens, clicks, responses |
Mailmeteor
Best for teams that want a Sheets add-on plus a web dashboard and Outlook support, with open tracking and high daily volume on the top plans.
PigeonMail
The lowest paid price we found, $24.99 a year, for simple one-off sends from a sheet. No follow-ups listed and only 20 free emails a day.
Mail Merge for Gmail
Best for a yearly-priced Sheets add-on whose data stays in Google’s cloud, if you can live with “Sent via” branding on the free version.
Gmail mail merge
Best when you already pay for an eligible Workspace plan, send one-off announcements and want no third-party tool at all.
Gmail mail merge alternatives · Mergeline vs Gmail mail merge
GMass
Best for high-volume senders who want to send past Gmail’s limits, run A/B tests and read open and click reports, and who accept a server in the path.
How is Mergeline different from YAMM?
- Your sheet stays yours. Mergeline reads a Google Sheet only when you paste its link, to download it as a CSV file. It never asks to edit or delete your spreadsheets.
- No Google permissions by default. Mergeline sends through Gmail’s own compose window in your Gmail tab. If you prefer Google sign-in, it asks only for permission to send email, plus read access only if you turn on reply detection.
- No tracking pixels. YAMM tracks opens and clicks on every plan. Mergeline adds neither and shows replies per person.
- Three times the free quota. 60 emails a day against YAMM’s 20.
- Automatic follow-ups. Up to 7 on Pro, in the same thread, stopping on reply. YAMM lists follow-up campaigns to filtered recipients; automatic stop-on-reply sequences were not published on its pricing page.
- Price, honestly. YAMM Pro is cheaper on a gmail.com account ($72 a year against $99). Mergeline Pro costs less than YAMM Pro for Workspace ($144) and includes follow-ups, scheduling and A/B tests.
| Mergeline | YAMM | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 60 emails a day, no time limit, no branding added | 20 recipients a day for 1 user1 |
| Lowest yearly price | $99 | $72 (gmail.com) |
| Follow-ups | Up to 7 on Pro, in the same thread, stopping for anyone who replies | Follow-up campaigns to filtered recipients on every plan. Automatic stop-on-reply sequences: not published1 |
| Tracking | None added: no tracking pixels and no link redirects | Open, click and response tracking on every plan, including free1 |
| Where your data lives | In your browser. No Mergeline server receives your lists, emails or replies | Uses Firebase as an external service; its policy says it uses message bodies, attachments, metadata, headers and settings4 |
| Google permissions | No Google account permissions by default. Optional Google sign-in asks for gmail.send, plus gmail.readonly only if you turn on reply detection | Read, compose and send email; see, edit, create and delete all your Google Sheets; contacts; run when you are not present3 |
Who should stay with YAMM?
Stay with YAMM if you want everything inside Google Sheets, need 1,500 recipients a day on Workspace, rely on open tracking, or want the lowest yearly price for a personal gmail.com account. YAMM asks for permission to run when you are not present3; Mergeline needs your browser open while a campaign sends.
How do I move from YAMM to Mergeline?
- Keep your sheet. Copy its link from the address bar. Filter out anyone who asked not to be emailed before you import.
- Install Mergeline and add your list. Add it from the Chrome Web Store, open Gmail and click the Mergeline icon. Paste addresses, drop a CSV or Excel file, or paste a Google Sheets link. Duplicates and invalid addresses are removed for you.
- Map your columns. Each column header becomes a tag. Add a fallback after a bar, like {{FirstName|there}}, for empty cells.
- Write once in Mergeline, or write in Gmail and press the Mergeline button next to Send. Preview the exact email each person will get.
- Add follow-ups (Pro). Up to 7, each after the days you choose. With Pro, new rows added to the linked sheet get the email too.
- Send a test, then a small batch. Send the first email to yourself. New or quiet accounts start with slow start: 20 emails on day one, then 15 more each sending day, with random gaps of 45 to 120 seconds.
- Remove YAMM’s access if you stop using it, from the third-party connections in your Google Account.
Questions people ask
Is YAMM still free?
Yes, with a smaller limit. YAMM’s free plan allows 20 recipients a day for one user1. A Capterra reviewer notes it used to be 502.
Is YAMM safe to use?
YAMM asks to read, compose and send your email and to see, edit, create and delete all your Google Sheets3. Google classes Gmail scopes that read mail as restricted12, and apps that use them must pass a yearly security assessment13. Whether that level of access is acceptable depends on your data and your organization’s rules.
What is a free alternative to YAMM?
Mergeline sends 60 emails a day free. Mailmeteor’s free plan allows 507, Streak’s 50 mail merge sends14 and PigeonMail’s 208.
Can I use my YAMM Google Sheet with Mergeline?
Yes. Paste the sheet’s link in Mergeline and its rows become your list, with each column available as a merge tag. You can also drop a CSV or Excel file.
Does Mergeline need Google Sheets?
No. You can paste addresses, drop a CSV or Excel file, link a Google Sheet, or with Pro collect people from a Gmail search.
Sources
- YAMM pricinghttps://yamm.com/pricing/, checked October 29, 2026
- YAMM on Capterrahttps://www.capterra.com/p/168100/Yet-Another-Mail-Merge/, checked October 29, 2026
- YAMM help: what permissions are neededhttps://yamm.com/help/resources/data-security-and-policy/data-policy/data-access-what-permissions-are-needed-to-use-yamm/, checked October 29, 2026
- YAMM privacy policyhttps://yamm.com/privacy-policy/, checked October 29, 2026
- Reddit r/GMail: is it safe to use YAMMhttps://www.reddit.com/r/GMail/comments/1f8eqsk/is_it_safe_to_use_yamm_in_gmail/, checked October 29, 2026
- Google Workspace Admin Help: Gmail sending limitshttps://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/gmail/gmail-sending-limits-in-google-workspace, checked October 29, 2026
- Mailmeteor docs: email quotahttps://mailmeteor.com/docs/get-started/email-quota, checked October 29, 2026
- PigeonMail home pagehttps://www.pigeonmail.co/, checked October 29, 2026
- Digital Inspiration: Mail Merge for Gmailhttps://digitalinspiration.com/product/gmail-mail-merge, checked October 29, 2026
- Gmail Help: mail merge in Gmailhttps://support.google.com/mail/answer/12921167, checked October 29, 2026
- GMass pricinghttps://www.gmass.co/pricing, checked October 29, 2026
- Google Cloud Help: restricted scopeshttps://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13464325, checked October 29, 2026
- Google Cloud Help: security assessment for restricted scopeshttps://support.google.com/cloud/answer/13465431, checked October 29, 2026
- Streak pricinghttps://www.streak.com/pricing, checked October 29, 2026
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