Email tracking for Gmail:
four tools, public facts only
EmailSavy, Mailtrack, Streak and Yesware compared on what each publishes about its free plan, click tracking and first paid price. We build EmailSavy, so we kept to facts you can check.
Checked on 2026-10-17 · by the EmailSavy team
The one thing to know first
An image load is not proof that a person read an email. Gmail and Apple Mail load images on their own, and security scanners fetch links and images. A tracker that calls every load an “open” shows a high number that means little. A real click, a confirmed reply is much stronger evidence. Whichever tool you pick, ask what it counts as an open.
At a glance
| What the vendor publishes | EmailSavy | Mailtrack | Streak | Yesware |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A mail tracker | Read receipts (now part of Mailsuite) | “The Gmail CRM for high-performing teams” | “Sales engagement that lives in your inbox” |
| Free plan, open tracking | Unlimited emails | Unlimited emails, first open only | Email and link tracking included | Basic open tracking |
| Free plan, link clicks | Included | Limited to 10 emails | Included | Not on the free plan |
| First paid plan, per user per month | Rs 99 (Pro, coming soon) | $2.99 (Mailtrack plan) | $49 billed annually, $59 monthly | $15 billed annually, $19 monthly |
Checked on 2026-10-17 on mailsuite.com/en/pricing, streak.com/pricing, yesware.com/pricing and each vendor's home page. Plans and prices change; check them before you decide.
The shortlist
1. EmailSavy FREE & FOCUSED
A tracker that only tracks: opens and link clicks in Gmail and Outlook, replies in Gmail. Every email is Read (confirmed), Opened (likely), Delivered / preview or Not opened, with the reason in plain English, and scanner clicks and your own opens are filtered out. Free for unlimited emails with a small footer.
- Honest Read / Opened (likely) / Delivered / Not opened
- Click tracking on the free plan
- Place and device shown only when we know them
- No CRM, no sequences, no noise
- Gmail readers show as Opened (likely), not Read, unless they click or reply
- Pro checkout is not open yet
- Reply detection can miss replies
Best for: people who want a small tracker and a count they can trust. Start free → · How we count opens
2. Mailtrack
Read receipts for Gmail, now sold under the Mailsuite name. Its free plan tracks unlimited emails but keeps only the first open, and link clicks are limited to 10 emails. EmailSavy vs Mailtrack
3. Streak
A CRM inside Gmail. Email tracking is one tool next to pipelines, contacts, tasks, mail merge and automation, and the free plan includes email and link tracking. EmailSavy vs Streak
4. Yesware
A sales engagement suite with tracking, multi-channel campaigns, templates, a prospector, meeting scheduling and reporting. The free plan has basic open tracking; unlimited link tracking starts at Pro. EmailSavy vs Yesware
How to choose
If you want a CRM in Gmail, look at Streak. If you run a sales team that wants campaigns and reporting, look at Yesware. If you want a simple read receipt, Mailtrack is built for that. If you want a small tracker that tells you how sure it is, try EmailSavy. All four have free plans, so try the one that fits.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. EmailSavy's free plan tracks unlimited emails (open and click tracking, reply detection in Gmail) and adds a small footer. Mailtrack, Streak and Yesware also list free plans; what they include differs, see the table (checked 2026-10-17).
Gmail and Apple Mail load images through their own servers, often as soon as the message arrives, and security scanners fetch links and images too. A tool that counts every image load as an open reports opens nobody made. EmailSavy shows an Apple Mail or early Gmail load as Delivered / preview, a Gmail load after 5 minutes as Opened (likely), and reserves Read for a real click, a reply whose arrival time we could confirm, or repeat opens from a real device.
No. An image load is not proof of reading. A click or a reply is much stronger evidence. EmailSavy says which kind of evidence it has.
If images are blocked the tracking image does not load, so nothing is recorded from it. EmailSavy adds more than one channel in Gmail and Outlook (pixel, hidden pixel, CSS and font), so a block on one may not block all, but it is not a guarantee. Clicks still work.
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