The comparison
Batmail vs Clean Email: a nightly patrol, or a one-time cleanup
Clean Email clears out old mail in bulk, unsubscribes you from lists and runs Auto Clean rules, on any email provider. Batmail works a Gmail inbox every night with rules you write in plain English, and hands you one morning brief.
The short answer
- Pick Clean Email if
- You want to clear years of old mail in one sitting. That is Clean Email's main job, and Batmail does not do bulk cleanups.
- Pick Batmail if
- You want the inbox looked after every night, not cleaned once.
The short version
Two different jobs
What each product is for.
What Clean Email is
Clean Email is a cleanup tool. It groups your mail so you can delete, archive or label thousands of messages at once, unsubscribes you from mailing lists, screens new senders, and runs Auto Clean rules that keep doing the same to new mail. It works with any email provider, on the web and on phones, and every plan includes every feature: plans are priced by how many accounts you connect, from $29.99 a year for one. It says all of its income comes from subscriptions, not from selling data.
What Batmail is
Batmail is a night shift for one kind of inbox, Gmail. It reads what landed while you were away, runs rules you wrote as ordinary sentences, acts on them, and writes down the reason for each action, with an undo on the reversible ones. In the morning you get one roundup of what actually needs you. It is not built for clearing ten years of old mail in an afternoon, and Clean Email is.
Side by side
Batmail vs Clean Email, feature by feature
| Feature | Batmail | Clean Email |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Sorts new mail every night | Cleans out old mail in bulk |
| Your rules look like | Plain English, any condition | Auto Clean rules by sender and type |
| Explains each decision | Written reason on each overnight action | The rule that matched |
| Unsubscribes for you | No, a rule archives the mail instead | Yes |
| Morning brief | One roundup of what needs you | No |
| Email providers | Gmail only | Any provider |
| Free plan | Yes, one inbox, sorted every night | Up to 1,000 emails cleaned |
| Priced by | $12 per inbox / month | $29.99 a year for 1 account |
Clean Email pricing vs Batmail pricing
Clean Email: $9.99 a month or $29.99 a year for one account, $19.99 a month or $49.99 a year for five, $29.99 a month or $99.99 a year for ten, every feature on every plan. A free account cleans up to 1,000 emails, and a 14-day trial needs no card. Batmail: Scout free on one inbox; Night Shift $12 per inbox per month. On a yearly plan Clean Email costs less than Night Shift; Scout costs nothing. Clean Email prices checked 13 October 2026.
Proof
What the Batmail column actually looks like
The screens behind the claims, captured from the product.
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
Both answers, because only one of them applies to you.
Choose Clean Email if…
- You want to clear years of old mail in one sitting. That is Clean Email's main job, and Batmail does not do bulk cleanups.
- You want to unsubscribe from lists. Clean Email does; a Batmail rule archives that mail instead.
- Your mail is not on Gmail. Clean Email works with any provider; Batmail is Gmail-only today.
- You want every feature for the lowest yearly price: $29.99 a year for one account.
Choose Batmail if…
- You want the inbox looked after every night, not cleaned once.
- You want rules written as sentences about what an email says, not only who sent it.
- You want a reason on each action and an undo on the reversible ones.
- You want one morning brief of what needs you, free on one inbox.
Questions
What people ask
The answers worth having before you pick either one.
What is the difference between Clean Email and Batmail?
Clean Email is built to clear out old mail in bulk and unsubscribe you from lists, on any provider. Batmail works a Gmail inbox every night with rules you write in plain English, records why it did each thing, and gives you one morning brief.
Which is cheaper, Clean Email or Batmail?
For one inbox at no cost, Batmail: Scout is free and sorts one Gmail inbox every night, while Clean Email's free account stops at 1,000 emails. On paid plans Clean Email is cheaper: $29.99 a year for one account against $12 a month for Batmail Night Shift.
Does Batmail unsubscribe me from newsletters?
No. Batmail does not unsubscribe you; a rule such as "archive newsletters I have not opened this month" keeps them out of the inbox every night instead. If unsubscribing is what you want, Clean Email does it.
Try the night shift on one inbox
Scout is free on one inbox, no card required, and your first morning roundup lands tomorrow.
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How we compared, and what we read
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