The short version
Two products, one name, opposite jobs. "Boomerang for Gmail" (and Boomerang for Outlook), made by Baydin, is an email-productivity extension — send-later, follow-up reminders, read receipts, meeting scheduling. Boomerang at getboomerang.ai is a warm-introduction platform for B2B revenue teams — it finds the warmest path into a target account through your team's, customers', and investors' networks and orchestrates the intro. If you're a salesperson, the honest answer is you might want both: Baydin to run your inbox, getboomerang.ai to fill your pipeline with warm meetings instead of cold ones. This page explains which is which, and which you actually need.
Which Boomerang are you looking for?
They share a name and sell to overlapping audiences, so the confusion is understandable — reps land on the wrong one constantly. Here's the fastest way to tell them apart:
- You want to schedule an email to send later, get a reminder if someone doesn't reply, see if your email was opened, or pause your inbox. That's Boomerang for Gmail / Outlook by Baydin (boomeranggmail.com, boomerangoutlook.com). It's a browser extension that lives inside your inbox. Go there.
- You want to book more meetings with buyers you don't yet know — by getting a warm introduction instead of sending cold email. That's Boomerang at getboomerang.ai. It maps who your company already knows inside your target accounts and orchestrates the intro. You're in the right place.
Not competitors. Different jobs. Many salespeople use one for inbox hygiene and the other for sourcing pipeline.
Boomerang for Gmail vs Boomerang (getboomerang.ai): side by side
| Boomerang for Gmail/Outlook (Baydin) | Boomerang (getboomerang.ai) | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Email productivity extension | Warm-intro orchestration platform |
| Core job | Make your inbox and outreach more efficient | Fill your pipeline with warm meetings |
| Lives in | Gmail / Outlook, as a browser extension | A platform on top of your CRM, email, and calendar |
| Send an email later | Yes — its signature feature | No (not an email client) |
| Follow-up reminders | Yes | No |
| Read receipts / open tracking | Yes | No |
| Meeting scheduling links | Yes (Magic Live Calendar) | No (orchestrates the intro that gets the meeting) |
| Finds who you know at a target account | No | Yes — maps the four-pillar connector graph |
| Warm-path discovery & scoring | No | Yes |
| Drafts the intro request in the connector's voice | No | Yes |
| Tracks champion job changes | No | Yes |
| Warm-sourced pipeline attribution | No | Yes |
| Best for | Anyone who lives in email and wants control over timing, follow-up, and scheduling | B2B revenue teams who need warm pipeline, not just faster cold outreach |
The real difference: sending faster vs. not sending cold at all
Here's the distinction that matters if you're in sales. Every one of Baydin's sales-oriented features optimizes a cold motion:
- Send Later — times your cold email better.
- Follow up if no response — chases the cold email that got ignored.
- Read receipts — tells you the cold email got opened (but not why it didn't get a reply).
- Respondable — helps you write a better cold email.
- Meeting scheduling — books the meeting after you've already won the buyer's attention.
All genuinely useful — if the underlying outreach is landing. The problem in 2026 is that it usually isn't. Cold reply rates for senior B2B buyers now sit under 2%, while warm introductions convert to meetings at many times that rate and close faster. See the 2026 state of warm intros and warm vs cold leads for the numbers.
So the tools split cleanly by which half of the problem they solve. Baydin makes the cold email faster to send and easier to manage. getboomerang.ai makes it so you don't have to send it cold in the first place — because the meeting comes through someone the buyer already trusts.
Can I use both?
Yes, and many reps do. They're complementary, not competing:
- Keep Boomerang for Gmail/Outlook for inbox hygiene — scheduling sends, follow-up reminders, pausing your inbox, booking the meeting once a buyer is engaged.
- Add getboomerang.ai for sourcing — finding the warm path into accounts where you have no relationship yet, so the conversations you do schedule in Boomerang for Gmail start warm instead of cold.
One tool works your inbox. The other fills it with better conversations. There's no conflict, and no need to churn a tool you already like.
Which should you choose?
Choose Boomerang for Gmail / Outlook (Baydin) if your main problem is inbox management — you want to schedule sends, never miss a follow-up, know when email is opened, and book meetings without back-and-forth. It's a mature, trusted, widely-used tool that does this well.
Choose Boomerang at getboomerang.ai if your main problem is pipeline — you're a rep, AE, SDR, or revenue leader who needs meetings with buyers you don't yet know, and cold outreach isn't converting. It finds who your company already knows inside your target accounts and gets you the warm intro.
Choose both if you're a salesperson who wants a clean inbox and a full pipeline — which is most reps.
Frequently asked questions
See the FAQ section below for whether the two Boomerangs are the same company, which one salespeople need, whether they work together, and how getboomerang.ai differs from an email scheduling tool.
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Frequently asked questions
Are Boomerang for Gmail and Boomerang (getboomerang.ai) the same company?
No. Boomerang for Gmail and Boomerang for Outlook are made by Baydin, Inc. — an email-productivity company. Boomerang at getboomerang.ai is a separate company that makes a warm-introduction platform for B2B sales teams. The two share a name and sell to overlapping audiences (salespeople use both), but they're unaffiliated and solve different problems.
I'm a salesperson — which Boomerang do I need?
It depends on your problem. If you need to schedule emails, get follow-up reminders, and book meetings inside your inbox, you want Boomerang for Gmail/Outlook (Baydin). If you need to book meetings with buyers you don't yet know — by getting a warm introduction instead of sending cold email — you want getboomerang.ai. Many reps use both: one to run the inbox, the other to fill it with warm pipeline.
Can I use both Boomerangs together?
Yes. They're complementary. Keep Boomerang for Gmail/Outlook for inbox hygiene — scheduling sends, follow-up reminders, booking meetings once a buyer is engaged. Add getboomerang.ai for sourcing — finding the warm path into new accounts so the conversations you schedule start warm instead of cold. There's no conflict and no need to replace a tool you already use.
How is getboomerang.ai different from an email scheduling tool?
An email scheduling tool like Boomerang for Gmail makes your cold outreach faster to send and easier to manage — send-later, follow-up reminders, read receipts. getboomerang.ai works one step earlier in the funnel: instead of helping you send a better cold email, it finds who your company already knows inside a target account and gets you a warm introduction, so the meeting comes through someone the buyer trusts. One optimizes cold outreach; the other replaces it with warm.
Why do salespeople confuse the two?
Because they share a name, both sell to sales teams, and both promise more meetings. Baydin's Boomerang markets to AEs, SDRs, and BDMs with an email-efficiency pitch ("book more meetings faster"). getboomerang.ai markets to the same roles with a warm-pipeline pitch. If you're a rep who found "Boomerang" while looking for a way to book more meetings, it's worth knowing there are two — one that speeds up your cold outreach, and one that helps you stop relying on it.
